PhD in Social Sciences (2012) University of Girona, received an special award for his thesis
in 2014. Holds a degree in History of Art from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, a
postgraduate degree in Institution, Business and Cultural Platform Management and Leadership from
Pompeu Fabra University, and an official master’s degree in the Information and Knowledge
Society from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia, UOC). She is
currently a member of the faculty of the UOC’s Arts and Humanities Department, and also
lectures on master’s and postgraduate degree courses at other universities. She actively
participates in the
European
Festival Research Project, and has taken part in the Euro-Festival project on art festivals and
the European public culture.
The focal points of her study and research are cultural policies, cultural management
strategies, the cultural economy and all aspects of culture as a driving force behind development
and social cohesion. She has a long track record of work in the cultural management field,
nationally and internationally alike, having collaborated with the Berlin International Film
Festival, the European Film Academy, the Cervantes Institute, the Catalan government and the
British Council, among others. She has been a member of art criticism websites’ editorial
teams, and works with a number of journals and websites specialising in culture.