ENCATC, the European network on cultural management and policy, invites abstracts and thematic session proposals for the 8th Annual ENCATC Research Session which will take place on Friday, 29 September as part of the 25th ENCATC Congress (27-30 September in Brussels).

Proposals from any relevant discipline will be considered, provided that they make an original academic contribution to the study of arts management and cultural policy.

Topics related to the main Congress theme, “Click, Connect and Collaborate! New directions in sustaining cultural networks”:

- Networks governance leadership
- Business models
- Evaluation processes and methods
- Internationalization of networks

Other arts management and cultural policy areas:

- Arts and culture education
- Cultural policy and arts management
- Culture and local, regional and national development
- Cultural heritage management
- Cultural and creative industries
- Culture in external relations and cultural diplomacy
- Cultural networking

Selected articles will be published in an e-book with ISBN.