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Research

In our research work, we deal with questions of cultural policy in close connection with topics of cultural mediation, cultural management and cultural education. One focus is cultural participation research with related topics in the field of audience development, cultural mediation and cultural education. Another focus is postcolonially oriented cultural policy studies, among other things against the background of a transformation of traditional knowledge orders. Furthermore, the Institute has established itself as a central research unit in the field of cultural policy studies and cultural mediation in an international context and comparison, particularly in the context of the UNESCO Chair.

Other research topics include culture and the labour market, culture in rural regions and cultural tourism.

 

Current research projects

Cultural self-sufficiency

KuSe is a three-year project funded by the BMBF (2024-2026) that aims to highlight the practice of cultural self-sufficiency among young people in the face of social transformations.

Dialoguing@rts

The D@rts project (2024-2027) will develop innovative policy recommendations for the EU with partners from the University of Auckland, New Zealand, and Makerere University in Uganda.

INTRACOMP

Intercultural and Transcultural competence through collaborative cultural expression (2025-2028)

In situ

The Institute for Cultural Policy at the University of Hildesheim is participating in the Europe-wide research project IN SITU, which aims to identify and understand the needs and potential of cultural work in rural areas and the creative industries.

SDG Graduate College

The focus of the graduate school is on innovative research (peace and conflict resolution) that brings together approaches from performance, art, and culture with a view to sustainable development in line with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

UNESCO Chair

The chair deals with cultural policy issues and challenges facing increasingly diverse societies, linking topics from foreign and domestic cultural policy.

Arts Rights Justice

Understanding, protecting, and defending freedom of artistic expression and artists at risk.

Doctoral studies at the Institute for Cultural Policy

Information for prospective doctoral students.

"Transcultural Dynamics: German-French Approaches to Cultural Policy and the Teaching of Artistic Practices."

Culture.Politics.Discourse

Our institute publication Kultur.Politik.Diskurs provides insights into our current academic projects and research findings.

doctoral students

Cultural policy, cultural management, and cultural education

research studies

Completed research projects 

A selection of successful research projects at the Institute for Cultural Policy. more

Institution

Contact

University of Hildesheim
Institute for Cultural Policy
Director Prof. Dr. Birgit Mandel 
Universitätsplatz 1
31141 Hildesheim
Germany

Telephone: +49 5121 - 883 20100

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Visitor's address:

Hs 46 / Weißes Haus - Kulturcampus Domäne Marienburg
Domänenstraße 1
31141 Hildesheim
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Secretariat:

Sabine Karmrodt
Telephone: +49 5121 - 883 20100
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