Cultural Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship (eBook)

Annick Schramme is a professor at the University of Antwerp (Faculty of Business and Economics) and program director of the Master's in Cultural Management. In 2018, she launched an international Master's in Fashion Management (AMS) and the executive program Leadership in Culture (LinC LL) for Flanders and the Netherlands, in collaboration with Utrecht University. Her research focuses on cultural policy, cultural entrepreneurship, governance, and sustainable business models. She is active as a policy advisor and evaluator at the European level, a member of the Flemish UNESCO Commission, and chair of the Strategic Advisory Council for Culture, Youth, Sport, and Media. In 2024, she was appointed holder of the UNESCO Chair in Cultural Entrepreneurship and Policy. In addition, she is actively involved in several Horizon projects, including Tracks4Crafts, as well as ECHOES (European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage) and Just Fashion (as leading partner instead of coordinating organization). In 2026, she was awarded an FWO research project focused on 'Between Patronage and Power: The Changing Relationship between Museums and Private Art Collectors'.Laura D'hoore has been enrolled as a PhD researcher at the University of Antwerp since 2026, where her doctoral research focuses on 'Between Patronage and Power: The Changing Relationship between Museums and Private Art Collectors', a fundamental research project (G067726N) funded by FWO. She holds a Master's in Art History from KU Leuven and a Master's in Cultural Management from the University of Antwerp. Since 2021, she has been a researcher at the Competence Centre for Cultural Management and Cultural Policy (University of Antwerp), contributing to projects on public-private collaboration in the museum sector, museum governance, cultural philanthropy, and the revaluation of crafts. Her work has been presented at international conferences, including the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (2022) and the ACEI Conference (2025). She is the co-editor of Cultural Philanthropy and Entrepreneurship (Routledge, 2025). In addition, she is a member of the Flemish Arts Advisory Committee (Adviescommissie Kunsten).