Members

ENO Netherlands aims to further the expertise and widen the focus of the arts educational field by researching underprivileged groups (elderly, cognitively and physically challenged, cultural minorities), critically evaluating policy initiatives in arts and cultural education and by training arts teachers and generalist teachers. In this, we co-operate with the whole field of arts and cultural education research in the Netherlands and we try to support colleagues in the country who are working on their PhDs by organizing intervision sessions and conferences.

We are a progressive knowledge centre for arts education. Teachers, trainers, scholars, policymakers and interested parties will find research and tools for innovative arts education here, as well as inspiration or support in their daily practice. Issues that arise from the arts education and instruction at the teacher training programmes of the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK) form the starting point for our research. In addition, we focus in particular on the themes of interdisciplinarity (within and outside the arts) and social engagement. Our research offers arts professionals guidelines to substantiate their practice theoretically, as well as tools that directly applicable in practice.

Address: Overhoeksplein 2, 1031 KS Amsterdam, Netherlands E-mail: mailto:emiel.heijnen@ahk.nl Webaddress: https://www.ahk.nl/en/

LKCA is the national knowledge platform for professionals, administrators and policymakers in cultural education and cultural participation. Through the dissemination of knowledge and research, we contribute to the quality of professional practice and policy. We encourage professional development in this field by facilitating meetings and debate. We also offer advice on issues of cultural education and cultural participation in the broadest sense of the term. Using information networks, conferences and digital resources, we provide insight into relevant developments in this field, both national and international.
LKCA contributes to the development of government policy programmes for cultural education and active cultural participation and supports their implementation.

Address: Nieuwegracht 66 Postbus 452, 3500 AL Utrecht, Netherlands Telephone: +31 30 711 5100 E-mail: info@lkca.nl Webaddress: https://www.lkca.nl/

The research group Research in Education in Arts, Culture, History and Literature (REACH-Lit) focuses on teaching and learning in literature, arts and culture, and heritage, from primary to higher education. We look at teaching and learning practices, teaching materials, classroom context, and school organisation to better understand education in the humanities. REACH-Lit is part of the Radboud Institute for Culture & History (RICH). RICH focuses on understanding the complexities of the past and present of Europe in a changing world. We research how texts, ideas, and cultural objects migrate across time and place and inquire into their roles in new contexts, for instance in maintaining or disrupting inequalities or by providing tools and strategies for coping.

Address: Erasmusplein 1, 6525 HT Nijmegen, Netherlands E-mail: edwin.vanmeerkerk (at) ru.nl Webaddress: http://www.ru.nl/facultyofarts/

• Reinforce relations between practice, research and policy development
• Stimulate and initiate research and research-based innovation in the field of arts and cultural education and education in general
• Support the development of high quality arts education based on the cultural rights of all children and young people in a diverse society
• Support powerful arenas for exchange to allow art education to address social, cultural and environmental challenges

NCACE is a national resource centre, located at North University. NCACE is part of The Faculty of Education and Arts, whose academic profile includes teacher education, humanities and the aesthetic disciplines.
The Centre was established by The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research in 2007, to support and strengthen work in the arts in kindergarten, primary and secondary school, and teacher education.  The centre collaborate with teacher educators and researchers, teachers, leaders and staff in kindergartens and schools, kindergarten and school owners, beside Educational and Psychological Counselling Service and various arts and culture institutions.

Address: Nord universitet, 8049 Bodø Email: kunstkultur (at) nord.no Webaddress: https://kunstkultursenteret.no/

Faculty of Fine Arts is represented by Professor Lisbet Skregelid from the department of Visual Arts and Drama. University of Agder (UiA) is located in the Southern region of Norway. The university has a total of 12 000 students, and 1100 employees. The Faculty of Fine Arts is the seat of the research platform Art in Context. Here we carry out research within the fields of music, theatre, and the visual subjects through different interdisciplinary and cross-aesthetic perspectives. The objective is to understand and analyse art in relation to complex social, cultural, didactic, and historical contexts. This context-orientation reflects current tendencies in present-day artistic practices and in current arts-subject research. The Art in Context platform involves four research groups, amongst them Art and Young People led by Skregelid.

Address: Universitetet i Agder, Postboks 422, 4604 Kristiansand Webaddress: https://www.uia.no/en/about-uia/faculties/faculty-of-fine-arts

Department for Teacher Education is represented by Professor Tone Pernille Østern from the section of Arts, Physical Education and Sports.
The section focuses on bodily, sensory and aesthetic approaches to teaching and learning, works with practice-led as well as theory driven research and artistic development, and inclusive and critical perspectives on teaching pedagogies. The section specifically promotes diversity and inclusion and promotes ethically conscious relations, dialogues and collaborations across disciplines and boundaries, within the context of the teaching profession. Department of Teacher Education is one of the largest general teacher education environments in Norway, with its campus in the city of Trondheim, or Tråante, which is indigenous South-Sami land.

Address: NTNU, Department of Teacher Education, NO-7491 Trondheim Webaddress: https://www.ntnu.edu/ilu/about

Arts for Young Audiences Norway is the Ministry of Culture’s agency responsible for art and culture for school pupils. This includes nationwide responsibility for The Cultural Schoolbag (TCS), as well as programs aimed at children and youth to increase cultural participation and inclusion, and digital innovation.
Arts for Young Audiences Norway acts as a resources centre for counties and municipalities, and promotes collaboration, research, and innovation.
Arts for Young Audiences Norway works closely with the Ministry of Education and Research and provides advice and other services to the central government authorities involved in the culture and education sectors, thus helping to establish a political framework and develop national programs to strengthen children and young people’s participation in art and culture.

Address: Gullhaug Torg 2B, 0484 Oslo Webaddress: https://www.kulturtanken.no/

• Analysing conditions for best student apprenticeship and volunteering in cultural institutions;
• setting quality standards for culture education: based on research conducted with partnering organisations and collecting best case scenarios;
• supporting educators and culture animators, offering them professional development opportunities;
• organising events as fora for discussion and exchange of practice and dissemination of recommendations for decision making in respect to culture, education, and social policies;
• organising events promoting regional heritage days at least once a year under the auspices of UNESCO Poland.

MIK (Malopolska Institute of Culture in Krakow) is a regional institute of culture with a specific focus on supporting the professional development of culture sector employees as well as on research, evaluation, and dissemination of concepts, methodologies, and strategies for the culture sector.

MIK runs Malopolska Culture Observatory and Culture Education programme for the region, participating in national and international debates on culture education. It promotes art and culture education in local communities by working with local schools and the local culture sector, but also involving local decision- makers. What is more, MIK cooperates with universities to link academia and practitioners.

MIK offers culture sector institutions across the region support in developing strategies and practical methodologies, including diversity, accessibility, etc.

Nationally, MIK was (and expects to continue to be) one of the regional operators in the Very Young Culture project that introduced art and culture education across the culture sector in Poland. MIK initiated systemic solutions for culture education programming and testing long-term cooperation between the formal education and culture sector as well as the local authorities.

MIK has extended experience in leading and participating in EU projects on manifold topics, including cultural heritage and digitalisation. The latter one is the outcome of two regional operational programmes and the establishment of the Malopolska Virtual Museums.

Internationally, MIK works within four networks. It is a part of the European Network of Observatories in the field of culture education and fine arts (ENO). Additionally, MIK engaged in the Culture Action Europe network, discussing the role of culture centres as well as supporting arguments for the importance of culture for the healthy living conditions of society. MIK is also a member of Interpret Europe network that develops methodologies for cultural heritage interpretation. Additionally, MIK initiated and remains an active member of Moreshet Jewish Heritage network, supporting the implementation of the EU strategy for combating antisemitism and fostering Jewish life.

Address: ul. 28 lipca 1943 17c, 30-233 Krakow, Poland Telephone: +48 12 422 18 84 E-mail: instytut@mik.krakow.pl Webaddress: http://mik.krakow.pl

The AGH University of Science and Technology (the AGH UST) is a modern university that actively participates in fostering a knowledge-based society and creating innovative technologies. It is a leading Polish university in modern technologies and a prestigious international educational centre. Long and rich tradition is also a factor determining the University’s popularity – AGH UST has existed for 100 years and during this time it has educated groups of the most required engineers in Poland.

In addition to fields such as technical and natural sciences, research and education in the social sciences are also carried out at AGH UST, for which the Faculty of Humanities is primarily responsible. The Faculty of Humanitieswas established in 2001 in response to new educational and research needs that have emerged as a result of globalisation and rapid technological progress. The Faculty of Humanities is made up of three Departments: `Studies of Culture and Research in the Digital Age’, `Information Technology and Media’, and `Studies of Society and Technology’. They bring together academics from a variety of fields: sociologists, cultural studies, philosophers, media studies, psychologists as well as computer scientists, graphic designers, and biomedical engineers.

Address: Gramatyka 10, 30-067 Krakow, Poland E-mail: wkowalik@agh.edu.pl Webaddress: http://www.zarz.agh.edu.pl/

Collaboration in the following areas:

• Editing and writing of the yearbook1, 2018
• Preparation of yearbook2, 2019
• Contributing to the ENO on line library with references of artistic and cultural education

The Institute of Sociology of the University of Porto was founded in 1989 with the aim of promoting research in this specific area of knowledge, assembling also the heritage of other social sciences.
Articulating its goals and activities with those of the Department of Sociology of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto, the Institute of Sociology is open to the region, the country and the world as a catalyst for debate and scientific innovation.
In 2002, IS-UP joined the network of scientific units of the Foundation for Science and Technology of the Ministry of Education and Science, and experienced, especially since that moment, a pathway of growth and qualification that has led to an intense activity, developed on a daily basis by 72 researchers, several Ph.D and Post-Ph.D fellows.
Multiple projects have been developed, involving a vast network of partnerships, particularly with public institutions and associations. Public policies is one of the most cross-cutting aspects that have been worked on.
Focused on fundamental research and on providing socially relevant services, the Institute of Sociology seeks to create an increasingly active involvement within the community, alongside the dissemination of research outcomes, in order to attract new audiences to scientific knowledge, and in particular to the sociological approach to reality.

E-mail: isociologia@letras.up.pt Webaddress: http://www.isociologia.pt

ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (ISCTE-IUL) is a public university established in 1972 and a leading institution in social sciences and business sciences in Portugal. Pursuing teaching, research and community service activities, it plays a major role in training qualified specialists and personnel, whose cultural, scientific and technical skills enable them to contribute to social, cultural and economic development both at the national and the global level.
Founded in 1985, the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES-IUL) is the research unit in ISCTE-IUL involved in the ENO network. Its main scientific areas are sociology and public policy, but it also develops relevant activity in political science, communication, education, urban studies, social work and modern and contemporary history.
The Centre performs research in socially important fields and has specific and established competences in the study of public policy. On this basis, it carries out important work in the transfer of knowledge to institutions and the community in general.
With over 50 ongoing projects, the Centre’s team includes 166 PhDs and 200 PhD students. CIES-IUL participates in several international funded projects, research programs and networks of scientific cooperation. The Centre’s research lines are: I – Inequalities, Migrations and Territories; II – Knowledge Society, Competences and Communication; III – Family, Generations and Health; IV – Politics and Citizenship; V – Work, Innovation and Social Structures of the Economy and VI – Modern and Contemporary History.

Address: Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal Telephone: E-mail: cies@iscte-iul.pt Webaddress: http://cies.iscte-iul.pt/

The Portuguese Observatory on Cultural Activities (OPAC), is a research structure created in December 2018 at the ISCTE-University Institute of Lisbon, within the framework of the Centre for Research and Studies in Sociology (CIES), which is the responsible institution for its scientific coordination and functioning.​
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Its mission is to ensure the development of accurate and up-to-date research, studies and information related with several cultural domains and themes, aiming to contribute to current debates in Portuguese society and the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of public policies.
Despite the strong emphasis on Portuguese reality, OPAC also has a transnational comparative perspective, particularly within the European Union.
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Main goals:​

• Produce and disseminate indicators on arts and culture, including the designated cultural and creative sector;
• Develop original studies and join research partnerships with public and private institutions;
• Carry out and collaborate in research and scientific projects at national, European and international levels;
• Organize, host and participate in meetings, initiatives and events to present, spread and debate research results.
• Contribute to the articulation between scientific research and advanced university training (Postgraduate, MA and PhD) at ISCTE.dies and information related with several cultural domains and themes, aiming to contribute to current debates in Portuguese society and the formularaining (Postgraduate, MA and PhD) at ISCTE.

Address: Av. das Forças Armadas, 1649-026 Lisbon, Portugal Telephone: +351 210 464 322 E-mail: opac.cies@iscte-iul.pt Webaddress: https://www.opac.cies.iscte-iul.pt/the-opac

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Pionirski dom Centre for Youth Culture, which has been in operation since 1963, is a public institute in the field of culture and a leading institution in the field of extracurricular activities.
Pionirski dom is one of the leading institutions in the field of extracurricular activities for children, youth and adults. Over the span of some decades, almost one hundred thousand children and adolescents have taken part in a variety of creative and educational programmes. During the decades of its work, Pionirski dom Centre for Youth Culture has had a significant influence on the promotion of education and active engagement of children and youth in the cultural-artistic and linguistic-cultural fields.
The organisation of courses, clubs, workshops, seminars and other forms of activities for children, young people and teachers, the establishment of libraries and reading rooms, the organisation and care for bringing enjoyment to the lives of young people by organizing dances, theatre, film and other performances, the study of the organization and methods of teaching aimed at children and youth, the cooperation and exchange in the field of education of children and youth – all of these are part of the essential mission of Pionirski dom and have had a major influence in the development of children and youth both in the Ljubljana region and beyond.
Almost one hundred thousand children and adolescents have so far assured themselves that tradition and quality are our guides in creating and carrying out diverse and content-rich programmes.
Our institute will continue to develop as a competent and responsible institution that will encourage and guide young people in learning and education, with the aim to enable them to spend their leisure time creatively and to learn languages and cultures of Europe and the world.

Address: Vilharjeva cesta 11, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia E-mail: bjanka@pionirski-dom.siWebaddress: https://www.pionirski-dom.si/en

• Encourage innovation projects in the education and arts field in the Girona area;
• Establish an evaluation of artistic education programmes;
• Generate and share knowledge through the dialogue between reflection and practice.

ConArte Internacional was created in 2014 and it has dedicated its work to the education and participation of children and teenagers through the arts and culture using the following lines of action:

• The dialogue between the world of education and that of the artistic creation, promoting intervention projects and education innovation.
• The creation of new audiences for culture by establishing links with cultural facilities in the municipality to be recognized as local services.
• The training of trainers in educational methodologies for and from the arts.
• The generation of knowledge about the educational capacity of the arts to formulate, implement and evaluate artistic and cultural projects in the classroom and in society.

Address: ConArte Internacional, Barri Puig Roig, 31, 17256 Pals, Girona, Spain E-mail: conarteinternacional@gmail.com Webaddress: http://conarteinternacional.net/

The UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policies and Cooperation at the University of Girona (UdG) was established in 2000 with the goal of promoting research, knowledge transfer, innovation and cooperation at the cross-section of culture, development and education. Its work focuses on cultural policies, cultural management and arts and cultural education and training as means of safeguarding and promoting cultural diversity and cultural rights. As a member of the UniTwin Program of UNESCO, the Chair works closely with other universities, both in developed and in developing countries, but also with a wide network of broader societal actors engaged in advancing the role of culture in development processes and action.

Address: University of Girona Science and Technology Park, Pic de Peguera 15, Jaume Casademont Building, Office 35, 17003, Girona, Spain Telephone: +34 972418010 E-mail: sec.cunesco@udg.edu Webaddress: http://www.catedraunesco.com/

The UNESCO Chair in Digital Culture and Arts in Education is located in Nürnberg, Germany and hosted by Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
It was established in 2011 and has ever since been particularly involved in national and international research in the field of cultural education.
In 2019 Prof. Dr. Benjamin Jörissen succeeded Prof. Dr. Eckart Liebau as chair holder, who had held the chair since its inception.
As a Chair we aim to achieve and work towards two main strategic goals:

1. Deepen the research approach on the issue of  “aesthetic education” within the scope of the broader field of arts education (respectively cultural education), while at the same time
2. Fostering global research dialogues and collaborations to contribute to the enhancement of quality arts education research worldwide.

The basis for achieving these goals is an intensive collaboration with other scientists in international networks, like the ENO and the UNITWIN (University Twinning and Networking Arts Education research for Cultural Diversity and Sustainable Development), who offer an open and quality-oriented global research context.

Address: Institut für Pädagogik, Bismarckstr. 1, 91045 Erlangen, Germany E-mail: ucdcae(at)fau.de Webaddress: https://www.ucace.fau.de

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ACEnet is a network of European policy makers, civil servants and academics working in the fields of arts and cultural education. As an informal learning network, we strive to improve arts and cultural education in Europe, by exchanging information, knowledge, experiences and inspiration, and learning from each other. ACEnet offers the possibility to benchmark policy measures in an international context. It also functions as a platform for presenting national good practices, and for testing ideas with or receiving feedback from other EU countries on work-in-progress.

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