The main function of ICCPR is to promote, in association with the International Journal of Cultural Policy, a biennial research conference of high academic standards in different parts of the world. The conference provides an opportunity for researchers to present papers that reflect on cultural policy from any relevant discipline, provided they make an original academic contribution to the field. Proposals for papers are rigorously assessed by at least two members of the Scientific Committee. Papers based on research that is primarily ‘instrumental’ (such as market research) or on research designed for the advocacy of a preconceived institutional position are not normally accepted. This does not exclude applied research of high academic quality, particularly research that advances methodology.

Peter Duelund was one of the initiators of the scientific network and has been menber og the Scientific Committe since the first conference was organised i 1999.

The ICCPR takes place biennially and has previously been hosted in Bergen (1999), Wellington, New Zealand (2002), Montreal (2004), Vienna (2006), Istanbul (2008), Jyväskylä, Finland (2010), and Barcelona (2012). ICCPR 2014 will be hosted by the University of Hildesheim, Germany. At the last ICCPR (Barcelona), around 350 researchers from 43 countries attended the conference and just under 300 papers were presented.

The aim and responsibility of the Scientific Committee is – in cooperation with the local organiser – to:
•take an active part in the planning of the next conference; (if possible) meet with the next organiser twice during the planning process,
•select proposals for papers to be given at the conference (from those submitted following the organizer’s call for papers),
•discuss the conference program,
•follow up the implementation of the program by serving as monitors and discussants during the conference,
•sum up the experiences from one conference to the next,
•encourage conference delegates to submit papers to the International Journal of Cultural Policy,
•select the next organiser of the conference,
•help the next organiser fulfil the obligations listed above.

The International Scientific Committee at present includes:
Jeremy Ahearne, Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Oliver Bennett, Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom / Editor of the International Journal of Cultural Policy
Jennifer Craik, School of Creative Communication, University of Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. University of Canberra, ACT 2601 Australia
Peter Duelund, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen, and Nordic Cultural Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gonzalo Enríquez-Soltero, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Aysegül Guchan, Yeditepe University, Istanbul, Turkey
Jenny Johannisson, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Swedish School of Library and Information Science, University of Borås, Sweden (chair)
Nobuko Kawashima, Department of Economics, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan
Per Mangset, Telemark University College and Telemark Research Institute, Bø, Norway
Sigrid Røyseng, Handelshøyskolen BI, Oslo, Norway
Diane Saint Pierre, University of Quebec, Canada
Michael Volkerling, University of Western Sydney, Australia
Michael Wimmer, EDUCULT – Institute for the Mediation of Arts and Science, Vienna, Austria




Peter Duelund was one of the initiators of the scientific network and has been menber og the Scientific Committe since the first conference was organised i 1999.

Body type: International Scientific Research Network