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University Degrees Master"s Degree in Cultural Studies, University of Hildesheim State Exam for the Office of Teacher at High Schools, University of Cologne
Professional Activities
Owner-manager of the office for cultural policy research - President of the Task Force for Cultural Statistics (Arbeitskreis Kulturstatistik e.V.), an independent forum of 150 experts from various fields of arts administration, statistical offices, science and the media, Bonn
- Head of the Culture & Creative Inudustries Research Unit the Zurich University of the Arts
- Regular consultancy, in the field of cultural statistics, for regional and federal ministries of cultural and economic affairs in Germany, e.g. Federal Commissioner for Cultural and Media Affairs (BKM);
- Resource person at the German Commission for UNESCO, Bonn
- Member of the Governing Board of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Montreal
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Cultural and Creative Industries Strategies in Germany - Defining the Creative Core
Over the last few decades, the culture and creative industries have become a major economic force. The UNCTAD ?Creative Economy Report 2008? presented the United Nations perspective on this worldwide topic. The current British, French, Austrian, Dutch and Swiss studies call attention to the national debates. Since the German EU Presidency in 2007, the German Federal Government has placed the issue of culture and creative industries on the agenda. In January 2009, the report ?Culture and Creative Industries in Germany?, commissioned by the German Federal Government, was presented. According to this report the gross value added of the culture and creative industries in Germany amounted to 2.5% of the GDP in 2008. From 2006 to 2008, employment grew from 938,000 to 1,001,000 persons. In 2008, the number of independent offices and enterprises in the German culture and creative industries had risen to a total of 238,000; equalling a share of 7.4% of the overall economy. Defining the creative core is one of the most important issues. Artists and creative workers and their economic relations to enterprises are crucial. The internal segmentation of the micro/ small, medium and large enterprises in the culture and creative industries needs to be more differentiated and allow more diversity of products and services. This may become a new topic on the political agenda - in the Lisbon process for the strengthening of economic growth in Europe as well as in the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity.
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