Dr Ana Žuvela is a researcher at the Department of Culture and Communications at the Institute for Development and International Relations. Ana graduated from the University of Central England as a concert pianist and furthered her education at the University College Dublin with MA studies in cultural policy and arts management. She gained her Ph.D. title at the University of Zadar with the dissertation topic of decentralisation and participatory governance practices in Croatia. Ana's professional trajectory is paved with engagements on numerous research projects and co-operations with supra-national, national and local actors from the European Parliament, UN and UNESCO to Foundation Kultura nova, the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, as well as a line of local administrations in Croatia and abroad. Her research interests encompass socially and environmentally responsible cultural policies, new approaches to the democratisation of cultural policy, the devolution of power in cultural policy and new models of cultural governance. She is a member of the ENCATC’s European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy Advisory Board and a member of the Advisory Board in the international research project EPICA – Empowering Participation in Culture and Architecture. In 2022, she was appointed as a member of the Zagreb Philarmonic Orchestra’s Governing Board.
Dr Ana Žuvela is a researcher at the Department of Culture and Communications at the Institute for Development and International Relations. Ana graduated from the University of Central England as a concert pianist and furthered her education at the University College Dublin with MA studies in cultural policy and arts management. She gained her Ph.D. title at the University of Zadar with the dissertation topic of decentralisation and participatory governance practices in Croatia. Ana's professional trajectory is paved with engagements on numerous research projects and co-operations with supra-national, national and local actors from the European Parliament, UN and UNESCO to Foundation Kultura nova, the Croatian Ministry of Culture and Media, as well as a line of local administrations in Croatia and abroad. Her research interests encompass socially and environmentally responsible cultural policies, new approaches to the democratisation of cultural policy, the devolution of power in cultural policy and new models of cultural governance. She is a member of the ENCATC’s European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy Advisory Board and a member of the Advisory Board in the international research project EPICA – Empowering Participation in Culture and Architecture. In 2022, she was appointed as a member of the Zagreb Philarmonic Orchestra’s Governing Board.