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Franco Bianchini

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Franco Bianchini is Reader in Cultural Planning and Policy, Director of the Cultural Planning Research Unit, and Programme Leader for the MA in European Cultural Planning at  De Montfort University, Leicester.

 

His book include Culture and Neighbourhoods: A Comparative Report (with L.Ghilardi, Santacatterina, Strasbourg, Council of Europe,1997), The Creative City (with C. Landry, London 1995), Cultural Policy and Urban Regeneration: the West European Experience (with M. Parkinson, Manchester University Press, 1993) and City Centres, City Cultures, (with M.Fisher et al.,CLES, 1988).

 

He has acted as advisor and researcher on cultural planning strategies and projects in various European countries, on behalf of organizations including the Arts Council of England, the Council of Europe, the European Commission and the European Task force on Culture and Development. He has lectured on urban cultural policy and planning issues in countries including Ireland, the UK, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Poland, Spain, Greece and Italy.