Agnese Hermane

Associate Professor

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Biography

 

Associate Professor and Researcher Dr. Agnese Hermane is Vice-Rector for International Cooperation at the Latvian Academy of Culture. She previously served as Vice-Rector for Studies, chaired the Department of Cultural Sociology and Management, headed the joint bachelor's study programme "Creative Industries" run by the Latvian Academy of Culture and Riga Technical University, and directed the master's study subprogramme "Cultural Management."

Agnese Hermane completed her doctoral studies at the Latvian Academy of Culture, with a dissertation examining manifestations of leadership in the direction of artistic ensembles participating in the Song and Dance Celebration. Her practical experience in cultural management stems from leading and coordinating numerous local and international cultural projects in the fields of visual art, theatre, and education.

As a researcher, she has worked within the National Research Programme "The Latvian Cultural Ecosystem as a Resource for State Resilience and Sustainability / CERS," as well as in several fundamental and applied research projects, including "Rethinking the Creative City Concept: Networks, Intermediaries, and Development Directions / RePrint", and has led a number of internal research projects at the Latvian Academy of Culture. She has also gained substantial research experience through participation in applied studies in the cultural sector, including the interim evaluation of the implementation of the Cultural Policy Guidelines 2022–2027 "Cultural State" (Kultūrvalsts); the "Evaluation of Content Selection and Implementation of the 'Latvian School Bag' Programme in 2019" (2020); the "Study on the Impact of Cultural Consumption and Participation" (2018); "Financing and Governance of the Song and Dance Celebration Process: Long-Term Development of the Tradition" (2018); as well as the development of cultural development programmes for various municipalities and cities (Jūrmala, Jēkabpils, Lielvārde Municipality, Ventspils Municipality, among others).

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She teaches the following study courses: Fundamentals of Cultural Governance, Management of Cultural Events, Theories of Cultural and Arts Governance and Leadership, and Cultural and Arts Production.

 

 

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