She holds a PhD degree in the Humanities, MA in English Philology and in Political Studies. In the period 1993–1999, she was director of the Cultural Department of the Municipality of Krakow and following it, the Regional Director of the USAID programme in Poland. She is the European Commission expert in the European Capitals of Culture programme selecting and monitoring all ECOC since 2009. Director of the Villa Decius Association in 2001-2016, she is now the Plenipotentiary of the Board for International Affairs, responsible for its initiating and implementing programmes which advocate international cultural and intellectual cooperation and promotion of intercultural dialogue and human rights.Lecturer at the Jagiellonian University and the Humanistic Studies Department of the University of Technology in Krakow. Her research field covers relations between culture and politics and European integration. Author of numerous articles and publications. An avid traveler.
Experts
Danuta Glondys
Olga Glondys
PhD in Modern Spanish Literature at the University Autónoma in Barcelona. Graduated in Spanish Philology from the Jagiellonian University (with distinction). Worked as translator. In 2004 translated Gułag - book of T. Kinzi, published by Galaxia Gutenberg. Participated in translation and edition of Literatura Hiper-textual yla Teoría Literaria, published in 2003 in Spain. Cooperates with literary newspaper Quimera. For this newspaper she made an interview with Czesław Miłosz (December 2004). In 2004 took part in seminar Literatura y ciudad organized by the University in Kiel, Germany.
Jonathan Goodacre
Jonathan Goodacre, Senior Consultant, International Lead, The Audience Agency
Jonathan is responsible for the international work of The Audience Agency, which helps arts, cultural and heritage organisations to understand and engage with audiences, visitors, users and participants. He specialises in evaluation and audience development and is part of the team that evaluated Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture.
He works widely in Europe, being a contributor to the Adeste+ and Asset Creative Europe projects and the Museum Booster Doors Horizon project. This has included the development of the Audience Centred Experience Design (ACED) based on design thinking and organisational change methodologies. More globally, he was recently evaluator of the British Council Digital Collaboration initiative which took place in 40 countries and is a consultant on the Festivals from India programme.
He is a pedagogical team member of the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management, a trainer on the European Capital of Culture Academy and author of International Agent.
Jonathan originally graduated in History and Sociology from the University of York (UK), then worked for two decades in a variety of cultural organisations ranging in scope from pop music to experimental performance art, before joining The Audience Agency in 2013.
Jonathan Goodacre
Jonathan is responsible for the international work of The Audience Agency, which helps cultural organisations to understand and engage with their audiences. He specialises in evaluation, audience development and project management, especially in multi stakeholder transnational programmes. He is part of the team that is evaluating Galway 2020 European Capital of Culture using a methodology adapted to the circumstances of the Covid-19 Pandemic. His other current international work includes evaluating the British Council Digital Arts Collaboration Fund that takes place in 40 countries and leading audience engagement training on the ECOC Academy Camp which is supporting European Capitals of Culture. Further international projects include leading on the EU funded Adeste+ and Asset projects for The Audience Agency which are developing innovative methods of research and training. He is a pedagogical team member of the European Diploma in Cultural Project Management and author of International Agent, the e-newsletter about international audience development and research. Jonathan originally studied Sociology, then worked for two decades in a variety of cultural organisations ranging in scope from pop music to experimental performance art, before joining The Audience Agency in 2013. Jonathan.Goodacre@theaudienceagency.org / @JonnyGoodacre
Magdalena Góra
Currently working at the Institute of European Studies, Jagiellonian University, Kraków and is at present the visiting researcher at the Centre for European Studies, Lund University, Sweden. She holds a PhD in Political Science from the Jagiellonian University, and her doctoral thesis (2007) concerned the issues of relations between Poland and Israel after World War II. Her academic interests include processes of collective identity formation in the context of EU enlargement, the European Union as an actor in international relations, contemporary Polish foreign policy. She participates in several research projects. She also co-edited volumes: "Collective Identity and Democracy in the Enlarging Europe" (with Zdzisław Mach and Katarzyna Zielińska) (2012); "Democracy, State and Society. European integration in Central and Eastern Europe" (Katarzyna Zielińska) (2011).
Krzysztof Görlich
He holds PhD from the Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza and D.Sc. degree (habilitation) of the Polska Akademia Nauk in the field of geochemistry, mineralogy and sedimentology. In 1990-1991 and 1994-1998 Deputy Mayor of Kraków, responsible for strategic and physical planning, economic development, capital investment projects, debt financing of urban development and culture. In 1998-1999 Director of Villa Decius Association, of which he is still a member of board. 1999-2000 Director and member of the Board of Tishman Speyer Properties Polska, later Senior Advisor for Tishman Speyer Properties. Now a co-owmer and president of board of Aspen.
Hubert Górski
Spokesman for Siemens.
Jakub Groszkowski
Central European analyst at the Warsaw-based Center for Eastern Studies. Author of numerous analyses on foreign and domestic policy of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. His expertise covers political scene in both countries, energy security and regional cooperation in Central Europe. He is also a member of the Polish-Czech/Czech-Polish analytical platform. Graduated in Political Science and Central European Studies from University of Warsaw. Before joining Center for Eastern Studies he worked as a journalist at Polish Radio in Warsaw.
Krzysztof Grüner
Deputy Director of the Department of Promotion and International Co-operation of the City of Kraków.
Wiesław Gumuła
Professor of Sociology at the Jagiellonian University. Author of many publications, amongst them The Theory of Social Peculiarities. He specializes in sociology of finance including such particular areas as the social meaning of money, cash and cashless settlements, evolution of the world financial system in the 21th century, financial markets and financial crisis. In his research, he applies a sociological perspective in order to study the role of individuals in the world of finance. At the same time, he works for The National Bank of Poland as the Director of the NBP Regional Branch in Krakow.
