Ing. Pavla Petrová, PhD.

 

Pavla Petrová is a cultural manager with experience in cultural institutions and projects. Since 2008 she has been the ATI director and the general director of the biggest world exhibition of scenography Prague Quadrennial. She has been a member of expert bodies, networks, and platforms in the Czech Republic and abroad. She is the author of the national profile of the Czech Republic in Compendia of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe (https://www.culturalpolicies.net).
She regularly publishes outcomes of her work in journals and at international conferences specializing in arts, cultural management, and cultural policy. Apart from her activities at the Arts Management Department at the University of Economics in Prague, she also gives lectures at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague – DAMU, FAMU.

 

Education

2019 Ph.D., Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics in Prague

1992 Master’s Degree, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics in Prague


Professional résumé

2008–present director of ATI

2006–2008 director of the Department of Arts and Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic

2004–2006 independent research and cooperation in studies and strategies in culture

2002–2004 director of the Department of Arts and Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic

2001–2002 executive manager at Central European Dance Platform and manager of the International Dance Festival Confrontations

1996–2002 director of the Department of Arts and Libraries, Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic

Regular teaching activities

2015–present Arts Management Department, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Economics in Prague
 
Specialization and research

Publications in Czech and English – essays, monographs, papers in international conference almanacs, articles in journals; research in culture, cultural and creative industries.

Conferences

Papers at Czech and international conferences (e.g. The 9th Days of Statistics and Economics, Prague, 2015; The 9th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, Seoul, Korea, 2016; The 11th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research „Resilience of Cultural Policy“, Kyoto, Japan, 2021 online).

Research grants

Research grant supported by the Technology Agency of the Czech Republic ÉTA „Professional Arts and Covid-19: current impact as a call for inovation“ (2020-2022) – main supervisor for ATI.

Research grant supported by the Research Support Centre, University of Economics Changes in Funding and Marketing in Performing Arts, Literature, Visual Arts and Film (2015–2016) – co-supervisor

Research grant supported from the Program for the Support of Applied Research and Development of National and Cultural Identity (NAKI) Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic 
Mapping the Cultural and Creative Industries in the Czech Republic (2011–2015) – co-supervisor, DF11P01OVV031.

Research grant supported by the Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic – Social and Economic Potential of Cultural and Creative Industries in the Czech Republic (2007–2011) – co-supervisor, DD07P03OUK004.

Research grant supported by the Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic The Study on State, Structure, Conditions, and Funding of Art in the Czech Republic (2006−2011) – co-supervisor, DD06P03OUK002.

Current memberships and other engagements

• member of the board of trustees of The Academy of Performing Arts in Prague

• member of the Czech Commission of UNESNO

• chairperson of the Sector Board for Culture

Experience with evaluation and project evaluation

• Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic, National Recovery Plan, Call No. 0311/2023 Hosting foreign lectors for education of articstic creativity and production, 2023.
• Technology Agency of the Czech Republic ÉTA, program Sigma's tender, Evaluator, Call 2022.
• CZ Program Culture financed from EEA Financial Mechanisms – Norway 2014-2021 (Chairperson of the evaluation committees CB1 and CB2; member of the evaluation committees ACC1 and CA1).
• Tender of Technology Agency of the Czech Republic ÉTA program. Evaluator, 2017, 2019 and 2020.
• Theatre faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Department of Arts Management, member of working group for Inner evaluation of Bachelor and Master study programs. Production, 2019–2020.
• Performing Arts Programme Europe – the Japan Foundation (London, UK). Member of the selection committee, 2012–2018.
• Sub-program CZ06 – Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Art, funded from EEA Funds 2009–2014, program area No. 17 Support of Diversity in Culture and Art in European Cultural Heritage – Culture, Cultural Diversity, and Intercultural Dialogue. Member of the evaluation committee in the first and second calls, 2013 and 2014.
• EU Program Culture including cultural heritage (European Commission, Brussels, Belgium) – Strand 1.1 – Multi-annual Cooperation Projects and Strand 1.2.1 – Cooperation Projects. Member of the evaluation committee, 2011 and 2013.
• Evaluation of EEA Support to Cultural Heritage – PITIJA, Slovenia. Evaluator, 2011.
• Selection Committee to provide creative or study scholarships, Ministry of Culture, Czech Republic. Member of the selection committee, 2008–2012.
• EEA Financial Mechanisms and Norway Financial Mechanisms, priority axis Preservation of cultural heritage. Member of the evaluation committee in three calls, 2004–2009.

 

Bibliography of articles
Bibliography of books