Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Cultural Policies

Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Cultural Policies: Strategies, policies, and practices for sustainable development. Three months, online.

Cultural organisations and institutions have to manage complexity as never before. Social transformations, climate change, rising inequality, artificial intelligence, and digitalization are shaping new contexts and challenging the role of culture in our communities. The ability to assess our changing environment, predict future scenarios, manage digital transformation, and create links with policies involving multiple stakeholders will be crucial competencies required for cultural professionals in the very near future.

The Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in Cultural Policies takes participants through a three-month journey to rethink their role as cultural professionals and lead their organisations towards change and sustainable development. Starting from the evolution of cultural policies in Europe and beyond, the CAS in Cultural Policies delves deep into topics such as: the creative and cultural sectors between public policies and private investments; smart cities, creative cities, and culture-led urban regeneration; adaptive change-making and strategic planning.

Providing a rooted understanding of the latest trends and their implications for your job and organisation, the CAS in Cultural Policies will enable you to know how to use new methodologies and approaches to analyse and assess the environment you are working in; understand cultural policy paradigms and better deal with stakeholders at different levels; challenge your organisations’ business model and manage complexity.

Delivered online and in English, the course articulates eight learning modules with 84 hours of training sessions overall. Each learning module articulates three sessions of three and a half hours, from Thursday to Saturday, every other week.

Calendar: from Thursday February 24, 2022 to Saturday June 4, 2022. Schedule: Thursday and Friday 3:30–7pm; Saturday 9:30am–1pm. 

Scientific advisor: Professor Franco Bianchini—Associate Director Centre for Cultural Value (Leeds, UK).

The Certificate of Advanced Studies in Cultural Policies degree is awarded by the University of Music of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana, a state-recognised university school affiliated to the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI).

The Certificate of Advanced Studies in Cultural Policies is part of the MAScult—Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Cultural Management promoted by the University of Music of the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana (Lugano, Switzerland) with the scientific collaboration of Fondazione Fitzcarraldo (Turin, Italy).