Chris Bailey is Professor Emeritus of Cultural History at Leeds Beckett University and Visiting Professor in the Business School at York St. John University, UK.Elena Theodoulou Charalambous has a long-standing professional experience in cultural policy-making both at national as well as at European level with substantial research on cultural governance and international cultural affairs.Geert Drion is an independent researcher and consultant. He is currently researching the process-conception of culture, cultural communication and cultural policy.

• PART I - The Dynamics of Culture and Cultural Governance 1. The Dynamics of Culture – Towards governance of cultural space Geert Drion 2. Cultural Governance: concepts and approaches Thomas Schmitt 3. The Ecology of Culture - From Theory to Practice John Holden 4. Beyond “Policy-Based” Cultural Governance: Caring for Cultural Needs Nick Wilson and Jonathan Gross 5. Institutional Trust and Cultural Governance Ian W. King and Annick Schramme 6. Transformation and Place - Reflecting on the culture of governance and the governance of culture Charles Landry PART II - Cultural Governance in a European perspective 7. From cultural policy to cultural governance, a European perspective Elena Theodoulou Charalambous 8. Challenges and Opportunities for Joined-Up Governance of EUropean International Cultural Relations Carla Figueira and Rod Fisher 9. Platformisation: the challenges new technologies create for cultural governance in Europe - and beyond Antonios Vlassis 10. Europe in the World: Towards Global Cultural Citizenship Yudhishthir Raj Isar 11. European Cultural Policy and Climate Action Gijs De Vries 12. Data persons in digital culture Olga Goriunova 13. UNESCO’s 2005 Convention: From Creative Economy to Culture as Foundational Justin O'Connor