Austria

Franz-Otto Hofecker

Head, Institute for Culture Management and Culture Studies

University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Karlsplatz 2/2/9, 1010 Wien
Tel: +43 1 711 55 34 00
Fax: +43 1 711 55 34 99  

E-mail: hofecker@mdw.ac.at

Web: http://www.mdw.ac.at

Chairman of the Institute for Culture Management and Culture Studies at the University of Music and the Performing Arts in Vienna.

Co-partner of the Centre for Culture Research GmbH (Bonn) and head of its Vienna branch.

Member of various national and international boards, advisory boards and experts' committees in the field of culture policy and culture research (UNESCO, Council of Europe, European Union, Eurostat, ERICArts, Office of the Austrian Chancellor, etc).

Main area of work and publications on culture policy, culture eco­no­mics, culture funding, culture statistics (head of the LIKUS project, the LänderInitiative KulturStatistik) and special fields such as music schools, regional support of culture, state and private culture funding, etc.