Dr. Beatriz Garcia

Dr Beatriz Garcia is an expert in international cultural policy and mega-events, specialising in the development of multidimensional research and evaluation frameworks and the analysis of long-term event legacies. She is Associate Director at the Centre for Cultural Value (CCV, University of Leeds), Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Mega-Events and International Cultural Policy at the University of Liverpool, member of the Culture & Olympic Heritage Commission (International Olympic Committee), and former member of the European Capital of Culture (ECoC) Selection Panel – nominated by the European Commission.

Beatriz has been at the forefront of research on the rhetoric, impact and long-term legacy of culture-led regeneration interventions since 1999, conducting fieldwork on the cultural dimension of every edition of the Olympic Games since Sydney 2000 and researching the medium to long-term legacy of every European Capital of Culture since the programme’s launch in 1985. She directed and is the author, amongst others, of Impacts 08: European Capital of Culture Research Programme (Uni. Liverpool, 2005-2010), the 30-year assessment of European Capitals of Culture Programme, Success Factors (European Parliament, 2013), the International framework of good practice in research and delivery of ECoCs (European Commission, 2010) and the Evaluation of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad (Institute of Cultural Capital, 2013). She co-founded and led the Institute of Cultural Capital (2010-2019) and has coordinated the co-creation of the UK’s first commonly agreed Evaluation Principles for Culture (CCV, 2022) which are now being tested internationally. In 2024, Beatriz is leading an international pilot study to test the capacity for city cultural strategies to align with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Culture Next, 2023-2024).

Beatriz has published over 250 refereed papers on the impact of major cultural interventions on cities and delivered keynotes on her areas of expertise in more than forty countries to date. In 2024, she is directing the evaluation of the Paris 2024 Cultural Olympiad for the Games organising committe, is Chair of the International Expert group for the Evaluation of Bodø 2024 European Capital of Culture and Chair of Walk the Plank.

See: www.beatrizgarcia.net

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