Invited to speak in a closed roundtable about the future of International Cultural Relations organised by Culture Solutions and hosted at the European Parliament by MEP Yenbou, Brussels, 2023 – link
Invited to speak in an event about the impact of Covid on the cultural sector (Rencontres Européennes de la Création Artistique, Re Creation: L’Europe de la création et des artistes en mouvement), French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Paris, 2022 (in French)
Invited to give a paper in a closed meeting with the EU Member State Cultural Counsellors in Washington, European Union Delegation to the United States in Washington, USA, 2022
Invited to speak as expert on the theme European identity. European Citizens’ Panel on “Stronger economy, social justice and jobs/ Education, culture, youth and sport/Digital transformation”, stream “Learning in Europe”, Conference on the Future of Europe, 2021
Invited to speak in a panel titled "EU North South Divide – perception or reality?,” Embassy of the Netherlands, Lisbon, Portugal, 2021
Invited to speak in the panel “Cultural policies: long-term strategies for the sector”, MIL - Lisbon International Music Network, 2021
Invited to moderate a panel on the topic of Culture and Sustainability. Conference “Culture, Cohesion and Social Impact”, Portuguese Presidency of the Council of the European Union, 2021
Guest Speaker, Research Seminar, Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies, Warwick University, UK, November 2021. Paper: To what extent can cultural policy be transnationalised? The case of the European Union. Read a summary of the paper and discussion here
Expert contribution to a meeting of the European Parliament’s CULT Committee in the context of the INI Draft Report of MEP Monica Semedo “The situation of artists and the cultural recovery in the EU”. European Parliament. Brussels, 2021 – link to the full discussion here (10:28-10:36). You can watch it here or below.
Invited to contribute to the panel “Where is Participation Failing?“, Conference Engaged Audiences: Strategies for Cultural Change, ADESTE+ in partnership with RIjeka European Capital of Culture, Rijeka, 2020
Invited to speak about cultural participation and illiberal politics. Panel: The limits of participation: how cultural organisations can respond to illiberalism (title tbc) (panel: Democratic Cultural Policy: Balancing Between Arts Autonomy and Cultural Participation), Seminar The Age of Cultural Participation: Democratic Roles and Consequences, Kultura Nova, Zagreb, 2019. Watch it here
Invited to speak about how to build a feminist Europe and feminism as part of European culture. Conference Call to Europe VIII: Time for Progress! Other speakers: Zita Gurmai, President PES Women; Gabriele Bischoff, MEP; Agnes Hubert, President of Gender Five Plus; Manuela Bora, European Committee of the Regions, Member of the Marche Regional Council and Regional Minister, Italy; Gwendoline Lefebvre, President, European Women’s Lobby; Maj Jensen, Secretary General, Young European Socialists, Brussels, 2019. PROGRAMME
Invited to speak about the role of creativity and culture in the design of a more sustainable model of globalisation. Conference Responsibility and Development: New Agenda for Europe and the World, FEPS and Amicus Europae. Other speakers: Alfred Gusenbauer, Pascal Lamy, Stewart Wood, Joanna Tyrowicz. Moderated by Ania Skrzypek. Warsaw, 2019. PROGRAMME
Invited to speak about how to bridge the geographic, cultural and generational divide. 'FEPS-Fabian New Year Conference 2019: Brexit and Beyond’, organised by the Fabian Society and FEPS. Other speakers: Stephen Kinnock MP (Aberavon), Emma Reynolds MP (Wolverhampton North East), Sunder Katwala (director, British Future). London, 2019. PROGRAMME
Invited to speak about audience development and engagement at O Público Vai Ao Teatro, organised by Teatro Meia Volta e Depois À Esquerda Quando Eu Quiser. Other speakers: Luís Sousa Ferreira (Director, 23 Milhas), Vítor Paulo Pereira (Mayor, Paredes de Coura). São Luiz Teatro Municipal, Lisbon, 2018
Invited to speak about cultural authority at The Warsaw Forum. Other speakers: Evka Lilja (Director , Dansehallerne, Copenhagen), Mieke Renders (Managing Director, Trans Europe Halles), Sara Selwood (Honorary Professor, Institute of Archaeology, University College London). Warsaw, 2018
Paper: How do we understand the politics of cultural authority when thinking about audiences and public engagement? LINK
Invited to speak about how culture can strengthen public faith in democracy. 'Open Left/Next Left conference’, organised by FEPS and Policy Network. Other speakers: Georgia Gould (Leader of Camden Council), Darren Hughes, Chief Executive, (Electoral Reform Society), Julie Mellor (Chair of the Young Foundation and Trustee at Involve), Ania Skrzypek, (Senior Research Fellow). Oxford, 2018. PROGRAMME
Invited to speak about cultural wars around liberal democracies and the liberal international order. 'Imagining the World in 2030’, organised by the think tank Project for Study of the 21st Century. Other speakers: Peter Apps (global affairs columnist, Reuters Comment), Andy Shannon (Head of Global, Startup Bootcamp, Claire Yorke (Researcher), Hussein Kesvani (UK/Europe editor at MEL Magazine), London, 2018
Invited to speak about the role of culture and identity in foreign policy in 2018 in a fringe session organised by the Fabian International Policy Group. Other speakers: Tom Cargill (executive director, British Foreign Policy Group), Jessica Toale (executive director, Centre for Development Results), Peter Apps (global affairs columnist, Reuters Comment), Fabian Society New Year Conference, London, 2018
Invited to chair the panel Arts Policy and Practice in the symposium ‘London is Open: Cultural Diplomacy post-Brexit’, Richmond the American International University in London, 2017
Invited to speak in a panel on the Portuguese political situation and its relation to ongoing EU affairs. Portugal's Government Solution: An Inspiration for the European Left?, FEPS, Brussels, 2017