research projects
Work Package Leader: ANIMA MUNDI: IP, Discoverability and Partnerships: Reviving the International Promotion of European Values Through European Animation Industry Ecosystem, 2025-02 to 2028-07, Horizon Europe grant 101178027 www.animamundi-values.eu
Work Package Leader: StreamSCAPES: Driving Sustainable Climate Transition of Video-On-Demand Platforms at a Time of Transformation, 2025-03 to 2028-08, Horizon Europe grant 101177811 www.streamscapes.eu
Principal Investigator: REBOOT: Reviving, Boosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness, 2023-02 to 2026-01, Horizon Europe grant 101094796 https://thereboot-project.eu
edited books
Dâmaso, M. (Ed.) (2025) The European Union as a Global Cultural Power. De Gruyter. Series: Transnational Approaches to Culture. Order it here.
Dâmaso, M. (2025) Introduction. In Dâmaso, M. (ed.) The European Union as a Global Cultural Power. De Gruyter. Access it here.
Dâmaso, M. (2025) Chapter: The EU’s Disjointed Engagement with the Cultural Sustainability Agenda: Rhetoric versus Action. In Dâmaso, M. (ed.) The European Union as a Global Cultural Power. De Gruyter. Access it here.
Dâmaso, M. (2025) Conclusion. In Dâmaso, M. (ed.) The European Union as a Global Cultural Power. De Gruyter. Access it here.
Sarikakis, K., Dâmaso, M., Lähdesmäki, T., Ramos Arenas, F., Vlassis, A. (Eds). The Governance of Competitiveness: Rebooting the European Film Industry. Palgrave. Forthcoming in 2026.
Vlassis, A., Damaso, M., Sarikakis, K., Ranaivoson, H., Rossato Fernandes, M. (Eds.). The European Union as a global film enabler: Rethinking power, competitiveness and identity. Palgrave. Contract signed.
special issues
Dâmaso, M. and Rex, Bethany (Eds.) (2025) Regenerative Cultural Policy. International Journal of Cultural Policy. Available here.
Dâmaso, M. and Rex, Bethany (2025) Editorial: Towards a Regenerative Approach to Cultural Policy, International Journal of Cultural Policy, volume 31, issue 4 – READ
journal articles
Lähdesmäki, T. Dâmaso, M., Hiltunen, K., Doğu Erdede, R., Akçalı, E. and Behlil, M. European Film Festivals – Balancing and Harnessing the Ambiguity of Competitiveness and Public Diplomacy. International Journal of Cultural Policy. Accepted. Forthcoming in 2026.
Vlassis, A., Dâmaso, M., Hiltunen, K. (JYU), Bissot, P., Houard, S. International Promotion of the European Film Industry: National Institutional Practices in Denmark, Finland and France in an Evolving Technological Architecture. Accepted. Forthcoming in 2026.
Dâmaso, M. (2025) International Cultural Relations: A Blueprint for the EU’s Global Role, European Green Journal, vol 30 – READ ONLINE
Dâmaso, M. (2025) We must talk: audience pluralisation as a regenerative path to the management of cultural disagreement, International Journal of Cultural Policy, volume 31, issue 4 – READ or DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. & Zbranca, R. (2023) CultureForHealth and well-being. On culture’s potential contribution to the economy of well-being. Economia della Cultura Issue Speciale/2023, marzo – DOWNLOAD.
Dâmaso, M. & Murray, A. (2021) The EU’s Dualistic Regime of Cultural Diversity Management: The Concept of Culture in the Creative Europe Program (2014–2019; 2021–2027) and in the Strategy for International Cultural Relations (2016–), Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy – AVAILABLE HERE AND HERE
Dâmaso, M. (2018) From the cultural and foreign policies of western European far-right parties to the European Union’s 2015–2018 Work Plan for Culture – identifying and opposing nativism in International Journal of Cultural Policy – DOWNLOAD or REQUEST BY EMAIL
Dâmaso, M. (2018) On Pedro Reyes’ The People’s United Nations (2013–2014)—Overlaps and Disjunctions Between Contemporary Art and International Affairs . In Journal of Arts and International Affairs – LINK
Stevenson, D., Selwood, S., Bonham-Carter, C., Doeser, J., Dâmaso, M. (2015) Four observations on The Arts (2015) by Jeremy Corbyn. Cultural Trends – DOWNLOAD
book chapters
Dâmaso, M., Albornoz, L. García Leiva, T., Vargas Miranda, I., Vlassis, A., Rossato Fernandes, M., Coenen, L., Akcali, E., Bhlil, M., Doğu Erdede, R. Mapping the European Film Industry in the Argentinian, Brazilian, Mexican, South African, South Korean and Turkish Markets: Roles, Trends, and Gaps. In Sarikakis, K., Dâmaso, M., Lähdesmäki, T., Ramos Arenas, F., Vlassis, A. (Eds). The Governance of Competitiveness: Rebooting the European Film Industry. Palgrave. Forthcoming.
Dâmaso, M., Albornoz, L., Vargas Miranda, I., García Leiva, M. T., Rossato Fernandes, M., Vlassis, A., Doğu Erdede, R., Behlil, M. Akçalı, A., Niutta, A. A film market-shaping agenda for the European Film Industry – building audiences and alliances in and with Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, South Korea, South Africa, and Turkey. In Vlassis, A., Dâmaso, M., Sarikakis, K., Ranaivoson, H., Rossato Fernandes, M. (Eds.). The European Union as a global film enabler: Rethinking power, competitiveness and identity. Palgrave. Under review.
Dâmaso, M. (2025) Can Cultural Diplomacy be Decolonised? The Potential and Pitfalls of Cultural Relations. In Vickery, J,. Cull, N., MacDonald, S. (eds.). Understanding Cultural Diplomacy: Inside International Cultural Relations, Elgar. READ
Dâmaso, M. (2024) Imagining a new gender contract for cultural rights. In Imagining a new gender equality contract: Feminism as a Progressive Glue. Petö, Andrea, Thissen, L. and Clavaud, A. (Eds). Palgrave – READ or DOWNLOAD
In French: Imaginer un nouveau contrat de genre pour les droits culturels. Fondation Jean- Jaurès – READ
Dâmaso, M (2022) Reframing Cultural Policy. In: Towards a Social Democratic Century? How European and Global Social Democracy Can Chart a Course Through the Crises. Eds: Hoffman de Moura, K., Skrzypek, A., Wilson, R. Brussels: Foundation for European Progressive Studies, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Social Europe – DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. (2017) The United Nations Art Collection: Origins, Institutional Framework and Ongoing Tensions. in Routledge Companion to Global Cultural Policy (ed. by Dave O’Brien, Toby Miller, Victoria Durrer, Routledge) – DOWNLOAD (proof)
Dâmaso, M. (2017) On May 1, 2011 (Alfredo Jaar) – Expanding the Original Frame
in Museums and Photography: Displaying Death (ed. by Elena Stylianou and Theopisti Stylianou, Routledge) – DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. (2016) Gerhard Richter's September (2005) – the Politics of Ambivalence
in Terror in Global Narrative: The Aesthetics and Representation of 9/11 in the Age of Late-Late Capitalism (ed. by George Fragopoulos and Liliana Naydan, Palgrave) – DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. (2013) Images against Images – on Goshka Macuga's The Nature of the Beast
in Meta- and Inter-Images in Contemporary Art (ed. by Carla Laban, Leuven University Press) – DOWNLOAD
reports
Dâmaso, M., Niutta, A., Vargas Miranda, I., Albornoz, L., García Leiva, Mª Trinidad, Rossato Fernandes, M., Vlassis, A., Behlil, M., Doğu Erdede, R., Akçalı, E. (2025). The Framings and Strategies of Cinema Professionals. Report on International Understandings of the European Film Industry. Developed by the Horizon Europe project REBOOT (Reviving, Boosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness – REBOOT), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101094769. READ
Turan, P., Sganga, C., Dâmaso, M., Goffredo, S., Tran, T., Vlassis, A., Keinonen, H., & Wahi, C. (2025). D5.1 - Report on the literature review. Developed by the Horizon Europe project ANIMA MUNDI (Reviving the International Promotion of European Values Through European Animation Industry Ecosystem), funded by the European Union's Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 101178027). READ
Keinonen, H., Wahi, C., Sarikakis, K., Rossato Fernandes, M., Tran, T., Tinen, P., Vlassis, A., Goffredo, S., Dâmaso, M., Turan, P., Sganga, C., De Potesta, A., Afilipoaie, A., & Ranaivoson, H. (2025). Set-the-Stage Report on international promotion of European Animation Industry. Horizon Europe project ANIMA MUNDI (ID: 101178027). READ (sensitive)
Vlassis, A., Bissot, P., Houard, S., Dâmaso, M., Niutta, A., Garcia Leiva, MT., Albornoz, L., Vargas Miranda, I., Andriopoulou, I., Turan, P., Pilo, P., Glowacki, M., Mikucki, J., Hiltunen, K. (2025). Promotion of the EFI at the international level: Institutional and policy models across the EU Member States. Developed by the Horizon Europe project REBOOT (Reviving, Boosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness – REBOOT), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101094769. READ
Lähdesmäki, T., Hiltunen, K., Dâmaso, M., Behlil, M., Akçalı, E., & Doğu Erdede, R. (2025). Report on the Lux Audience Award & European Film Festivals. Developed by the Horizon Europe project REBOOT (Reviving, Boosting, Optimising and Transforming European Film Competitiveness – REBOOT), funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe Research and Innovation programme under Grant Agreement No. 101094769. READ
Zbranca, R., Dâmaso, M., Blaga, O., Kiss, K., Dascal, M., Yakobson, D., Pop, O. (2022) CultureForHealth report: scoping review of culture, well-being and health interventions and their evidence, impact, challenges and policy recommendations for Europe. Culture Action Europe/CultureForHealth Consortium – DOWNLOAD or READ
Kaszynska, P., Coyle, D., Dwyer, E., Lawton, R., Riganti, P., Watson, S., Dâmaso, D. and Wang, Y. (2022) Scoping culture and heritage capital report. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (UK Government) and UKRI – READ
Dâmaso, M. (2021) Implementing the EU Strategy for International Cultural Relations – Toward a New Paradigm, CPD Perspectives,USC Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles – READ
Culture Action Europe & Dâmaso, M. (2021) Research for CULT Committee – The situation of artists and cultural workers and the post-COVID-19 Cultural Recovery in the European Union: Background Analysis, European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels – DOWNLOAD
policy briefs
Ramadani, G., Chatziefraimidou, A., Sarikakis, K., Sganga, C., Turan, P., Lähdesmäki, T., Dâmaso, M., Hiltunen, K., Erdede, Akcali, R., Elif, B., Melis, Albornoz, L., Garcia Leiva, M., Vargas Miranda, I. Biltereyst, D., Ramos Arenas, F., Willems, E., Caballero Ruiz de Martín-Esteban, L. (2025) Policy briefings deriving from WP2-5 M24. REBOOT project – READ or DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. (2022). EUNIC Knowledge Sharing Workshop Report. Afghanistan – Providing Professional Perspectives for Displaced Afghan Cultural Workers, EUNIC Global, Brussels – READ or DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. & Culture Action Europe (2021) Research for CULT Committee – The situation of artists and cultural workers and the post-COVID-19 Cultural Recovery in the European Union: Policy Recommendations, European Parliament, Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies, Brussels – DOWNLOAD
other texts
Dâmaso, M. (2024) Blog Post: Common Challenges, Joint Solutions: Disinformation, Media Policy, and the Future of UK-EU Relations. British Foreign Policy Group – READ
Dâmaso, M, Dowden, S., Smith, C. (2022) Culture for Health and Well-being Compendium: A Guide for Practitioners. Culture Action Europe/CultureForHealth Consortium – DOWNLOAD or READ
Dâmaso, M. (2021) Blog post: EU International Cultural Relations: Redefining the Relationship between Culture and Diplomacy, USC Center on Public Diplomacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles – READ
Dâmaso, M. (2019) Morram as estratégias de desenvolvimento de públicos que não são parte de um modelo integrado de criação, programação e políticas publicas, morram! Pim! [trans: May audience engagement strategies that are not part of an integrated model of creation, programming and public policy] in Fradique, T. (ed.), O Público Vai ao Teatro. Encontros sobre Políticas de Recepção e Envolvimento de Públicos [trans.: The Audience Goes to the Theatre: Meetings about Policies of Audience Reception and Engagement]. Teatro Meia Volta e Depois À Esquerda Quando Eu Quiser – DOWNLOAD (in portuguese)
Dâmaso, M. (2017) Beyond Us versus Them – The role of Culture in a divided Europe
German Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations, Culture and Foreign Policy Programme (InstitutsfürAuslandsbeziehungen) – DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M., Fiorillo, M., Petrillo, E., Preshova, D. (2017). Cultural diplomacy and the EU's Foreign Policy (case study on the Joint EEAS/European Commission communication 'Towards an EU Strategy for international cultural relations). FEPS – DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. (2013) Review of Georges Didi-Huberman, Images in Spite of All. Visual Studies Journal – DOWNLOAD
Dâmaso, M. (2013) Review of Jeffrey Edward Green, The Eyes of the People. Journal of Visual Culture – DOWNLOAD