Data To Power Prototype is a new experimental mapping solution that provides an interface for automatic data aggregation from museums to visualize museum global outreach and influence in different countries. It offers a new data analysis tool for universal use in museums to demonstrate their impact in different geolocations and to provide an inductive research platform for strategic development and growth.
The prototype builds on the award-winning pilot project Museum Soft Power Map, developed in collaboration with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Watch a video demo. The new solution significantly advances the pilot application by applying new approaches to data collection, analysis and visualization.
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Museum Science Group, London, UK, developing a soft power mapping prototype
2017 – 2019Australian Center of the Moving Image (ACMI), Melbourne, Australia X Collaborative Space Member
2017 – 2019Collaborated with Cultural Infusion Inc., Melbourne, Australia on the projects: International Cultural Entrepreneurship Program (2017-19); Ancestry Atlas Project (2017-18)
Digital Cultural Relations: Literature Review. British Council, London, UK.
2014Insights into the Current Practices of ‘Measuring’ Results of Cultural Projects. Coalition for Cultural Diversity, Montreal, Australia.
2012Funding Sources for Cultural Initiatives in ICP countries. Coalition for Cultural Diversity, Montreal, Australia.
Research Associate, Coalition for Cultural Diversity, Montreal, Canada
Conducted research on practices relevant to implementing of the 2005 UNESCO Convention on Cultural Diversity.
Secretariat Committee Member, UNESCO IFCD, Paris, France
Collaborated with the Secretariat Committee to manage 2011 grant applications to the International Fund for Cultural Diversity (IFCD) in the second round of the pilot phase.
Development Assistant, Eurasia Foundation, Washington DC, USA
Coordinated the Bill Maynes Fellowship Program (Fund of Future Leaders of Eurasia); assisted in developing fundraising projects and events.
Assistant to the Managing Director, School of Art, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, USA
Assisted in organizing exhibitions, openings, concerts and arts events.
Executive Manager, Culture Department, Volga Trade Alliance, Saratov, Russia
Developed, managed and promoted project on Preservation and Enhancement of Cultural Heritage, aimed at creating multimedia software for the 3D-museum simulator.
International Coordinator, Community Arts Group Mistellius, Saratov, Russia
Developed international art projects/programs; supervised fundraising activities and wrote grant proposals; received Grant Award of the European Cultural Foundation (2005) for the Russian-Italian Art Exchange Project.
Project Coordinator, International Photography Association, Marseille, France
Coordinated international art exhibitions in England (May 2004), Russia (April 2003), and France (August 2002).
Member of the International Cultural Relations Research Alliance.
2017 – PresentMember of the Europeana Network Association.
2013 – PresenMember of the U40, UNESCO civil society group supporting 2005 Convention.
2010 – PresentMember of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) UNESCO.
Research Methodology Lead, Standards on Graduate Program Curricula, Association of Arts Administration Educators, USA.
2022 – PresentSteering Committee Member, Communicating the Arts Conference
2021 – PresentJournal of Public Diplomacy Board Member, Korean Association for Public Diplomacy, South Korea.
2020 – PresentAssociate Researcher, International Cultural Relations Research Consultancy, UK.
2019 – PresentAssociate Researcher, Soft Power Analysis & Resource Centre, Australia.
2020 – 2021Storytelling Task Force Committee Member, Europeana, Digital Cultural Heritage Aggregator
2018 – 2020Steering Committee Member, Cultural Research Network, USA.
2017 – 2018Engagement Committee Board Member, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
Curated and chaired Award-winning International Panel ‘International Research and Educational Ecosystem of Cultural Diplomacy as an Academic Discipline’ at the 2023 AAAE Conference: The Creative Ecosystem: People, Process, Power. New York, USA.
2023Curated and chaired the International Panel ‘Teaching International Arts Entrepreneurship? Pedagogical Implications, Challenges and Possibilities of Working Across Borders’ at the 2023 Society for Arts Entrepreneurship Education International Online Conference. USA.
2022Curated and chaired the Panel ‘Virtual Heritage Spaces as a Platform for Intercultural Communication’ at the 28th International Conference of the International Association for Intercultural Communication Studies themed ‘Synergies in Intercultural Communication: Languages, Professions and Heritages’. City University of Macau, Macau.
2022Chaired a Round Table discussion on Cultural Policy, Diplomacy and Institutional Theories at the Panel Session ‘Emerging Trends and Research in Developing the Oxford Handbook on Arts & Cultural Management’ at the 2022 Social Theory, Politics and the Arts Conference. Seoul, South Korea.
2022Curated and chaired the International Panel ‘Going Out’ Policy of China: Blind Spots, Pitfalls and Possibilities at the 2022 International Conference for Public Diplomacy. Seoul, South Korea.
2022Curated and chaired the Research Webinar Series GLAM and Digital Soft Power in the Post-pandemic World at LASALLE College of the Arts and Digital Diplomacy Research Center at the University of Oxford. Oxford, UK.
2020Chaired the Panel at the Annual Showcase MA in Arts Management Program, Queen’s University of Belfast at the ESRC Festival of Social Sciences 2020: Debate, Discover, Discuss. Bournemouth, UK.
2020Curated and chaired the Research Webinar Series Redefining Digital Keywords: From Digital Archaisms to (Post)Pandemic Neologisms at the Digital Studio, The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2020Convened and facilitated the Cultural Research Network global webinar Contagious Cities: Facing and Understanding the Pandemic.
2019Co-organised the Cultural Research Network Global Webinar Comparative Overview of National Cultural Data Sources.
2019Convened the Round-table Public Conversation Event Alice in Wonderland - Alice Around the World: Political Geography of Creative Content Mobility at The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2019Convened the Round-table New Perspectives on Non-State Diplomacy: Situating Empirical Framework in the Context of Non-Western Countries at the International Studies Association Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada.
2018Chaired the Panel Digital Heritage Workshop: What are graduate attributes and pathways at The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2018Chaired the Panel Diplomacy, Cooperation and Forging Alliances at the 25th World Congress of Political Science, Brisbane, Australia.
2018Curated Public Lecture Series Global Dimension of Cultural Entrepreneurship: International Inspirations Making Local Impact at the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2018Curated Research Seminar series Digital Humanities Marathon 2018 at the Digital Studio, The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2017Curated research seminar ‘Liberating Technologies’: Digital Cultures of Protest in China at the Digital Conversations Research Seminar Series, The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2017Curated Afternoon Tea Public Conversation panel: Competition or Collaboration? Cultural Diplomacy Institutes in Multicultural Melbourne at The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2017Curated research seminar The Digital Beyond: Living, Dying and Impossible Futures at the Digital Conversations Research Seminar Series, The University of Melbourne. Melbourne, Australia.
2017Convened the Panel More than a Library: Exploring Public Value of Europeana at the 2016 Europeana Research Award Winners event.
2017Convened the Panel Non-state Diplomacy from Non-Western Perspectives at the International Communication International Conference, Washington DC, USA.
Communication Associate, Hermitage Museum Foundation, London, UK.
Directed online communication campaigns on social media.
DC Event Coordinator, Hermitage Museum Foundation, New York, USA.
Coordinated educational and community outreach events in Washington DC area. Organised documentary screening "Hermitage Dwellers" in the Russian Embassy Cultural Centre.