Past Experience
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication)
Assistant Professor of Cultural Economics and Cultural Organizations
Courses:
1. Cultural Organisations (Master in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship)
2. Cultural Economics: Theory (Master in Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship)
3. Introduction to Economics (BA in Arts and Culture Studies)
Doctoral Supervisees:
Eduardo Silva de Freitas (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Co-supervisor. Project: Litigation Crowdfunding (Law Department)
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO)
Role: Postdoctoral researcher and Lecturer| From March 2022 onwards
Research focus: Cultural Production, Organizations, and the Digital Economy.
Courses:
1. Digital Platforms: independent forms of cultural production (2022 - summer semester)
2. Project on Cultural Organizations and Society (2022 - winter semester)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication)
Role: Lecturer and Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Economics | January 2017 to November 2021.
Research focus: Digitalization and the new funding models for the arts.
Taught courses:
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Advanced Economic Aspects of Cultural Industries (2017-2021)
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Introduction to Economics of the Arts and Culture (2017-2018)
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Innovation in the Cultural Sectors (2019)
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Introduction to Economic Theory (2021)
As a supervisor:
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Internship supervision for undergrads (2018-2021)
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Bachelor Thesis supervision (2017-2018)
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Master Thesis supervision (2020-2021)
EA Business School/ (EA/UFRGS, Brazil)
Role: Lecturer - March to December | 2015
Taught courses:
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Sociology of Organizations
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Introduction to Management Studies
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Organizational Analysis
OBEC - Creative Economy Observatory
(Department of Economics - UFRGS/Ministry of Culture, Brazil)
Role: Project Manager and Researcher | 2014 – 2016
Managing local research projects and seminars for academics and practitioners
Researching the local music industry ecosystem
Casa da Cultura Digital Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Role: Researcher | 2013-2014
Commissioned research project dedicated to mapping the creative practices of artists within non-metropolitan areas of southern Brazil
A research project funded by the Secretary of Culture of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).
NGO Parceiros Voluntários (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Role: Consultant | 2011-2013
Independent consultant on management for the non-profit sector and cultural organizations.
AIESEC in Porto Alegre
Role: Volunteer Vice-President| 2009-2010
Education
Ph.D in Cultural Economics (2021)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Funded by NWO
Title: Crowdfunding Culture: bridging arts and commerce
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Filip Vermeylen, Dr. Christian Handke, Dr. Erwin Dekker
Master degree (MSc.) Management and Organization Studies (2014)
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Funded by CNPq (Brazil)
Theme: Creative Practices of Digital Culture
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Neusa Cavedon
Master degree (MSc.) Cultural Anthropology (2017)
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Funded by CNPq (Brazil)
Theme: Meanings of online entrepreneurship
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Arlei Damo
Cum Laude
Bachelor Degree (2011)
Business School EA/UFRGS
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
BKO - University Teaching Qualification (2021)
Risbo - Research and Training Consultancy (https://www.risbo.nl/)
Funded by ESHCC/Erasmus University Rotterdam
Prizes/Awards
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2021)
Erasmus University Rotterdam / Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities
Title: Crowdfunding Culture a bridge between arts and commerce
Shortlisted: Best Published Article (2021)
Erasmus University Rotterdam / Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities
Authors: Carolina Dalla Chiesa and Erwin Dekker.
Article available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwab006
Best Research Paper on Career Studies (2014)
National Association of Management Graduate Programs (ANPAD / Brazil)
Authors: Carolina Chiesa, Gabriela de Luca, Sidnei Rocha-de-Oliveira
Theme: Theoretical Developments in Career Studies
Article available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-7849rac2016140080
Best Research Paper on Organization Studies (2013)
National Association of Management Graduate Programs (ANPAD / Brazil)
Authors: Carolina Chiesa, Neusa Cavedon
Theme: Cyberspace and Public Space Ethnography
Article available at: http://www.anpad.org.br/diversos/down_zips/68/2013_EnANPAD_EOR670.pdf
Best junior research paper (2007)
"Scientific Initiation" Program at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS / CNPq, Brazil)
Theme: Organizational Identity
Under the project: Sociability and Consumer Culture coordinated by Prof. Neusa Cavedon
Grants
KIEM Grant
Research on Matchfunding for the Arts
Supported by NWO
2024
In The Mix Project
Research on Mixed-Funding for Makers in the Netherlands
Supported by Platform Acct, Netherlands
2023-2024
Mercatus Center Fellowship (George Mason University)
James Buchanan Fellow
2023-2024
MECS Fellowship (Leuphana University)
Culture and Organizations Department
2022
Lødz University (Poland)
Department of Management. Short visiting research grant.
2021
ESHCC- Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department Small Grant Scheme
Seminars on Cultural Industries in the Global South, Text and Data Analysis, and Market Studies
2017, 2018, 2019
ESHCC- Erasmus University Rotterdam
Funded doctoral research project
NWO (Netherlands Research Council)
2016
CNPq, Brazil
Funded Master studies in Business and Organizations
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Neusa Cavedon
2012-2014
CNPq, Brazil
Junior Scholarship Grant for Undergraduates
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Neusa Cavedon
2007-2008