Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication)
Assistant Professor of Arts and Culture Studies| 2022 onwards
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organizations (ISKO)
Role: Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer| 2021-2022
Research focus: Cultural Production, Organizations, and the Digital Economy.
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department (Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication)
Role: Lecturer and Ph.D. Candidate | January 2017 to November 2021.
Research focus: Novel funding models for the arts with a focus on crowdfunding.
Business School/ (EA/UFRGS, Brazil)
Role: Lecturer - March to December | 2015
OBEC - Creative Economy Observatory
(Department of Economics - UFRGS in partnership with the 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
NGO Parceiros Voluntários (Porto Alegre, Brasil)
Role: Consultant | 2011-2013
Independent consultant on management for the non-profit sector and cultural organizations.
Education
Ph.D in Arts and Culture Studies (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
(MSc.) Cultural Anthropology (2017)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Funded by CNPq (Brazil)
Theme: Meanings of online entrepreneurship
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Arlei Damo
Cum Laude
(MSc.) Management and Organization Studies (2014)
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Funded by CNPq (Brazil)
Theme: Creative and Organizational Practices of Digital Culture
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Neusa Cavedon
BA (2011)
Management EA/UFRGS
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
BA (2014-2016) unfinished (interrupted to start my doctoral studies at Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Social Sciences
Universidade Federal do 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 2024 (co-applicant with Yosha Wijngaarden; Ellen Loots)
Research on Matchfunding for the Arts
Supported by NWO, Netherlands
In The Mix Project 2023-2024 (co-applicant with Yosha Wijngaarden; Ellen Loots)
Research on Mixed-Funding for Makers in the Netherlands
Supported by Platform Acct, Netherlands
Mercatus Center Fellowship (George Mason University, USA)
James Buchanan Fellow - 2023-2024
MECS Fellowship 2022 (Leuphana University, Germany)
Culture and Organizations Department
Lødz University 2021 (Poland)
Department of Management. Short visiting research grant.
ESHCC- Erasmus University Rotterdam (2017, 2018, 2019)
Arts and Culture Department Small Grant Scheme
Seminars on Cultural Industries in the Global South, Text and Data Analysis, and Commons
ESHCC- Erasmus University Rotterdam (2016)
Funded doctoral research project
NWO (Netherlands Research Council)
CNPq, Brazil 2021-2014 (National Research Center)
Funded Master's studies in Business and Organizations
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Neusa Cavedon
CNPq, Brazil 2007-2008 (National Research Center)
Junior Scholarship Grant for Undergraduates
Supervision: Prof. Dr. Neusa Cavedon