who's who in research visuAl Arts - Intellect

Alan Collins
University of Portsmouth, Department
of Economics, Richmond Building,
Portland Street, Portsmouth, PO1
3DE, United Kingdom
Keywords creative industries policy,
bureaucracy, public choice, evidencebased
policy, creative Britain
Roberta Comunian
University of Kent, School of Arts,
Eliot College, Room W3S.5,
Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NS, United
Kingdom
Keywords creative industries, local
economic development, public
support, creative work, culture-led
regeneration
Juan Carlos Pacheco
Contreras
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana,
Carrera 7 No. 40-62, Bogota, 110231,
Colombia
Keywords socio-ecological systems,
perseverance, rural communities,
adaptive capacity, crafts
Alan is Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of
Economics at the University of Portsmouth. His teaching interests
include Environmental Economics and Policy, Managerial Economics,
Social Economics, Transport Economics, and Cultural Economics.
Alan is an active researcher in a number of fields, the most significant
of which are environmental and natural resource economics, transport
economics, and social and cultural economics. He is also on the
executive board of the Association of Cultural Economics International
(ACEI).
› Innovativeness, creativity and public policy: anecdotes, conventional
wisdoms and evidence, Creative Industries Journal, 2.3, 247-257.
Roberta Comunian is Lecturer in Human Geography at the University
of Southampton. She holds a European Doctorate title in Network
Economy and Knowledge Management. She is interested in the role of
culture in urban development and creative industries, creativity and
competitiveness. She manages the Regional Studies Association
Network on ‘Creative Industries and the Regions’ (in collaboration with
C. Chapain and N. Clifton): more information available at
www.creative-regions.org.uk.
› Questioning creative work as driver of economic development: the case of
Newcastle-Gateshead, Creative Industries Journal, 2.1, 57-71.
› Location, location, location: exploring the complex relationship between
creative industries and place, Creative Industries Journal, 3.1, 5-10.
Contreras is an industrial designer with a master’s in Environmental
Management. He is Assistant Professor in the Department of Design,
and Coordinator of the Environmental Area at the Pontificia
Universidad Javeriana, Colombia, South America. At present he is
pursuing a Ph.D. in environmental and rural studies. His research
interests include craft production, eco-technological models, local
development and strategies of livelihood.
› The adaptive capacity of rural crafts in the face of global challenges, Craft
Research, 1.1, 101-112.