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Albert, Patricia ‐ UNESCO World Heritage Centre, France
Patricia Albert received her B.A. degree in International Economics from
the International Business School Groningen (The Netherlands) and the
University of Macau (China) and her Master of Science degree in World
Heritage Studies from the Brandenburg Technical University of Cottbus
(Germany). She worked for several years at the UNESCO Asia‐Pacific
Office where she took the Asian Academy for Heritage Management, a
network of research institutes, from an idea to a reality. She successfully
completed projects in the fields of culture conservation, underwater
archaeology and heritage education in China, Ivory Coast, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet
Nam. After her return to Europe, she applied her expertise in network theory and World Heritage
management as a consultant for social development processes and tentative World Heritage
sites. Currently she holds an Associate Expert position at the UNESCO World Heritage Centre
where she is in charge of the implementation of the second cycle of the Periodic Reporting
Exercise in Europe and North America. She has received fellowships from the ASA Programme
(Inwent), the Carlo Schmid Programme (DAAD), the Institute of Cultural Diplomacy, the BMW
Foundation and the Salzburg Forum.
Alperyte, Irena ‐ Vilnius Academy of Arts, Lithuana
Irena Alperyte is currently Associate Professor at the UNESCO Cultural
Management and Cultural Policy Chair of Vilnius Academy of Arts,
Lithuania. She is also a lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Theatre and
Music. Irena is a member of Lithuanian Marketing Association (LiMA).
Formerly, she worked as Associate Professor at the Department of
International Economics and Management at Vilnius Gediminas Technical
University. She started her teaching career in 1990. In 2004, she did an
internship with the Instituto Politechnico de Braganca, Portugal. In 2001,
she did her graduate scholarship with Bishop Grosseteste College (Lincoln, UK). From 1999 until
2003, Irena worked as Head of Public Relations Office for Vilnius Conservatory Music College
(Lithuania). In summer 1998, she did an internship with the Consulate General of the Republic of
Lithuania in New York, USA. In the same year, she also assisted the Festival of Arts and Ideas,
New Haven CT, USA. In 2009, Irena gained a PhD at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University. In
2001, she received Master’s degree in Management of Artistic and Cultural Activities (Dijon). In
1998, she completed her MSc in Management at New York University, while in 1987, Irena
graduated from Moscow State University of Culture and Arts.
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Researchers
Barreca, Manuela ‐ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Switzerland
PhD. Student in Economics at Universitá della Svizzera Italiana (USI) with
research focus in tourism, cultural management and networks. She is
working at the Institute of Economics (IdEP) as teaching‐assistant,
involved in the public management area collaborating at different
projects in the field of cultural and tourism development and assisting 3
courses both at bachelor and master level in the field of Public
Management and Cultural Management. Moreover, As Phd student she is
also part of the Swiss Public Administration Network (SPAN), a network
between the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP) and the Universities of
Bern, Lausanne and Lugano.
Barreiro Carril, Beatriz ‐ Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain
Beatriz Barreiro Carril is a Spanish Assistant Professor of International Law
and International Relations at the Rey Juan Carlos University (Madrid,
Spain). Her research interests focus on the subjects of Cultural Human
Rights and cultural diversity in International Law, and integration
processes in Ibero‐America. In relation with the first‐mentioned subject
she is interested in the treatment by International Law of cultural
products and the application of UNESCO Convention on cultural diversity
in the frame of the World Trade Organisation Law. She is interested too in
exploring new ways of dealing with universality of Human Rights and cultural diversity as well as
in the indigenous peoples’ cultural rights. She is currently exploring the issue of the ways of
involving indigenous peoples in the processes of inscription of sites in the UNESCO World
Heritage List. She holds a Ph. D. in Human Rights from the Carlos III University, Madrid (2010), a
Master in European Law (2005) from the Institut d’Études Européennes, Université Libre de
Bruxelles, and a Master of Advances Studies in Human Rights from Carlos III University, Madrid
(2007). She has published several articles in the field of cultural rights and cultural diversity in
International Law, cultural integration processes, and migration of artists and cultural workers
from Latin‐America to Europe. In 2011 she has published “La diversidad cultural en el Derecho
Internacional: La Convención de la UNESCO” (Cultural diversity in International Law: The UNESCO
Convention), Iustel.
Bernadska, Anna ‐ University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Anna Bernadska is an arts and non‐profit practitioner and educator. A
native of Ukraine, she worked with various cultural organizations and held
positions ranging from a coordinator of international cultural exchanges
at the Ukrainian Ministry of Culture to a program officer at the Open
Society (George Soros) Foundation in Kyiv. Bernadska earned her master’s
degree in Arts Management from Columbia College Chicago and is
currently pursuing a doctorate degree in Public Administration at the
University of Illinois at Chicago. Bernadska’s teaching experience includes
undergraduate and graduate courses in grant writing, arts entrepreneurship and arts advocacy.
Bernadska’s current research interests include arts participation and civic engagement, nonprofit
accountability and regulatory initiatives of institutional funders.
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