Craft Ecosystems across Europe Actors, Models and Landscapes

Francesca Cominelli is Associate Professor in Cultural Economics at the University Paris 1Panthéon-Sorbonne, IREST, Institute for Research and Higher Studies in Tourism, which she directed from 2017 to 2020. She is a member of the EIREST research team and her research focuses on the economy and safeguarding of intangible cultural heritage and explores the relationships between cultural heritage, Commons, sustainable development, heritage ecosystems, innovation and cultural diversity. 

Clara Vecchio is research manager for T4C European Horizon project at the EIREST, the research team of the University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. She holds her PhD in 2018 in Economics, Euro-languages and Specialized Terminology, working on the intangible cultural heritage of Crafts in Haute Couture. Her research interests and work projects include creative and cultural industries, public and private cultural policies in crafts around transmission, innovation and sustainability.