Dr Marcin Poprawski works at HUMAK University of Applied Sciences (Finland) and at the AMU University of Poznan (Poland) in the Institute of Cultural Studies of the Faculty of Anthropology and Cultural Studies. The territory of his research, publishing and teaching activities belong to the shared land of cultural management, cultural policies, sustainability values, festivals, local cultural ecosystems, organisational cultures of arts, heritage and creative organisations, audience engagement and aesthetics. He is coordinating COSM (Culture, Organisation and Sustainability Management, www.cosm.humak.fi) a set of courses offered by Humak University to Finnish and international MA students of Cultural Management and related studies. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR), a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy (Fachverband Kulturmanagement, Germany), the member of the EECN European Expert Network on Culture and an Expert of the Association of Polish Cities. He was twice elected Vice-president of ENCATC. He is director of the AMU Audience Development Postgraduate Diploma and director of the AMU ROK Culture Observatory research centre in Poznan.