Master’s programme Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship
General information
In the Master’s programme Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship in Rotterdam you will be looking for answers to organizational art questions in broader economic developments.
How can cultural organizations finance art projects by means of crowdfunding?
Does the comparison between the Dutch and American arts funding model actually makes sense?
How can both musicians as record companies take advantage of On Demand Music sites like Spotify?
Is art a good investment?
Cultural entrepreneurship: more relevant than ever
“Draconian arts cutbacks will cause a cultural meltdown in the Netherlands.” “Cultural organizations finally have to pay their own way.” The cultural sector is going through a turbulent period and strong sayings and emotional one-liners seem to dominate the political debate. In the Master’s programme Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship at Erasmus University Rotterdam, you will take stock of the future constraints that cultural organizations will face and explore the opportunities the cutbacks may offer. You will be able to explain if it is realistic to expect that art patronage will compensate government funding. Or you will be able to predict the consequences of the VAT-raise for the arts.
Different economic challenges
We have been addressing the arts in terms of financial and economic considerations for quite some time. Economics has always been essential in exploring the dynamic art world and cultural entrepreneurship. But cultural organizations do face different challenges and work differently than commercial organizations. In the Master’s programme Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship you will examine the interplay between art, culture and commerce. You will be able to explain how an abolishment of the fixed book price will affect the supply of book titles. Or you will be able to make proposals for new copyright laws in the digital age.
Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship. Right up your street?
In the Master’s programme Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship in Rotterdam you will study art markets, cultural organizations, creative industries and cultural goods from an economic perspective. You learn to analyse how organizations produce, sustain and disseminate culture and make reasonable predictions about trends in the art world. After your master’s programme, you will be a cultural economist who is able to explain why art worlds economically change like they do.
Economists with passion for the arts and a profound knowledge and understanding of art markets; they have studied Cultural Economics and Entrepreneurship in Rotterdam.
