Work
experience
(current)
Work
experience
(past)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department (ESHCC)
Assistant Professor of Cultural Economics and Cultural Organizations
From September 2022.
Leuphana University Lüneburg
Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISKO)
Role: Postdoctoral researcher and Lecturer| From March 2022 onwards
Research focus: Cultural Production, Organizations, and the Digital Economy.
Courses:
1. Digital Platforms: independent forms of cultural production (2022 - summer semester)
2. Project on Cultural Organizations and Society (2022 - winter semester)
Leuphana University Lüneburg
REGINNB Research Project
Role: Collaborator/Researcher | From March to July 2022
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Erasmus University Rotterdam
Arts and Culture Department (ESHCC)
Role: Lecturer and Ph.D. Candidate in Cultural Economics | January 2017 to November 2021.
Research focus: Digitalization and the new funding models for the arts.
Taught courses:
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Advanced Economic Aspects of Cultural Industries (2017-2021)
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Introduction to Economics of the Arts and Culture (2017-2018)
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Innovation in the Cultural Sectors (2019)
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Introduction to Economic Theory (2021)
As a supervisor:
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Internship supervision for undergrads (2018-2021)
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Bachelor Thesis supervision (2017-2018)
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Master Thesis supervision (2020-2021)
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Business School/Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (EA/UFRGS, Brazil)
Lecturer - March to December | 2015
Courses I taught in the Bachelor program in Business and Management Studies:
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a) Sociology of Organizations
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b) Introduction to Management Studies
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c) Organizational Analyses
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OBEC - Creative Economy Observatory
(Department of Economics - UFRGS/Ministry of Culture, Brazil)
Project Manager and Researcher | 2014 – 2016
Co-responsible for managing the operations of the observatory.
Organizing research projects and seminars between academics and practitioners
Researching the local music industry ecosystem
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Apoia.se - Crowdfunding Platform (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Community developer | 2015
Supporting entrepreneurs to better organize and communicate their projects.
Developing strategies to bring more users to the platform. Inbound marketing.
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Casa da Cultura Digital Porto Alegre (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Researcher | 2013-2014
Commissioned research project dedicated to mapping the creative practices of artists within non-metropolitan areas of southern Brazil
A research project funded by the Secretary of Culture of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil).
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NGO Parceiros Voluntários (Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Management Consultant | 2011-2013
Consultancy on management for the non-profit sector and cultural organizations.
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AIESEC in Porto Alegre
Volunteer Vice-President| 2009-2010
Education
Ph.D in Arts and Culture Studies (2021)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Fully funded by NWO
Title: Crowdfunding Culture: bridging arts and commerce
Supervisors: Filip Vermeylen, Christian Handke, Erwin Dekker
Master degree (MSc.) in Management and Organization Studies
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Finished in 2014. Fully funded by CNPq (Brazil)
Theme: Creative Practices of Digital Culture
Supervisor: Neusa Cavedon
Master degree (MSc.) Cultural Anthropology
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Finished in 2017. Partially funded by CNPq (Brazil)
Theme: Meanings of online entrepreneurship
Supervisor: Arlei Damo
Cum Laude
Bachelor Degree
Business School EA/UFRGS
Universidade Federal Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Area of concentration: Management
2006-2011
Unfinished Bachelor Degree: Social Sciences (UFRGS)
*Interrupted when I moved to The Netherlands for my doctoral studies
University Teaching Qualification (BKO, Netherlands)
Risbo - Research and Training Consultancy (https://www.risbo.nl/)
Funded by ESHCC/Erasmus University Rotterdam
Finished in 2021
Prizes
Best Ph.D. Thesis Award (2021)
Erasmus University Rotterdam / Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities
Title: Crowdfunding Culture a bridge between arts and commerce
Shortlisted: Best Published Article (2021)
Erasmus University Rotterdam / Erasmus Graduate School of Social Sciences and the Humanities
Authors: Carolina Dalla Chiesa and Erwin Dekker.
Article available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwab006
Best Research Paper on Career Studies (2014)
National Association of Management Graduate Programs (ANPAD / Brazil)
Authors: Carolina Chiesa, Gabriela de Luca, Sidnei Rocha-de-Oliveira
Theme: Theoretical Developments in Career Studies
Article available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1982-7849rac2016140080
Best Research Paper on Organization Studies (2013)
National Association of Management Graduate Programs (ANPAD / Brazil)
Authors: Carolina Chiesa, Neusa Cavedon
Theme: Cyberspace and Public Space Ethnography
Article available at: http://www.anpad.org.br/diversos/down_zips/68/2013_EnANPAD_EOR670.pdf
Best junior research paper (2007)
"Scientific Initiation" Program at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS / CNPq, Brazil)
Theme: Organizational Identity
Under the project: Sociability and Consumer Culture coordinated by Prof. Neusa Cavedon
Awards/
Grants
1) MECS Research Fellowship (Leuphana University/Germany)
Culture and Organizations Department
From December, 2021 to March 2022.
2) Lodz University (Poland)
Department of Management. Grant scheme for short visiting research (2021).
3) ESHCC-Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Arts and Culture Department Small Grant Scheme for promotion of seminars (2017-2020)
4) ESHCC-Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands
PhD grant: fully funded doctoral research via NWO (Netherlands Research Council) (2017-2021)
5) CNPq, Brazil
Fully funded Master studies in Business and Organizations (2012-2014) EA/UFRGS, Brazil.
6) CNPq, Brazil
Junior Scholarship Grant for Undergraduates (2007-2008) EA/UFRGS, Brazil.
Event
Organization
1) Seminar Quality in Cultural Markets (2019)
Department of Arts and Culture (ESHCC-Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Co-organizer: Erwin Dekker
2) Global South and the Creative Industries Small Conference (2018)
Department of Arts and Culture (ESHCC-Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Co-organizer: Filip Vermeylen
3) Text and Data Analysis Workshop (2017)
Department of Arts and Culture (ESHCC-Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Co-organizer: Christian Handke
4) Seminar on Economic Anthropology and Consumer Studies
Department of Anthropology (UFRGS, Brazil)
Co-organizer: Arlei Damo
Skills
Languages
English ............ Fluent (IELTS Certification)
French ............. Intermediate
Dutch ............... Basic (currently learning)
Portuguese ....... Native
Softwares
Microsoft Office, Mac OS, SPSS, Tableau, Atlas TI, VosViewer
Methods
Preference for Mixed-methods
Qualitative research
Quantitative content analysis
Ethnography
Memberships
ACEI (Association for Cultural Economics International)
SASE (Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics)
EGOS (European Group for Organization Studies)