Prof.in Dr.in Nicola Scherer
Professur für Kulturmanagement und Kulturelle Arbe

• Festival studies and international performing arts
• Poststructuralist theories for cultural management and artistic practice
• New methods for cultural management and higher education teaching
• Post-heroic cultural management and Cultural Leadership
• Qualitative research methods
• Arts education and cultural policy

3/2026 - 6/2026

Gerda Henkel VisiIng Professor at Stanford University, California, USA

Since 11/2022
Professor for Cultural Management and Cultural Work
Department of Social Sciences

12/2024
Excellence in Education Award 2024
Education 2.0 Conference, Dubai, UAE

03/2021 – 08/2021
Research Scholarship (Postdoctoral Phase)
Equality Office, University of Hildesheim

04/2015 – 02/2020
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Cultural Policy
University of Hildesheim
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schneider
UNESCO Chair in Cultural Policy for the Arts in Development
Dissertation: Narratives of International Performing Arts Festivals: Curating as a Cultural-Political Strategy
Grade: Magna cum laude

2017
University Degree: Curating in the Performing Arts
Paris-Lodron University Salzburg (in cooperation with LMU Munich)

2013 – 2015
Advanced Master of Cultural Management
University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna
Grade: Passed with honors

2002 – 2009
State Examination in Fine Arts, Performing Arts, and Philosophy
Braunschweig University of Art (HBK)
Hannover University of Music, Drama and Media

• Extensive experience in scientific and cultural organisations
• Coordination and conception of research workshops and academic conferences
• Management of international scientific exchange formats
• Cultural management and evaluation of publicly funded cultural projects
• Exhibition management and curatorial work

• Consulting and advisory roles in transformation processes within arts institutions and cultural associations