Heritage and Urban Studies

Established in 2008 at Cracow University of Economics, Cracow, (Poland).

Fields/Disciplines

Heritage management and historic urban landscape protection.

Objectives

The specific objectives of this Chair are to :

• promote development and research on heritage management with special emphasis on the Central, Eastern and South Eastern European context and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the region;
• create new programmes for the curriculum focused on sustainable urban development, historic urban landscapes protection, heritage management and revitalization, social cohesion, regional development, tourism and cultural economics;
• develop international networking in cooperation with the International Cultural Centre in Cracow.

Host Institution

• Cracow University of Economics (Poland)

UNESCO Sector/Office responsible for the Chair/Network

Culture.

Contact

Professor Dr Andrzej Chochół