Karol Jan Borowiecki

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Professor Karol J. Borowiecki is a globally recognized authority in the economic history of the arts. He serves as President of the Association for Cultural Economics International, as the youngest president ever, and he leads the Arts and Creativity focus area at SDU. Renowned for his original research approaches, Karol has made a significant impact both academically and societally.

Karol holds a PhD in Economics from Trinity College Dublin and a PhD in Economic History from Lund University. Despite his relatively young academic age, he has a strong publication record, including articles in leading economics journals—among them top-5 outlets—as well as interdisciplinary publications. He has co-authored the textbook The Economics of Art and Culture published by Cambridge University Press, co-edited a volume on cultural tourism in European peripheries (Routledge), and co-edited a volume with Springer on cultural heritage, which became a main reference point for scholars, practitioners and policy makers (with 650k+ downloads). Karol’s work provides original approaches to the study of existing, large problems, which cannot be analyzed in conventional ways. Some of his innovative work is regarded as path-breaking, e.g., the UN World Happiness Report presents Karol’s linguistic inquiry method to study well-being as a solution to "prediction policy problems". Karol is pioneer and lobbyist for the economic history of the arts (the intersection between economic history and cultural economics).

Karol’s position as one of the leading cultural economists in Europe has been recognized in a variety of ways. He has been collaborating with, consulting or influencing some of the most important institutions in Europe, including the European Commission, National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Nesta), The Arts Council England, and The Ministry of Culture and Communication in France. He shapes policy in Europe by frequently writing policy briefs and speaking to the public and media. Karol is globally ranked among top 5% economists and is among the top-10 cultural economists in the world (Ideas RePEc).

Karol has considerable research leadership experience. He has served as principal investigator on a variety of grants, including from the Independent Research Fund Denmark and the Carlsberg Foundation, and has been responsible for managing a cumulative research budget exceeding €3 million. He has also acted as work-package leader in large international consortia, including INCULTUM (Horizon 2020, €3.4m) and RICHES (ERC, €2.9m). These projects have shaped the careers of junior scholars, informed policy debates and practice, advanced the research frontier, and received academic recognition through prizes and awards. In the past, Karol developed and led the interdisciplinary cluster Creativity and Innovation in the Digital Age, bringing together over 40 researchers from four faculties. His work has attracted frequent media coverage across multiple countries and languages.

Karol’s services to the profession are many. He has served as a guest editor at the Journal of Cultural Economics and the European Economic History Review, as well as a member of the editorial boards of Tourism Economics and the Journal of Cultural Economics. He is the founder and former co-editor of EconomistsTalkArt.org and has been a scientific panel member of the European Workshop of Applied Cultural Economics. He also served on the executive board of the Association of Cultural Economics International. In Denmark, he sat on the steering committee of the Danish Graduate Programme in Economics, and at SDU he serves as vice-chair of the departmental council and was profile responsible of the MSc in Economics program.

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