Alex Turrini
I am an Associate Professor in Public and Nonprofit Management at Bocconi University. Previously, I have been Chair of the Division of Arts Management and Arts Entrepreneurship as well as visiting professor at Meadows School for the Arts and Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, Dallas Texas. At Bocconi I have been the director of the MSc in Arts and Cultural Management and Economics (ACME). My research and teaching interests focus on arts management and cultural policy, cultural philanthropy and fundraising, inclusion and diversity in arts organizations.
Selected Publications
Strategic Fundraising in the Arts: The Mistake of Selling
Addis. M, Rurale, A., Managing the Cultural Business: Avoiding Mistakes, Finding Success, Taylor and FrancisThe Impact of Digital Transformation on Fundraising in the Arts
Massi, M., Vecco, M. , Yi, L. Digital Transformation in the Cultural and Creative Industries, Routledge: LondonTurning Crowds Into Patrons. Democratizing Fundraising In The Arts and Culture
The Arts and Culture” in Byrnes, W., A. Brkic (eds.) The Routledge Companion to Arts Management, Routledge, ch. 27How God and King affect our musical tastes: shedding light on religiosity, political convictions and taste cultivation as drivers of eclectic vs. voracious music preferences
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTS MANAGEMENT, 2018Social innovation in arts and culture: place regeneration initiatives driven by arts and culture to achieve social cohesion
Social innovation [Open Access]: comparative perspectives, pp. 79-103, 2018Foundations in Italy: what roles and challenges?
AMERICAN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTIST, Vol. 62, No 13, pp.1822-1832, 2018The phantom of modern opera: how economics and politics affect opera houses’ programming strategies
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTS MANAGEMENT, 18, No. 3, pp. 25-36, 2016Web communication can help theatres attract and keep younger audiences
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CULTURAL POLICY, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 474-485, 2012From pioneers to partners? Arts and cultural policies and the third sector in Italy
Third Sector Organisations facing turbulent environments, pp. 89-106, 2010The Border Conflict Between the Present and the Past:Programming Classical Music and Opera
THE JOURNAL OF ARTS MANAGEMENT, LAW, AND SOCIETY, Vol. 38, No.1, pp. 71-88, 2008Measuring audience addiction to the arts: the case of an Italian theatre
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTS MANAGEMENT, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 43-53, 2006Teaching