CREATIVE INFRASTRUCTURES

I’m excited to be speaking at the Creative Infrastructures conference at Aarhus University, June 3–4!

My talk introduces insights from my ongoing research project, which develop a learning model for personal entrepreneurship within higher arts education .
Rather than focusing on start-ups and economic growth — the usual focus in entrepreneurship education — this model foregrounds personal interest, professional identity, and relational agency as key to how artists transition from education into working life.

Rooted in over 20 years of practice at the intersection of arts education and the cultural sector, the project draws on both established entrepreneurship theories like Bandura’s self-efficacy and Sarasvathy’s effectuation, and newer perspectives including narrative practice, worldbuilding, and stakeholder theory.

I am building a pedagogical infrastructure that prepares students not only to enter but to actively shape the professional fields they care about — positioning entrepreneurship as a path to social contribution and professional formation, not just economic opportunity.

Explore the full conference programme here

You can join the conference in person at Aarhus University or attend online — hope to see you there!