Nancy Duxbury
Biography
Nancy Duxbury, PhD, is a Principal Researcher and Coordinator of the Research Group "Urban Cultures, Sociabilities, and Particiption" (CULTURS); Coordinator of the CREATOUR Observatory; Co-Coordinator of the Doctoral Program in "Sociology - Cities and Urban Cultures" (University of Coimbra); and a member of the European Expert Network on Culture. She holds a PhD in Communication from Simon Fraser University, Canada, specializing in cultural development and policy in regards to book publishing. Her current research focuses on CCIs in non-urban areas, culture and local sustainability, culture-based development in small cities and rural areas, cultural mapping, and cultural planning. She is the Principal Investigator of the Horizon Europe project "IN SITU: Place-based innovation of cultural and creative industries in non-urban areas" (Project no. 101061747, 2022-2026). She was the Principal Investigator of a major research project on creative tourism, "CREATOUR: Creative Tourism Destination Development in Small Cities and Rural Areas" (2016-2020); and was lead of the CES team contributing to the H2020 project "UNCHARTED: Understanding, Capturing and Fostering the Societal Value of Culture" (2020-2024). She was also a member of the H2020 project "URBiNAT" and lead consultant to the project "CREATOUR AZORES." She was the European Expert for the South Africa-EU Strategic Partnership project "Cultural Mapping, Planning and Impact Assessment for Sustainable and Just Urban Development" (EuropeAid/137708/DH/SER/ZA). She was a member of the Organizing Committee for the Training Series "Publish-do-not-Perish: Survive the Stampede" at CES. She is an Adjunct Professor of Simon Fraser University and Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
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Latest Publications
Article in Scientific journal
Canto Moniz, Gonçalo; Ferreira, Claudino; Duxbury, Nancy (2025), "Resiliência criativa e culturas urbanas e rurais emergentes. Uma introdução", Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 138
Book Chapter
Zarlenga, Matias I.; Duxbury, Nancy (2025), Appendix A. UNCHARTED project: Glossary of terms, in A. Rodríguez Morató, N. Duxbury, A. Fresa, and G. Sonkoly (org.), Plural Values of Culture in Europe. London: Routledge, 247-255
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Zarlenga, Matias I.; Duxbury, Nancy (2025), Appendix B. Descriptions of case studies selected and analyzed in the UNCHARTED project, in A. Rodríguez Morató, N. Duxbury, A. Fresa, and G. Sonkoly (org.), Plural Values of Culture in Europe. London: Routledge, 256-272
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