Nancy Duxbury


Biography

Nancy Duxbury, PhD, is a Researcher and Coordinator of the Research Group "Urban Cultures, Sociabilities, and Particiption" (CULTURS); Coordinator of the CREATOUR Observatory; 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 is lead of the CES team contributing to the H2020 project "UNCHARTED: Understanding, Capturing and Fostering the Societal Value of Culture" (2020-2024). She is 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 is part 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.


Latest Publications

Book Chapter

Boon, Laetitia; Forgione, Mariapiera; Acri, Marco; Nunes, Nathalie; Duxbury, Nancy (2024), Culture as a result of NBS co-creation (Section 4.3 in "Culture for inclusive urban regeneration"), in B. Caitana, I. Ferreira, and N. Nunes (org.), Urban Inclusive and Innovative Nature. Fundaments and Practices for the Co-creation of Nature-based Cities. Milan: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 33-43

Book Chapter

Acri, Marco; Nunes, Nathalie; Duxbury, Nancy; Forgione, Mariapiera; Eddine, Ribal Aman (2024), Culture at the heart of sustainable urban development (Section 4.1 in "Culture for inclusive urban regeneration"), in B. Caitana, I. Ferreira, and N. Nunes (org.), Urban Inclusive and Innovative Nature. Fundaments and Practices for the Co-creation of Nature-based Cities. Milan: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 7-17

Book Chapter

Nunes, Nathalie; Duxbury, Nancy; Boon, Laetitia; Acri, Marco; Forgione, Mariapiera; Martins, Sofia; Leonor, Susana; Mateus, Américo; Eddine, Ribal Aman (2024), Culture in the co-creation of NBS (Section 4.2 in "Culture for inclusive urban regeneration"), in B. Caitana, I. Ferreira, and N. Nunes (org.), Urban Inclusive and Innovative Nature. Fundaments and Practices for the Co-creation of Nature-based Cities. Milan: Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, 18-32