Emanuela Naclerio

Emanuela Naclerio is a Visiting Fellow at the Department of Arts and Culture Studies, Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, and a Postdoctoral Researcher on the NWO-funded VIDI project "Crafting Future Urban Economies". Her work examines contemporary social transformations in work, cultural production, and sustainability across France and Italy.

Educational Background:

• PhD in Sociology and Methodology of Social Research, University of Milan and University of Turin (2022)

Research Interests:

Naclerio investigates individual and collective experiences through traditional and digital qualitative methodologies, focusing on processes of individualization, precarization, and aestheticization of work. Her research spans urban cultural economies, gender dynamics in creative sectors, and sustainability transitions, with particular attention to performing artists and artisanal producers in European contexts.

Publication Trends:

Her recent publications (2022-2025) reveal cohesive exploration of urban cultural economies, examining how crafts, small-scale production, and performing artists navigate sustainability challenges, policy frameworks, and social transformations. Key themes include gender inequality in theater, pandemic-era solidarity among artists, self-entrepreneurship in precarious creative work, and urban regeneration through cultural policy.

Project Affiliation:

Naclerio actively contributes to the ERMeCHS research cluster STiCS (Sustainable Transitions in Culture & Societies) and presented "Policies in the making: a comparative analysis of policies affecting spaces for crafts and making in three European cities" at an academic conference in August 2023.