Julia Glesner

Julia Glesner is Professor of Culture and Management at Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, serving as Pro-Dean for Studies and Teaching and Chairwoman of the Examination Board. She is a core member of the Institute for Building Research and Conservation within the CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE unit.

Her educational foundation includes theatre studies, German philology, and political science at the University of Mainz and Paris, followed by doctoral research at Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design supported by the 'Bild-Körper-Medium' research training group.

Glesner's research critically examines cultural governance structures, digital transformation in arts organizations, and sustainable funding models. She investigates participatory democracy in cultural planning, theatre management systems, and the political economy of cultural financing, bridging theoretical frameworks with practical institutional challenges in Europe's cultural sector.

Her publication trajectory reveals evolving focus from early digital culture studies (2000s) toward contemporary governance issues, with recent works analyzing audit mechanisms in publicly funded institutions and participation models in cultural development. The corpus demonstrates consistent engagement with power dynamics in cultural policy implementation.

Key distinctions include:

• Segal Research Fellowship at CUNY
• German National Academic Foundation alumna
• German Academic Exchange Service recognition
• Deutsche Bank Cultural Foundation support
• German Research Foundation affiliation

As head of the Arts Management and Cultural Work program, Glesner mentors emerging cultural administrators while drawing on extensive practical experience from leadership roles at Klassik Stiftung Weimar and Erfurt Theatre. Her professional trajectory uniquely integrates frontline cultural institution management with academic scholarship.

She actively contributes to the Institute for Building Research and Conservation's mission, examining intersections between architectural heritage, urban development, and cultural policy through the CITY | BUILDING | CULTURE framework.