Before formal registration (which opens in early May and closes in mid-June), we recommend filling out the pre-registration form and sending a curriculum vitae along with a research proposal to comunicaciopgc@ub.edu. This way, we can connect you with the research supervisors best suited to your profile. The proposal should include a brief conceptual and empirical justification, the research question(s), a theoretical framework, the spatial and temporal scope of the empirical work, the methodology to be followed, and the proposed timeline. Of course, this proposal will evolve during the first year of thesis development, but this document allows us to determine whether the candidate fits within the research lines of our supervisors and helps us assess the coherence and maturity of the candidate.
The University of Barcelona launched a specific doctoral programme in Cultural and Heritage Management for the 2008-2009 academic year. Starting from the 2014-2015 academic year, with the reorganization of doctoral programs, it became a specific line within the macro-programme Society and Culture: History, Anthropology, Arts, Heritage, and Cultural Management. Over the years, many doctoral students have completed the program. See the list of theses here
On occasion of the 2008-2009 academic year, the University of Barcelona launched a specific PhD programme in Cultural and Heritage Management. Since the reorganization of the PhD programmes in 2014-2015, the course has been integrated as a specific line of the wider programme called Society and Culture: History, Anthropology, Arts, Heritage and Cultural Management. In these years, more than 15 PhD students successfully completed the programme. See the list of thesis and researchers here.
Each year, new doctoral candidates begin the program, and under the supervision of one or more directors, they conduct research over a period of 3 years (full-time) or 5 years (part-time) in one of the following research areas:
- Dynamics and models of the social, economic, and political management of culture
- Management, museology, and dynamics of social appropriation of cultural heritage
This is an interdisciplinary programme aimed at providing advanced training for researchers in the various fields that converge in cultural and heritage management. In line with the two official master’s degrees from which many of the doctoral candidates come (Cultural Management and Heritage Management and Museology), the goal is to analyze and better understand the structures, logics, and forms of intervention of the formats and agents involved in cultural and heritage management and policies.
More information on the application for admission and access to the doctoral program.