Andrea Stegani has covered the post of Project Management Support Coordinator at the Valletta Design Cluster within the Valletta Cultural Agency (Valletta, Malta) for the past 3 years, working mainly on the development of its strategy and cultural program. His background is varied and includes experience in the visual and performing arts as project manager, opera choir member and curator of creative exhibitions, both in Europe (Italy, Malta) and in Australia. Andrea holds a Masters Degree in Arts Management from Cà Foscari University of Venice, and has more recently undertaken formal training in fundraising and team building for nonprofit organisations.
COST provides networking opportunities for researchers and innovators in order to strengthen Europe’s capacity to address scientific, technological and societal challenges. There are three strategic priorities: promoting and spreading excellence, fostering interdisciplinary research for breakthrough science and empowering and retaining young researchers and innovators.
Writing Urban Places proposes an innovative investigation and implementation of a process for developing human understanding of communities, their society, and their situatedness, by narrative methods. It particularly focuses on the potential of narrative methods for urban development in European medium-sized cities.