Lluis Bonet Agusti

Associate professor

Knowledge area: Economia Aplicada

Director of the Cultural Management Program and Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona. Expert in cultural economics, cultural management and cultural policies. Honoured with the ... + info

Research group:

Centre de Recerca en Informació, Comunicació i Cultura (CRICC)
Cultura, Biblioteques i Continguts Digitals (CBCD)

Grup d'innovació i recerca docent universitària basada en l'àmbit de l'economia i l'empresa

Contact Information
Department of Economics
Av. Diagonal, 690. Torre 6. 1er pis. Despatx 6118
934021817
lbonet(a)ub.edu

Academic training

Doctor en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales . Universitat de Barcelona . 29/06/2001 . (Ph.D.)

Licenciado en Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales . Universitat de Barcelona . 19/11/1984 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Diplomado en Comunidades Europeas . Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores. Escuela diplomática. Patronat català Pro-Europa . 1985 . (Diploma / Degree / Activities)

Teaching imparted (last 5 years)

Prospectiva i Anàlisi de Projectes Culturals I (University Master's Degree) - Cultural Management - Universidad de Barcelona.

Disseny Estratègic de Projectes Culturals (University Master's Degree) - Cultural Management - Universidad de Barcelona.

Prospectiva i Anàlisi de Projectes Culturals II (University Master's Degree) - Cultural Management - Universidad de Barcelona.

Creació, Gestió i Avaluació de les Indústries Culturals (Bachelor's degree) - Comunicación e Industrias Culturales por la Universidad de Barcelona(1) - Universidad de Barcelona.

Research interests

Análisis económico de la cultura

Políticas culturales comparadas y evaluación de los modelos gubernamentales de intervención

Participation in Projects (last 6 years)

Measuring the Social Dimension of Culture (MESOC) . 2020 - 2023 . Ref.870935 . Unió Europea . PI: Lluis Bonet Agusti

CROWDCUL. Crowdfunding in the Culture Sector: Adoption, Effects and Implications . 2020 - 2024 . Ref.301291 . The Norwegian Research Council . PI: Lluis Bonet Agusti

European Cloud for Heritage OpEn Science (ECHOES) . 2024 - 2029 . Ref.101157364 . Unió Europea . PI: Lluis Bonet Agusti

STRONGER PERIPHERIES: A SOUTHERN COALITION . 2020 - 2024 . Ref.616751-CREA-1-2020-1-PT-CULT-COOP2 . Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) . PI: Lluis Bonet Agusti

Cultural Heritage Actions to Refine Training, Education and Roles (CHARTER) . 2021 - 2024 . Ref.621572-EPP-1-2020-1-ES-EP . Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency . PI: Lluis Bonet Agusti

Relevant publications (Journal Publications and Other publications - last 6 years)

Rykkja, A.; Munim, Z.H.; Bonet, L. (2020). Varieties of cultural crowdfunding: the relationship between cultural production types and platform choice. Baltic Journal Of Management, 15(2), pp. 261 - 280 . Institutional Repository . ISSN: 1746-5265

L. Bonet; E. Négrier (2020). La politique culturelle à l'épreuve de l'agence. Essai de combinaison d'approche principal agent et stakeholder (PA&S). Pyramides. Revue du Centre d'Études et de Recherches en Administration Publique, 30(bis), pp. 285 - 303 . ISSN: 1376-098X

Bonet, L.; Rykkja, A. (2023). Governments matching of cultural crowdfunding: an exploratory comparative analysis of the Spanish and Swedish case. Debats. Revista de cultura, poder i societat, 137(1), pp. 116 - 141 . https://doi.org/10.28939/iam.debats-137-1.7 . ISSN: 0212-0585

Bonet, L.; Rykkja, A. (2023). Why is managerial shared leadership in creative organizations a more resilient, transparent, open, and generous constellation? A case analysis approach. European Journal of Cultural Management and Policy(13) . https://doi.org/10.3389/ejcmp.2023.12056 . ISSN: 2663-5771

Bonet, L.; Schargorodsky, H. (2023). La gestión de teatros: modelos y estrategias para equipamientos culturales . In La gestión de teatros: modelos y estrategias para equipamientos culturales . Volume. 1 . (pp. 1 - 282) . rgc ediciones . ISBN: 978-987-8488-34-9 . https://rgcediciones.com.ar/libros/la-gestion-de-teatros-modelos-y-estrategias-para-equipamientos-culturales/

Conferences and Participations in Congresses (last 6 years)

Bonet, L. (2025). Efficiency vs. Legitimacy: Rethinking Direct Government Expenditure in Cultural Policy. (Presentation of communication) . 23rd International Conference on Cultural Economics . BONET, L. (2025), “Direct government contribution to culture: legitimacy, financial mechanisms and level of spending compared internationally”. In C. Dalla Chiesa & A. Rykkja (eds) A Guide to Cultural Funding and Financing: Exploring New and Traditional Models in the Arts and Culture. Palgrave MacMillan / Springer, Cultural Economics & The Creative Economy book series . Rotterdam . NETHERLANDS

Bonet, L.; Rykkja, A; (2025). What happens when the leader breaks for good? A conceptual model for the sudy of transitions in creative organisations. (Presentation of communication) . 33rd ENCATC Congress on Cultural Management and Policy . Barcelona . SPAIN

Bonet, L. (2025). Public financing of culture and development: arguments and compartive data in the face of current crisis. (Invited conference) . 5th International Workshop Rethinking Culture and Creativity: Culture-led regeneration and innovation processes . Catania . ITALY

Bonet, L.; Rykkja, A. (2024). The non-birth of an institutional cultural crowdfunding campaign:barriers to innovation, change of priorities, low cost-benefit perception, or lack of internal leadership?. (Presentation of communication) . 3rd International Conference on Alternatie Finance Research . Kremps an der Donau . AUSTRIA

Bonet, L. (2024). Skills Strategies in the field of Cultural Heritage: Challenges and main recommendations. (Invited conference) . ICOM Annual Joint Conference on "Museum Professionalism and Ethics in Challenging Times" . Erevan . ARMENIA

Directed Thesis, minor thesis and research reports (last 6 years)

Calvano, Giada . (2024) . Greening European Music Festivals: Environmental Sustainability Strategies, Practices, and Certification from an Organisational Perspective (Ph.D. Thesis) . Barcelona.

Alice Demattos Guimeraes . (2024) . The Equilibrist Hope: perspectives & prospectives on cultural-creative crowdfunding (Ph.D. Thesis) . Western Norway University of Applied Science.

Anders Rykkja . (2023) . Take a chance on me: Cultural crowdfunding as a necessary, complementary, or substitutive business model in the Nordic countries and in Spain (Ph.D. Thesis) . Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences.