Nikos Papastergiadis

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Title

Contributor Item Type Metadata

First Name

Nikos

Surname or Business Name

Papastergiadis

Years Affiliated

2013-

Affiliation

School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne

Birth Date

1962

Birthplace

Australia

Occupation

Professor

Biographical Text

Nikos Papastergiadis is the Director of the Research Unit in Public Cultures, and a Professor in the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne. Furthermore, he is a co- founder (with Scott McQuire) of the Spatial Aesthetics research cluster. He is the Project Leader of the Australian Research Council Linkage Project, “Large Screens and the Transnational Public Sphere,” and Chief Investigator on the ARC Discovery Project “Public Screens and the Transformation of Public Space.” Prior to joining the School of Culture and Communication, he was Deputy Director of the Australia Centre at the University of Melbourne, Head of the Centre for Ideas at the Victorian College of Arts, and lecturer in Sociology and recipient of the Simon Fellowship at the University of Manchester. Throughout his career, Papastergiadis has provided strategic consultancies for government agencies on issues of cultural identity and has worked in collaborative projects with international renowned artists and theorists.

Nikos Papastergiadis is the current Chair of NTU CCA SIngapore's International Advisory Board.