IJdens, Teunis

Teunis IJdens, Dr., is a sociologist and policy analist. He studied graphic design at the Academies of Art in Arnheim and Enschede and sociology at the University of Nijmegen. He has worked as a researcher at the universities of Tilburg and Rotterdam. He published numerous studies and evaluation and monitoring reports on cultural and arts policies. Since 2008 he was employed by the Center of Expertise for Cultural Education (Cultuurnetwerk Nederland) and its successor the Netherlands Centre of Expertise for Cultural Education and Amateur Arts (LKCA) as a researcher, head of the research department, policy analist and editor. He co-founded the European Network of Observato-ries in the Field of Arts and Cultural Education (ENO).