is the Executive Director of the European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research (ERICarts). He is also the founder and director of the Centre for Cultural Research/Zentrum für Kulturforschung (ZfKf), Bonn which was founded in 1972.
Andreas Wiesand was trained in broadcasting (SWF) and completed his doctoral studies in politics, communication and sociology at Berlin and Hamburg Universities. He is the author or responsible editor of over 30 books and publications on issues related to: political, economic, or legal questions in the arts, literature and media fields; empirical studies on national, European and international cultural development and problems with cultural anthropology. He is professor of arts administration at the State College for Music and Theatre in Hamburg and gives lectures in other academic and cultural institutions throughout Europe.
Prof. Dr. Wiesand has served as chairman of the board of the copyright licensing society "Bild Kunst" (Visual Arts/Film), as Honorary Secretary General of the German Arts Council, vice-president of the German Society for Cultural Policy, on the founding board of the European cultural policy network “CIRCLE” and on the board of Deutsche Welle (German overseas Radio/TV).
