Prof. E.M. van Meerkerk (Edwin)

Edwin van Meerkerk researches and teaches about arts and cultural education, cultural policy, and higher education for sustainability. He is also a professor at ArtEZ University of the Arts and Leadership fellow in the Comenius Programme for Educational Innovation. In his research and teaching, he is driven by curiosity about how people give shape to their ideas about the value of art in practice. He does this, among other things, through his long-term research into the cooperation between art teachers and teachers in primary education within the framework of the national programme Quality Cultural Education. He is also concerned with the differences between policy and practice with regard to cultural entrepreneurship, among other things.