Introduction to cultural policy

Education facts

Code: KVGAS1

The course deals with the cultural political system with a focus on the emergence of cultural policy as a political area, the foundations of national cultural policy and current cultural policy theories of art and the role of culture in society, consumer patterns and media behaviour, political governance of the culture sector and the funding and economisation of culture. Swedish circumstances provide the starting-point. The course includes guest lectures by academic cultural historians and theorists.

Entry requirements

General admission requirements

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Introduction to cultural policy

  Karlstad University

  Karlstad

  Start date: 31 August 2026

  End date: 4 October 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %