Garcia, Beatriz Dr.
- Dr Beatriz Garcia is the Director of Impacts 08, The Liverpool Model, a longitudinal research programme into the impact of Liverpool becoming European Capital of Culture, jointly undertaken by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University.
Beatriz is a researcher in cultural policy and event-led regeneration focused in the development of models for the longitudinal assessment of the cultural impact and legacy of regeneration initiatives. Recent projects directed by Beatriz assess the legacy of cultural programming within major events such as the European Union Capital of Culture (ECoC) (Glasgow 1990 and Liverpool 2008), the Olympic Games (Barcelona 1992 onwards, including Beijing 2008 and London 2012) and the Commonwealth Games (Manchester 2002). She has been funded by the AHRC, the ESRC, the British Academy, the IOC-Olympic Museum and the International Olympic Academy. She has acted as academic collaborator to the Palmer/Rae team evaluating the impact of previous ECoCs for the European Commission, is an advisor to the Cordoba 2016 ECoC Bid, and has been academic advisor to the London 2012 Culture and Education team since the bid stage.
Beatriz has published extensively on her research is co-Editor of the ‘Culture @ the Olympics’ magazine.
www.beatrizgarcia.net
www.impacts08.net
www.culturalolympics.org.uk
