Thesis
Before students begin writing a Thesis, the information in the University Guide should be read carefully.
List of possible topics and arguments provided by the ACME Faculty:
| Dissertation title |
Advisor | Objective of the research |
How to apply |
| Evaluating impacts of coaching on leadership | Turrini Alex | The study aims at investigating the impact of coaching on the development of public sector leadership skills. A particular focus on arts might apply |
If interested please register for Professor Turrini: the office hours is every Thursday at 2:30 |
| Leadership in the arts: is that different? | Turrini Alex | These series of studies will investigate leadership styles, executive/board relationship, leadership effectiveness in the arts and cultural field |
If interested please register for Professor Turrini: the office hours is every Thursday at 2:30 |
| Leadership practices during emergencies: the role of public sector executives |
Turrini Alex | The study aims at investigating whether public sector leaders change their leadership style on the basis of the extremity of the context they are facing |
If interested please register for Professor Turrini: the office hours is every Thursday at 2:30 |
| Customer experience at Cenacolo in Milano | Rurale Andrea | Analysing drivers of satisfaction for the visit to the Heritage Site |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| Guggenheim Museum and Villa Panza | Rurale Andrea | Moving from the case of the Panza Collection which was donated to FAI in 1996, analyse - through the study of its peculiarity in terms of vocation, characteristics, location and identity - the feasibility of one or more management or co-management (even financial) opportunities with other Institutions. Taking into consideration the origin, the cultural affinity and the natural bond between the Panza Collection and the Guggenheim of New York, examine the many different forms of cooperation proposed in the past (i.e. Bilbao) and currently ongoing (i.e. UAE and Finland) with Guggenheim, mapping the process and opportunities of co-management |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| Audience relations in museums: an exploratory research on the CRM platforms adopte |
Rurale Andrea | The study aims at mapping the best performance in CRM applied in cultural institutions as museums and the reasons why the approach has not been adopted yet |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| Building a city brand: territorial marketing and brand identity | Rurale Andrea | The study aims at identifying, measuring and evaluating the city brand in the context of Cremona |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| Visitor journey in a sacred place: people behaviour in a religious cultural site |
Rurale Andrea | How religion affects the cultural tourism in a sacred place? The study aims at identifying the variables which play a role in the experience lived in a cultural religious site |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| Defining a dashboard for the evaluating of the performance of a cultural institution |
Rurale Andrea |
The study aims at developing a taxonomy of parameters for the evaluation of the performance of a cultural institution (either in heritage and performing arts) |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| How big data can influence cultural consumption? To what extent are they a source even of information for management strategy in cultural institution? |
Rurale Andrea |
The study aims at analisying the growing importance of big data in the cultural environment and how their use might affect cutlral consumption. In particular, how the strategy of an organisation can be affected by a conscious analisys of information and data |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| How Google art project can be a valuable tool for management strategy in cultural institutions? |
Rurale Andrea |
The study aims at understanding how Google Art Project can be useful for the growth of cultural institutions and how the decision of partnering with it to digitalise the content can be a strategic decision |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: andrea.rurale@unibocconi.it |
| Paradoxes in creative professional service firms | Manzoni Beatrice | The study aims at analysing what are the tensions / competing demands creative professional service firms experience and how they manage them. Creative professional service firms can be advertising agencies, architectural and design firms… Paradoxes can relate to goals, identity and people, processes and innovation. I welcome studies focusing on one or more paradoxes |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: beatrice.manzoni@unibocconi.it |
| Making the most of a Master experience: be ready to work | Manzoni Beatrice |
The study aims at understanding what aspects of a Master experience (e.g. courses, company visits, guest speakers, project works…) make it the most worthwhile and prepare best candidates for the job market |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: beatrice.manzoni@unibocconi.it |
| HR practices in cultural institutions | Manzoni Beatrice |
The study aims at understanding the impact of HR practices on cultural institutions’ multidimensional performance |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: beatrice.manzoni@unibocconi.it |
| Traditional knowledge systems for cultural heritage in Italy | Thompson Jane |
Traditional knowledge systems are attracting interest in Asia and Africa with regard to heritage. This study aims to understand how a better recognition of them in Italy can improve heritage management approaches, promote community participation and secure heritage a more dynamic role in sustainable development |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: jane.thompson@unibocconi.it |
| Cultural heritage and adaptive reuse | Thompson Jane |
This study explores changing heritage values and their implications for management. Specific case studies in Milan and its hinterland will be the basis for understanding how diverse forms of adaptive reuse impact on cultural values and on management results |
Send an email at least 6 months before the expected graduation date to: jane.thompson@unibocconi.it |
| Sustainable culture and sustainable tourism: important mediators towards sustainable territories |
Dubini Paola | The overall framework of this work is UN Sustainable Development Goals. The goal of the thesis is to identify the conditions for applicability of guidelines, protocols, certifications and best practices in cultural productions, organization of cultural events, cultural organizations. The analysis will take into consideration tools put in place by both territories, funders or agencies (such as film commissions) and individual organizations (profit or non profit) involved in production or events management. Some protocols have been already gathered. By analysing the goals, the aspects regulated, the span of intervention, the nature of the organizations involved and the KPIs used to monitor and assess sustainability elements, the thesis will explore the extent to which these procedures can be effective tools to spread a culture of sustainability. The thesis is part of a broader research project carried by ASK research centre. The thesis can start immediately |
Send an email before Dec 20 to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc laura.savoia@unibocconi.it |
| Sustainability in culture: comparing data, approaches and metrics |
Dubini Paola | Research thesis The goal of the thesis is to gather and compare different statistics at national and international level broadly related to culture and to sustainability in the arts. The key question is: what do we measure when we compare data on heritage, arts literacy culture? How should we orient indicators to measure sustainable culture? how can we evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the effort of cultural organizations? or of cultural policies? statistics by OCSE, Eurostat, UNESCO, European capital of culture will be taken into consideration |
Send an email at least 6 months before expected graduation to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc giulia.avanza@unibocconi.it |
| Sustainability report for cultural organizations | Dubini Paola | Research thesis Increasingly firms are including a sustainability report to integrate their annual report and their social report. To what extent this exercise can be applied to cultural institutions? How can this tool be used by cultural organisations to make their stakeholders more involved in the life of the organisation and by the collectivist to have a better assessment of the role museums can play in their communities and in society at large? Two research centred organisations, Museo Egizio in Torino and Muse in Trento might be the unit of analysis. the thesis will investigate how research activity leads to knowledge creation, dissemination and permeates the valorisation activities carried by the institution and will develop specific indicators to monitor the effectiveness and the efficiency of such an activity |
Send an email at least 6 months before expected graduation to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc: irene.popoli@unibocconi.it |
| Live and kicking: a dashboard to evaluate the sustainability of "mature" festivals |
Dubini Paola | Research thesis The goal of the thesis is to propose a dashboard to evaluate the ability of a "mature" festival to maintain a transformative role in a given territory and to be a driver for social and cultural development |
Send an email at least 6 months before expected graduation to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc: laura.savoia@unibocconi.it |
| Airbnb and the sustainable development of a territory: liaisons dangereuses? |
Dubini Paola | Thesis (this is not a research thesis) . The goal is to analyse the contribution of different forms of accommodation to the development of a specific territory. In particular the goal of the thesis is to identify the conditions for a company like Airbnb to bring a sustainable contribution to the territory in which it operates |
Send an email at least 6 months before expected graduation to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc: giulia.avanza@unibocconi.it |
| governance models for Italian opera | Dubini Paola | research thesis. The project is based on a longitudinal database of opera houses in Italy (fondazioni lirico sinfoniche e teatri di tradizione) and aims at identifying different models of theaters and asess their conditions for sustainability |
Send an email at least 6 months before expected graduation to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc: amonti.man@unibocconi.it |
| Private/public partnership for culture: the case of art bonus | Dubini Paola | Research thesis. The project analyses the state of the art of the application of art bonus a an incentive for public private partnership. By analysing the database gathering all projects presented and the degree of their financing, the project aims at identifying the conditions for success of such initiatives |
Send an email at least 6 months before expected graduation to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it |
| Cultural policies and their effect on the sustainability of cities and territories |
Dubini Paola | Effective cultural policies respond to the specificities of a territory and to address local opportunities and issues. This research project aims to draw a representation of a territory through the systematic consideration of factors and characteristics including, for instance, to the density and state of conservation of heritage, cultural vitality, demographics, socio-economic wellbeing, natural and anthropic disaster risk. The student will also develop a frame of indicators for the evaluation of the effects of policies for cultural valorisation on the overall sustainability of territories. The thesis is part of a broader research project carried by ASK research center. The thesis can start immediately |
Send an email before Dec 20 to: paola.dubini@unibocconi.it cc: giulia.avanza@unibocconi.it |