A partner of the Aspen Institute's Global Initiative for Art, Culture, and Society. Year-round interdisciplinary debates, research, colloquia, and lecture series on such topics as the Sciences, Technology, and the Arts or The Economics of Culture/The Culture of Economics. A seat of research on cultural policy and topics of international concern such as culture and development or culture and globalization. Development of Master programs in Cultural Translation and in Cultural Entrepreneurship, Policy, and Arts Management.