Stefano Russo

Monday, 18 May - Workshop Measuring what matters: Social impact and shared data practices in festivals

Stefano Russo is a researcher and lecturer at Erasmus University Rotterdam, with a background in cultural economics, media and communication studies, and cultural management. His research focuses on the cultural and creative industries, with particular attention to digital transformation, cultural participation, data and technological practices, creative labour, cultural value, innovation, and the evolution of cultural ecosystems. 
Alongside his academic work, Stefano has several years of experience as a consultant and applied researcher. He has worked with cultural organisations, innovation actors and territorial development projects on data collection and analysis, evaluation, strategic reflection, organisational development, and social impact assessment, with a particular focus on SROI – Social Return on Investment – approaches. 
He is currently involved in EXCENTRIC – Excelling Human-Centric Collaborative Ecosystems for Smart Digital Transformations in Cultural and Creative Industries – a Horizon Europe project supporting collaborative, sustainable, and human-centric digital transformation in the cultural and creative sectors. In this context, he contributes to methodological design, evaluation, and transversal analysis, with particular attention to how cultural organisations can develop meaningful data practices that remain connected to cultural, economic, social and environmental value.