Valentina MONTALTO

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Valentina Montalto is Associate Professor of Cultural Economics at KEDGE Business School. She holds a PhD in Geography from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Her research lies at the intersection of urban studies, cultural economics, and data analysis, with a particular focus on evidence-based cultural policy and sustainable place development. Valentina has extensively worked in international contexts, advising on the implementation of the UNESCO Culture 2030 Indicators in African countries (2022-2026), leading the “Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor” at the Joint Research Centre (2016-2022), and managing projects at KEA European Affairs, a policy advisory firm specialised in the cultural and creative sectors (2009-2016). Over seventeen years, this work has produced a substantial body of academic and policy publications, examining how culture can be measured, mobilised, and integrated into frameworks of sustainable urban and regional development, with particular attention to the role of culture in driving places' socio-economic transformations.

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    MONTALTO, V., "Chi manca all’appello? Nuovi approcci per una cultura che sfugge alle definizioni. Io Sono Cultura 2025" in Io Sono Cultura 2025., Ed., Symbola-Unioncamere, 2025 2025 Book chapter
    MONTALTO, V., R. FERRARINI, C. DONÀ DELLE ROSE, M. STUBELJ ARS, White paper "40 recommendations from 40 years of European Capitals of Culture", City of Chemnitz, 2025 2025 Book
    MONTALTO, V., "Can cultural participation enhance proximity tourism? insights from a resident profiling study", Journal of Place Management and Development, 2025, pp. 1-23 2025 Journal article
    MONTALTO, V., "Misurare il lavoro (autonomo) nel settore culturale e creativo: nuovi approcci e prospettive" in Io Sono Cultura - Rapporto 2024., Ed., Symbola-Unioncamere, pp. 37-39, 2024 2024 Book chapter
    CASTELLI, C., B. D’HOMBRES, L. D. DOMINICIS, L. DIJKSTRA, V. MONTALTO, N. PONTAROLLO, "What makes cities happy? Factors contributing to life satisfaction in European cities", European Urban and Regional Studies, 2023, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 319-342 2023 Journal article
    MONTALTO, V., V. ALBERTI, F. PANELLA, P. L. SACCO, "Are cultural cities always creative? An empirical analysis of culture-led development in 190 European cities,", Habitat International, 2023, vol. 132, pp. 102739 2023 Journal article
    CONSOLI, S., V. ALBERTI, C. COCCO, F. PANELLA, V. MONTALTO, "Cultural gems linked open data: Mapping culture and intangible heritage in European cities", Data in Brief, 2023, vol. 49, pp. 109375 2023 Journal article
    VAN PUYENBROECK, T., V. MONTALTO, M. SAISANA, "Benchmarking culture in Europe: A data envelopment analysis approach to identify city-specific strengths", European Journal of Operational Research, 2021, vol. 288, no. 2, pp. 584-597 2021 Journal article
    MONTALTO, V., F. PANELLA, P. L. SACCO, "What does Brexit mean for UK cultural and creative cities?", European Urban and Regional Studies, 2021, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 47-57 2021 Journal article
    MONTALTO, V., "Città creativa verso l'évoluzione della specia", Economia & Management, 2021, vol. 1, pp. 63-68 2021 Journal article
    MONTALTO, V., "Geographies of Flowers and Geographies of Flower Power", Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13 2021 Journal article
    DESIRÉE CAMPAGNA, D., G. GIULIO CAPERNA, V. MONTALTO, "Does Culture Make a Better Citizen? Exploring the Relationship Between Cultural and Civic Participation in Italy", Social Indicators Research, 2020, vol. 149, no. 2, pp. 657-686 2020 Journal article
    MONTALTO, V., C. J. CARLOS JORGE TACAO MOURA, S. SVEN LANGEDIJK, M. MICHAELA SAISANA, "Culture counts: An empirical approach to measure the cultural and creative vitality of European cities", Cities, 2019, vol. 89, pp. 167-185 2019 Journal article
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