Ana Žuvela Bušnja is a researcher at the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO), Zagreb, Croatia. Her research interests include cultural transition and development, arts management, cultural policies and strategies. In addition she has skills in arts administration, arts production and cultural management gained through the organization of numerous cultural events during her professional engagements at the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, the City of Dubrovnik’s Department of Culture, Arts for Amnesty International (Dublin) and others.
She is active in cultural development of the City of Dubrovnik Cultural Strategy, actively observing cultural transition and development of cultural democracy and interconnections between standing cultural policies and the arts, as well as operational and fundraising activities of the Culturelink Network.
Žuvela Bušnja received a BMusHon undergraduate degree from the University of Central England and holds an M.A. degree in Cultural Policy and Arts Management from the University College Dublin. She is presently a doctoral student at the University of Zagreb.