Cultural Heritage Now: Evidence and Evaluation: Understanding What Cultural Heritage Projects Achieve”

There is an increasing need within cultural heritage to provide evidence for project impact. This need has several sources, from the evolving requirements of sustainable and international development practice, changes in impact philanthropy, desire for justifying public budgets and from cultural heritage itself wishing to demonstrate its applicability to wider social agendas. This lecture will discuss these sources and how we can develop appropriate monitoring and evaluation systems and tools, including current work at World Monuments Fund.

Dr Paul Burtenshaw is the Senior Director of Project Impact at World Monuments Fund. Paul completed his PhD at University College London into the performance and politics of cultural heritage as an economic asset. He was previously the Director of Projects at Sustainable Preservation Initiative and has been a freelance consultant for projects involving heritage economics, tourism, and how cultural heritage supports sustainable and community development.