Bocconi University of Milan – ASK Research Centre (Art, Science and Knowledge) has been founded in 2004 at Bocconi University with the aim of carrying out both theoretical and empirical researches and promoting cultural planning and cultural institutions management activities. The Research Centre is focused on activities and sectors significantly characterized by the relationship between arts and economics.

Relevant previous experience in the domain:

• ITSSOIN (Impact of the Third Sector as Social Innovation), EU FP7
• LAPSI (Thematic Network on Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information), EU FP7
• Legal and Socio-Economic Impact of Digital Consumption: Empirical Evidence and Policy Guidelines, funded by the Italian Ministry of Education (2010-2012)
• COUNTER (Socio-economic and Cultural Impacts of the Consumption of Counterfeit Goods),