Pascal Gielen

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Pascal Gielen (b. 1970) is a writer and a full professor of Sociology of Culture and Politics at the Antwerp Research Institute for the Arts (ARIA) at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, where he also leads the Culture Commons Quest Office (CCQO). He serves as the editor-in-chief of the international book series Antennae – Arts in Society (published by Valiz). In 2016, he was awarded the prestigious Odysseus Grant for outstanding international scientific research by the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO). In 2022, he was appointed curator of the Culture Talks conference by the Flemish Government. Gielen has authored numerous books, translated into Chinese, English, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. His research interests include creative labor, the commons, and urban and cultural politics. Gielen is a regular contributor to Belgian newspapers De Morgen and De Standaard.