The Journal of Cultural Management and Cultural Policy offers international perspectives on issues in cultural management and cultural policy research and practice. Artists shape policy and management which is integral to their practice. This issue looks at how artists engage in policy making and how policies develop through artistic practice. Authors examine the role of researchers as interpreters and developers of policies originating in artist-focused research, artist agency in artist-led development, and what it means to 'give' artists a platform to pursue their policy interests. Additionally, marginalisation of artists and lack of diversity in methodologies are explored in this issue.

Constance DeVereaux (PhD) is associate professor in residence and director, MFA Arts Administration at the University of Connecticut. Steffen Höhne (Prof. Dr.) is professor for cultural management and head of the cultural management course at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar. Martin Tröndle (Prof.) is chair of cultural production at the Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen. He is the editor of the 'Journal for Cultural Management: Art, Politics, Economics and Society' and director of the Swiss National Science Foundation project 'eMotion mapping museum experience'. He was a music consultant in the Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture. He has received various prizes and awards for his research work. Simone Wesner is a senior lecturer for cultural policy and arts management at the Department of Film, Media and Cultural Studies, Birkbeck, University of London. Jane Woddis is an associate fellow in the Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies at the University of Warwick.