Matina Magkou is a cultural manager and researcher. After years in Greece, Spain, Belgium and Qatar working with and for cultural organisations and public institutions, she is currently based in France and employed as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Côte d'Azur investigating intermediary cultural spaces, digital transformation processes and the city. She continues working as a cultural manager and consultant as well as with cultural networks and organizations evaluating projects, facilitating learning processes and project managing complex projects. Recent collaborations include the Goethe Institute, the Bodossaki Foundation and cultural networks such as EUNIC, ENCATC, In Situ and Eurozine. Finally, Matina is the co-founder of KO??EKTIVA for Social Innovation and Culture, a non-profit organization that works at the intersection of social innovation, culture and sustainable development to encourage positive transitions to more fair and viable futures and board member of UrbanDig Project, an Athens-based grassroots arts organization working on participatory projects. She is an alumna of the Global Cultural Relations platform leadership programme.