Blanka Chládková is Vice Dean for Development and associate professor at the Theatre Faculty, Janacek Academy of Performing Arts, Brno, Czech Republic. Her academic and research activities focus on the area of culture policy and theatre and festival management. Blanka leads the Theatre Management and Stage Technology Department and is supervisor of doctoral students. She is one of the founding members of the Registry of Artistic Performance, whose mission is to achieve equality of artistic and scientific knowledge and research.