Olaf Kuhlke

Dr. Olaf Kuhlke is Professor and Chair of Creative Entrepreneurship at MCAD. As an interdisciplinary scholar examining the connections between cultural landscapes, natural environments, and economies, he teaches courses on the creative economy, innovation, incubation, acceleration, business development, and climate entrepreneurship. His research interests have included the study of cultural festivals and their impact on communities, the representations of nationalism in urban landscapes, and the geographies of music and pilgrimages. Currently, Olaf is the Principal Investigator of a large, collaborative research project with four other universities and a federal research lab that focuses on the visualization of climate change, specifically the impact of permafrost thaw in Alaska on the local infrastructure in indigenous communities. He also serves as Co-Editor of Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts.