Vânia Rodrigues  (Porto, 1979)  is a cultural Manager, researcher and consultant in the areas of strategic planning and cultural management. She has a degree in European Studies (FLUP, 2001) and a master in Cultural Policy and Management from City University of London (2009). She is currently preparing her PhD thesis in Artistic Studies – Theatre and Performative Studies at the University of Coimbra. She is a Researcher-Collaborator of CEIS20/UC. 

She was responsible for the strategy, management and international circulation of the theatre company mala voadora, and for co-programming the company's own venue (2013-2018). She was Strategy Advisor at Artemrede (2014-2017), having led the elaboration work of their "Plano Estratégico e Operacional 2015-2020" and co-coordinated the international conference and the edition of the book "Políticas Culturais para o Desenvolvimento". She is currently a member of their Advisory Board. She was a coordinator at Setepés - Projectos Artístico-Culturais, having been a consultant for several Portuguese organisations, including EGEAC and TNDMII in Lisbon or A Oficina, in Guimarães. 

She is regularly active as a teacher/trainer in cultural management and production, strategic planning and project, management, as well as a curator, speaker and moderator at several professional and/or scientific conferences and debates. She works as an independent expert in national tenders. Occasionally publishes in books, magazines, newspapers and on the blog www.biccristalescritanormal.blog, having edited in 2020 "AS PRODUTORAS - Produção e Gestão Cultural em Portugal. Trajectos Profissionais (1990-2019)" (Publisher Caleidoscópio).