MIDAS Database

The Database MIDAS - Mappatura Italiana Dati Attività di Spettacolo (Italian Mapping of Entertainment Data) includes over 50.000 funding records of 11.000 enterprises in the period 2013-2024

MIDAS - FUS and Extra FUS contribution

The MIDAS database is coordinated by Matteo Paoletti (PI) and developed by technicians Enrico De Stavola and Alessandro Kassapidis of the Department of the Arts of the University of Bologna; the research team is composed by Alessandra Carbonaro (Research assistant) and Giuseppe Luca Roncone (PhD candidate)

Drawing upon over 400 acts for granting by the State, 1.700 by the local authorities, and over 1.300 by 86 banking foundations, the relational analysis outlines the funding trends of public and private stakeholders in live entertainment in Italy, connecting them to financial reports, labour, and audience behaviour.