Arts and culture are crucial for coping with a rapidly changing world. They help to renegotiate social values, can transform fear into understanding and foster a shared sense of purpose in the face of political, economic, technological and environmental challenges. In the Arts and Culture department, we work for a vibrant and resilient cultural landscape that contributes to opening new perspectives, exploring experimental futures and providing a platform for critical debate and solidarity.

After my studies and initial work experience, I was a dramaturge at the Wiener Festwochen (1998–2001), and supported ERSTE Foundation (in the making) in the field of art and culture (2001/02). Afterwards, in Berlin, I headed relations (2002–2010), an international art and culture programme initiated by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, and was a curator at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (2011–2022).

The design of long-term (research) projects between art, science and society, which address the changing understanding of the relationships between what life is and constitutes, the production of knowledge and human action, is a central element of my work.