Gloria
BENEDIKT

Gloria Benedikt is a stage director and researcher. At the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), she explored how partnerships between scientists and artists can support the transformation toward sustainability. She is the author of Science and Art for Life’s Sake (2020) and was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM). She has co-produced and directed numerous multimedia performances and presented her work at theaters, international institutions, festivals, and conferences including the Bridging Europe Festival, Carnegie Hall, the European Commission's Joint Research Center, the European Culture Forum, the European Forum Alpbach, the European Parliament, Institute de France, Institute Pasteur, the Kennedy Center Washington, the UNESCO Forum, the UNGA and the World Science Forum. She has co-curated the UN Concert for a Sustainable Planet. For over ten years, she has worked on cultural and science diplomacy initiatives with the Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and, recently, also with the European External Action Service (EEAS) in Mexico and Japan. She is a graduate of the Vienna State Opera Ballet Academy and Harvard University. www.gloriabenedikt.com