Spring Academy / Summer Academy

The “Spring Academy” and “Summer Academy” are intensive one-to-two-week programmes held in spring and late summer. We design and deliver them on behalf of various clients, including Kōbe University (Japan). International students explore cultural policy, cultural management, and social issues in Vienna through a practice-oriented approach. The format is open to stakeholders from culture, education, and politics — tailored to their specific needs and areas of focus.

At the heart of each individually designed programme are lectures, workshops, and institutional visits, in which experts from culture, education, and policy share their perspectives and engage in dialogue with participants. Depending on the thematic focus, participants deepen their knowledge of cultural transformation, contemporary cultural policy, or the Viennese music scene through interdisciplinary exchange formats.

The Academies foster networking, provide well-founded insights, and generate lasting impulses for a global cultural practice. Guided by a thematic focus, we analyse Vienna’s cultural scenes and the social challenges they navigate. We think about cultural education in an international context and strengthen transnational cultural perspectives through ongoing exchange.