Barbara Grodecka-Poprawska is a Program Associate at Salzburg Global Seminar. In her role, Barbara works closely with Program Directors to support organization of several sessions. Prior to joining Salzburg Global in February 2015, originally as the Program Development Assistant, Barbara interned at the Institute for Human Science in Vienna and Austrian Museum for Folk Life and Folk Art. She also worked for the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok), in Vienna, Austria, and as a freelance researcher. Barbara holds a B.A. and M.A. in cultural studies from Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, and is pursuing her M.A. thesis in cultural and social anthropology at the University of Vienna.