How Can Culture Advance Inclusive Leadership, Shape Policy, and Promote Social Justice?

Our Programs

These programs explore how culture in all its forms can bridge diverse perspectives, amplify underrepresented voices, and inspire collective action toward a more equitable and just world.
 


Our Themes

Inclusive Leadership

Developing diverse, values-driven leaders who reflect the societies they serve and expand access to power and participation. 

Culture as Catalyst

Championing culture as a force that bridges divides, transforms mindsets, and reimagines what shared progress can look like. 

Participation and Voice

Affirming every community’s right to visibility, participation, and voice in shaping cultural and civic life. 

Reimagining Systems

Exploring how cultural, civic, private, and public institutions can collaborate to build systems that are more equitable, sustainable, and accountable. 

Creative Imagination

Recognizing the power of artists and cultural practitioners to envision alternatives, spark dialogue, and move societies toward justice. 

Bridging and Belonging

Building empathy, understanding, and shared purpose across differences to foster trust, inclusion, and collective imagination for better solutions in an interconnected world. 



Latest Insights

Culture Update
Imagining a Climate-Just Future at the Creative Bureaucracy Festival
Salzburg Global Fellows Luis Felipe Alvarez Vega and Sophia Kaur Badhan reflect on helping participants reimagine climate action
Oct 16, 2025
Culture Update
An Autistic Storyteller in Salzburg
Salzburg Global Fellow Dawn-joy Leong reflects on creativity, quiet connections, and being “authentically and unapologetically Autistic”
Jul 31, 2025
Culture Update
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence in Armed Conflict: A Call to Action for Palestine’s Humanitarian Crisis
Salzburg Global Fellows urge international action in Palestine through justice, advocacy, and solidarity
Jul 29, 2025
Culture Update
From Red Tape to Smart Trade: AI’s Role in Rewiring Global Trade Rules
Salzburg Global Fellow and mentor explain how emerging technologies "hold the potential to dramatically enhance trade facilitation and inclusion"
Jul 21, 2025
Culture Update
Art as a Bridge: The Crossroads of Culture and Leadership
Two Salzburg Global Fellows engage in a dialogue about the power of the arts to unite, inspire, and lead global change
Jul 11, 2025
Culture Update
Narratives and Cartographies of the Word in the Construction of the Social Imaginary
Salzburg Global Fellow Josué Carlos Souza dos Santos emphasizes the central role of narratives in shaping social structures 
Jun 27, 2025
Culture Update
From the Streets To Storytelling: How Dance Reclaimed My Voice and Helped Me Reimagine the Future
Salzburg Global Fellow Samwel Japhet reflects on his personal journey with dance and its power to "heal, challenge systems, open dialogue, and connect us across cultures"
Jun 18, 2025
Culture Update
Back to Roots
Nike Jonah delivers vision statement at Culture, Arts and Society session, "Creating Futures: Art of Narrative"
Jun 15, 2025
Culture Update
6 Insights on the Power of Narrative
Takeaways from a Salzburg Global session on the power of narrative to combat misinformation and disinformation, reduce artistic risk and cultural exclusion, and support the struggle for truth
May 30, 2025

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