Mag.a Barbara Stüwe-Eßl holds a degree in theatre and media studies / University of Vienna, cultural management training at the Institute for Cultural Management / University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Since 1999 she has been working with the interest group free theater. From 2016 – 2019 she worked as an expert on culture and social inclusion within the framework of the EU work plan for culture. She presented at the Arts for Health workshop of the Austrian Federal Chancellery and is a Member of the editorial team of the magazine edition Culture as a recipe (IG Kultur Austria).