Michael Wimmer was trained as an organist, music educator and political scientist. From 1987 - 2003 he was director of the Austrian Culture Service.
He is lecturer at the Institute for Political Sciences at the University of Vienna, Expert for the Council of Europe in the field of cultural policy, Author of the Austrian National Report "Cultural Policy in Austria" and of the report "Cultural Policy in Slovenia", and expert of the European Commission on educational and cultural policy issues.
He is founding member and since 2003 head of EDUCULT - Institute for Cultural Policy and Cultural Management, which organised the Fourth International Conference on Cultural Policy Research in Vienna. 2006 he became consulting editor for The Journal of Arts, Management, Law, and Society.
European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008
European Agenda for Culture in a Globalising World
Flash Eurobarometer 2007: Intercultural Dialogue in Europe
Council of Europe White Paper on Intercultural Dialogue
Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe: Intercultural Dialogue
Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures
