Magdalena Modler-El Abdaoui has been working for many years at the interface of education, diversity and innovation issues in socio-political fields of potential and tension as a researcher, youth and adult educator, moderator and in an advisory capacity. Since 2022, she has been the programme director of the educational centres Haus der Begegnung / Innsbruck and St. Michael / Matrei a.Br. Innovative educational formats in which people find their voice, generations come into conversation and everyone steps out of their own comfort zone into a stimulating learning community are particularly close to her heart.