Elisabeth Palugyay

Elisabeth Palugyay was in charge as Migration Officer and Head of Section for refugee aid and migration for the Red Cross Austria in Vienna when she started her cooperation with the International Dialogue Centre KAICIID and became a founding member of the Network for Dialogue. She was responsible for integration projects in Vienna implemented by the Red Cross, with a special focus on intercultural exchange. The development of the toolkit for the project “Integration through Dialogue” was part of that cooperation. Elisabeth Palugyay holds a Master’s degree in Political Science and International Law from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany. As an alumna of the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna, she put a special focus on international relations and humanitarian law. In her current role as Fellow of KAICIID’s International Fellowship Programme, Elisabeth is promoting intercultural and interreligious dialogue as an essential part of intercultural integration projects and long-term social inclusion.