Georgia Manolopoulou has a background in Philosophy (University of Athens/Faculty of Philosophy) and is actively engaged in Cultural Heritage through her work experience in the Ministry of Culture and via a Master Course (MA) followed at the University of Athens / Faculty of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Graduate Program "Museum Studies" with the collaboration of Department of History and Archeology, Department of Geology and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Owner of Scholarship IKY / Grundtvig European Program-The Learning Museum Project at the University of Manchester Museum and a Fellow of NEON Curatorial Exchange Program at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.
She has participated in conferences, workshops, seminars on Cultural Heritage Management, while she is an author of articles in Greek and English.She speaks English and Italian fluently and has basic knowledge in Spanish and Russian. Passionate about museums and Cultural Heritage, believes that museums are what so called a "soft power" and need to quickly adjust to their new role as a bonding living cell of our common cultural heritage, in order to transform to social active places, to connect with communities,to create a dialogue towards cultural diversity, solidarity and social cohesion, to develop multisensory environments, to break their walls and change the world!