Corinna Bobzien set up the event management office at RIFS in 2011 and has been responsible since then for planning the logistics and ensuring the smooth running of all RIFS events. Prior to joining the IASS, Corinna organised music and theatre festivals for the House of World Cultures in Berlin. She was also responsible for advertising the annual "Market of Continents" organised by the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Corinna Bobzien holds a master's in Latin America studies and German studies from the Freie Universität Berlin. She spent several years in South America prior to and during her studies.