Film, books, newspapers and lectures – Colin Ross (1885-1945) successfully utilised almost all media channels during the interwar period. He did so initially as a popular travel writer and later, increasingly, as a propagandist. A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has examined his work in the context of his time and the […] Continue reading “Mapping Mr. Ross”
In the past, philosophical theories did not pay attention to childhood and child poverty. In a research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, philosophers have now drawn up the first theory of justice focusing on child poverty. Continue reading “Child poverty is unjust”
The sociologist Zeynep Sezgin investigated the strategies used by faith-based humanitarian NGOs to gain and maintain legitimacy. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, she studied how Muslim and Christian aid organisations respond to the expectations of their stakeholders. Continue reading “Faith-based humanitarian aid”
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a team of political scientists led by Sieglinde Rosenberger investigated civil society protests relating to the polarising issues of asylum and deportation. The researchers compared the evolution, objectives and outcomes of solidarity protests in Austria, Germany and Switzerland between 1993 and 2013. Continue reading “Social contact encourages protests against deportation”
Between 1914 and 1918, around 1,500 films were produced in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy – a far greater number than previously assumed. Many of them were produced to entertain and not for war propaganda purposes. A comprehensive filmography now provides an unparalleled empirical basis and unravels some of the myths. Continue reading “Silent witnesses of a world war”
In a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a philosophy research group at the University of Vienna investigated how “structuralism” became established in the field of mathematics and decisively influenced its current success. Continue reading “How mathematics became what it is today”
Between 1942 and 1945, Associated Press cooperated closely with the Nazi Regime – with the blessing of the highest echelons in Washington. This is one of the facts discovered by the German historian Norman Domeier, currently doing research under a Lise-Meitner Fellowship at the University of Vienna. Continue reading “Photos for the Führer”
Bringing Vienna, the city of music, to life in every facet is the intent of a current interactive project. Supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a research team is reconstructing the musical life of the city from 1945 to the present day. Its continuity and discontinuities are a reflection of contemporaneous political and social […] Continue reading “The musical map of Vienna”
Ernst Toller was a revolutionary, a man of letters, a politician and an indefatigable writer of letters. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, a collection of his correspondence between 1915 and 1939 has now been edited with a commentary. It opens up a 24-year window to a period of radical change. Continue reading “Unconditionally, Ernst Toller”
A group of Salzburg-based researchers led by the psychologist Eva Jonas investigates the neuro-psychological mechanisms behind existential threats. What exactly happens in the process between threat and defensive reaction is at the centre of an ongoing study funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Continue reading “From anxiety to action”