Johanna Braun is exploring the phenomenon of hysteria and its social implications. In her temporary elective hometown Los Angeles, the cultural scholar and Schrödinger fellow has seen her research topic attain an unparalleled order of magnitude and great topicality. – A travelogue about close-up research. Continue reading “Palm trees, the ocean and a fear of mass hysteria”
With the support of the FWF, social anthropologist Leonardo Schiocchet conducted a Lise-Meitner project exploring Austrian-Palestinian encounters, which are marked not so much by clear concerns and affiliations as by generations, values and experiences. Based on the results, he has developed a new research approach for the characterisation of cultural communities abroad. Continue reading “The diversity of Austro-Palestinian encounters”
In their newly conquered province, the Banat of Temeswar, the Habsburgs took first steps towards creating a “modern bureaucracy” at the beginning of the 18th century. Research funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has now shown how their staff management developed in concrete terms. Continue reading “Courageous staff for building up a bureaucracy”
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, economist Alyssa Schneebaum has investigated how social and biographical characteristics affect a person’s educational and work trajectory. To this end, she analysed EU and US statistics on prosperity and living conditions using a multidimensional approach from gender studies. Continue reading “Educational biographies: migrant children catch up more quickly”
The media sector is undergoing massive change. This raises new questions, especially with regard to global developments. If media companies want to operate across national borders they must take cultural aspects into account, as was shown in an international research project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF. Continue reading “Less global than expected”
With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, the historian Margit Reiter investigated the social environment of former proponents of National Socialism in Austria. Her investigations provide new insights into political and ideological continuities in post-war Austria. Continue reading “The milieu of the “Ehemaligen” in Austria”
In a joint project researchers from the Universities of Graz and Munich have investigated dyslexia as the most common learning disorder at primary school age. They have been able to identify causes of reading difficulties at both cognitive and behavioural level which can occur independently of spelling deficiencies. Continue reading “Taking a close look at reading and spelling”
You are either wise, or you aren’t: this take on wisdom falls short of reality. The world’s first long-term study on how wisdom develops shows that emotions play a central role and, in conjunction with life events, influence the dynamics of wisdom. Continue reading “Wisdom is inclusive”
Supported by the FWF, the philosopher Gerald Posselt is investigating the insufficiently explored but intertwined relationship between language and violence. Against a background of discrimination and hate speech in social media, the issue is gaining an unpleasant topicality and momentum. Continue reading “Non-violent language does not exist”
The expert in European Ethnology, Silke Meyer, on Tyrolean houses in Turkey, Turkish powdered soup in Fulpmes and why carrying debt makes you an entrepreneurial spirit in the USA but a loser in Germany. Continue reading “Not between, but on two stools”