The historian Dirk Rupnow on the political instrumentalisation of Holocaust remembrance, migration as a major theme in contemporary history and the difficulty of establishing a position vis-à-vis politics. Continue reading ““We should be vigilant””
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”
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 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”
Those who have the option, choose to settle down in a respectable neighbourhood. However, families with a migration background often do not have such a choice. A research project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF investigated the impact of the local neighbourhood on the daily lives of these families. Continue reading “Pragmatism as a central life strategy”
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”
The sociologist Ana Mijić is conducting research into how Bosnians living in Austria construe their self-image in their war, post-war and migration context, and she detects a cosmopolitan nationalism. Continue reading “We and the others”
The archaeologist Barbara Horejs on the vagaries of history, on why migrants from the Orient brought crop cultivation to Europe and why one should never assume that one’s own civilisation will last forever. Continue reading ““The cradle of civilisation is found in the Orient””
The sociologist Hilde Weiss talks about the specific Austrian context, the salient features of a good society, and why one needs a thick skin in the world of science. Continue reading “Enemy stereotypes: collective problem-solving”