Current Fellows' research
- The Names of Us: Stories of Ukrainian DiversityIn the book Our Others. Stories of Ukrainian Diversity, Olesya Yaremchuk explored the histories and personal stories of fourteen ethnic minority groups living within the boundaries of present-day Ukraine. Russia´s full-scale war is changing the ethnic landscape of Ukraine.
- Mapping the Future: Debating Harm and Political Community in the Algorithmic Forecasting of CrimeThis project undertakes an analysis of how crime risk forecasting software used by police departments produces outcomes, directs decision-making, and is evaluated for accuracy and efficacy.
- Lived Experiences of Ukrainian Female Activists: Gender and Nationalism in a Civic Society Under ThreatThrough the research of the lived experiences of Ukrainian female volunteer initiatives after Russian re-invasion, Ansastasiia Omelianiuk speaks on a matter of political urgency.
- Contemporary Artistic Narrative: Between Mythmaking and Social ProjectThe main purpose of the study is to identify and compare narrative techniques in the works of Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk (using the example of the novels Primeval & Other Times and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead) and Belarusian writers Eva Vezhnavets and
- Right-Wing Extremism (RWE) in EuropeMichael Zeller’s project examines Right-Wing Extremism (RWE) in Europe. RWE has received more attention recently, both in research and the broader public sphere—not without reason.
- The Invention of UkraineRussia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine accelerated the development of a political technology employed by Zelensky and his entourage.
News
- New Fellows Starting in June01.06.2023We are happy to introduce our fellows who will begin their fellowships in May. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names.
- Vienna Meets Prague Festival: 2-6 June25.05.2023The young festival Vienna Meets Prague, which sees its fourth edition this year, is again inviting to discover highlights of Czech culture in Vienna. This year, it will take place from 2–6 June, with the Depot, a…
- Ivan Vejvoda and Veronica Anghel Discuss the Past, Present and Future of EU Enlargement24.05.2023In Episode 19 of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations podcast, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Veronica Anghel, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to…
Upcoming events
- From Democratic Virtue to Extremist ThreatSeminars and ColloquiaCET
- Part of the Digital Humanism ProgramLectureCET
- The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russo-Ukrainian War, Religion, Human Rights, and the Rule of LawLectureCET
- Books in PerspectiveLectureCET
Upcoming events
- From Democratic Virtue to Extremist ThreatSeminars and ColloquiaCET
- Part of the Digital Humanism ProgramLectureCET
- The Russian Orthodox Church and the Russo-Ukrainian War, Religion, Human Rights, and the Rule of LawLectureCET
- Books in PerspectiveLectureCET
News
- New Fellows Starting in June01.06.2023We are happy to introduce our fellows who will begin their fellowships in May. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names.
- Vienna Meets Prague Festival: 2-6 June25.05.2023The young festival Vienna Meets Prague, which sees its fourth edition this year, is again inviting to discover highlights of Czech culture in Vienna. This year, it will take place from 2–6 June, with the Depot, a…
- Ivan Vejvoda and Veronica Anghel Discuss the Past, Present and Future of EU Enlargement24.05.2023In Episode 19 of the Vienna Coffee House Conversations podcast, IWM Permanent Fellow Ivan Vejvoda is joined by Veronica Anghel, 2022/23 Europe's Futures Fellow of the IWM and ERSTE Foundation, to…
Current Fellows' research
- Female Emancipation in Doctors’ Hands: OB-GYN Nina Holopatiuk and the Short History of Abortion in the USSRKateryna Ruban's book project explores the role of abortion in Soviet life, especially in relation to the proclaimed goal of female emancipation. The book is mainly based on a memoir written by the medical doctor Nina Holopatiuk who came to work in a Transcarpathia hospital in 1951.
- Christian Hajjis: Mobility and Status in the Late Ottoman EmpireThis project explores the formation of Balkan elites in the late Ottoman Empire by focusing on the Christian hajjis—Eastern Orthodox pilgrims to Jerusalem who took as their model the Muslim hajj to Mecca. These pilgrims defy familiar classifications.
- Influence of Chinese Development Assistance on Democratic Institutions in Europe: A Case Study of SerbiaChina's foreign aid agenda is based on mutually beneficial cooperation with developing countries and is mostly realized through loan schemes with high-interest rates.
- First Go Novels, Then Go Tanks. Russian Contemporary Military Fiction (2009–2014) as a Tool of PropagandaMariia Shuvalova's research interests are comparative literature, contemporary Ukrainian fiction, memory and identity studies. Since 2017 she has been working with contemporary fiction narrating the war.
- Theorizing Solidarity using the example of “Solidarity Citizenship”Sevasti Trubeta’s research project engages with the question of how solidarity-based local citizenship challenges national/state citizenship and creates new social realities in current democratic societies shaped by migration.
- Mapping the Future: Debating Harm and Political Community in the Algorithmic Forecasting of CrimeThis project undertakes an analysis of how crime risk forecasting software used by police departments produces outcomes, directs decision-making, and is evaluated for accuracy and efficacy.
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