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6. March 2024
Technology Studies

Europe in the space race

Social scientist Nina Klimburg-Witjes examines the construction of the European launcher rocket Ariane 6 and asks: What role will Europe play in the new space age? Our video team met the researcher to learn more.
15. February 2024
History of the women's rights movement

First women's movement: Advice to go in days gone by

How do I start my own business? What kind of education should my daughter receive? Questions like these moved women around the turn of the century and many referred to protagonists of the first women's movement for advice. The contemporary historian Corinna Oesch studies these 'citizens' letters' as new important sources.
7. December 2023
Researchers present their latest book

Rudolphina Reads: "The West" by Naoíse Mac Sweeney

"Rudolphina Reads" explores inspiring books by researchers of the University of Vienna. Classical archaeologist Naoíse Mac Sweeney met with Rudolphina to talk about her book "The West – A new history in fourteen lives" and to share her book recommendations.
23. May 2023
Society and History

Who deserves what? Making sense of inequalities during times of crisis

Do we deserve our gains and losses in the aftermath of social crises? In this guest post, University of Vienna social scientist Till Hilmar, author of "Deserved," draws important lessons from the lived experiences of post-1989 transformations.
22. February 2023
One year of war in Ukraine

What was and is to be expected

One year ago, the Russian full-fledged invasion of Ukraine began. Since then, war has once again become a topic in Europe. Wolfgang Mueller is professor of Russian History at the University of Vienna and in this interview talks about where the Ukrainians' extraordinary defiance comes from and what the war means for Europe's self-image.
4. May 2022
Archaeological Science as Game-Changer

What ancient genes tell us about who we are

Using the latest scientific methods, Tom Higham and Katerina Douka from the University of Vienna want to solve a great mystery of human evolution: Why are we the only humans left?
2. March 2022
Wolfgang Mueller about the war in Ukraine

"One of the largest invasions in Europe since the Second World War"

"Putin is obviously concerned with exterior aspirations to become a great power and with safeguarding his system internally,” says Wolfgang Mueller, expert in East European history.