Linguistics and Literature

5. March 2025

Rudolphina Reads

Reading Climate Fiction with Tatiana Konrad

More than storytelling: Tatiana Konrad, a cultural studies scholar, examines the history of "climate change fiction" and its power to make possible futures more tangible. For newcomers to the genre, she also recommends must-read cli-fi by Margaret Atwood and Paolo Bacigalupi.

11. September 2024

Guest article by

Monika Pietrzak-Franger

Rudolphina Experts: Medical Gaslighting

Long Covid and ME/CFS: When the Doctor Does Not Believe You

Under the hashtag #Frauenticket, thousands of women are sharing their experiences of not being taken seriously by their doctors. Monika Pietrzak-Franger from the University of Vienna explains why patients suffering from chronic illnesses often face multiple forms of stigma.

9. July 2024

Summer city trip

On a language tour through Vienna

On our first Vienna summer tour, we accompanied students as they explored the “linguistic landscape”, and compiled tips on how each of us can become a citizen scientist to experience the linguistic diversity right on our doorstep.

6. June 2024

Tackling AI bias

Can AI be fair?

AI has a problem with gender-sensitive language, prefers white men and spreads misinformation – because it has learned from us. We asked a computer linguist, an AI ethicist and a technology researcher from the University of Vienna: How can we make AI more equitable?

4. April 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Moraliser, plagiarism engine, miracle machine: How well do we know AI?

The breakneck speed at which artificial intelligence is developing makes it difficult to predict where it is heading. Our researchers say: Instead of getting ever bigger and faster, we should now take the time to really understand AI.

16. February 2023

Environmental Health

When air becomes visible

Air pollution has been an issue for centuries, but during the COVID-19 pandemic humanity acutely and simultaneously recognised the physical presence of air. The research project "Air and Environmental Health in the (Post-)COVID-19 World" explores changing perceptions of air.