Tag: Austria

Global Case Study Challenge Virtual Exchange 2025 (Austria)

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2025 Global Case Study Challenge Virtual Exchange, Global Work Competency Laboratory, Klagenfurt, Austria, 13 October – 26 November 2025. Deadline: 1 July 2025. Information session: 9 April 2025.

GCSC Information Session April 9 2025

The Global Case Study Challenge (GCSC) 2025 is a high-impact Virtual Exchange (VE) program focused on Developing Remote Work Competencies through Global Virtual Teamwork. Now in its 8th edition, the GCSC has engaged over 2,200 students and 70 educators from 40 universities across 25 countries in 485 global virtual teams.

Program Overview
* 6-week Virtual Exchange – Runs from October to end of November 2024
* Future of Work Focus – Develop essential remote work competencies in small global virtual teams (GVTs)
* Competency-Oriented – Enhance intercultural communication, digital collaboration, and sustainability skills
* Real-World Business Cases – Work on real business challenges
* Global Virtual Conference – Students present their findings and educators participate in a conference on November 19, 2025

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Cultural Dialogue at Home – Austrian Hosts and Syrian Refugees

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Cultural dialogue at home – Austrian hosts and Syrian refugees: An autoethnographic narrative by by Corina Ahlers (printed version, 2019; Taos Institute Publications WorldShare Books version, 2024). The ebook version is free to download.

This book is filled with tender, funny and frustrating scenes, as Viennese and Syrian cultures meet and mingle, and sometimes clash. Much can be learned about multicultural relations by reading this book.

In 2015 a great influx of Syrian refugees flooded Europe. Vienna was one of the cities that had a large group of people with no place to be. Many citizens who were sympathetic to these people became involved in charitable projects, including providing food, money, and other forms of care. Few went so far as to open up their homes so that refugees could live with them. This book describes the experience of Corina Ahlers, a family therapist and teacher, who opened up the apartment on the ground floor of her home, in a lovely suburb of Vienna to several refugees. Inter-cultural experiences of a great variety are described, as Corina, her husband, Reinhard, and their dog, invite their new residents to share in the Austrian lifestyle, as they open themselves to share in theirs. In the first month they hosted two men (Tarek, age 45 and Can, age 33). One month later, the second wife of Tarek, a widow with a little girl (Samira, age 25 and Leyla, age 6), arrived. Tarek’s first wife arrived in Vienna with 5 children (aged 18, 17, 14, 10, and 9) six months later. Previously his first family had lived in a big Jordanian refugee camp. From the moment his first family arrived, he switched between Corina’s house, where his second wife and her daughter lived, and the new home of his first family in another district of Vienna. Can had no relatives in Austria, and he stayed until May 2016. Tarek, Samira and Leyla moved out at the end of 2017. They found a one-room apartment on the other side of the city, very near to Tarek’s first family’s flat.

Related publication: Key Concept #1: Intercultural dialogue by Wendy Leeds-Hurwitz.

Global Case Study Challenge Virtual Exchange 2024 (Austria)

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2024 Global Case Study Challenge Virtual Exchange/COIL, Global Work Competency Laboratory, Klagenfurt, Austria, 2 October-28 November 2024. Deadline: 1 July 2024.

 

GCSC 2024The Global Case Study Challenge (GCSC) is an award-winning 8-week teaching and learning program for BA and MA-level students. It’s a high-impact career-oriented virtual exchange focusing on collaborative global virtual teamwork and the development of intercultural, digital communication and sustainability competencies.

2024 is the 7th edition of the multiple award-winning GCSC. To date, 2200 students and 70 educators from 40 universities across 25 different countries have worked together in the GCSC in 485 Global Virtual Teams

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Vienna School of International Studies: Postdoc in International Studies (Austria)

PostdocsPostdoctoral Fellowship in International Studies, Vienna School of International Studies, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 2 April 2024.

The Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien) is proposing the appointment of a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Studies for three years, starting October 2024. Upon successful evaluation at the end of the second year, the position can be extended for another two years. Geared towards promoting the professional development of the appointee, he/she will focus on his/her own research and do a limited amount of graduate teaching.

The successful candidate must hold – or have evidence of the imminent completion of – a doctorate in Cultural Studies, History, Law or Political Science. A record of research achievement at the international level, a strong agenda for future research and previous teaching experience – preferably at graduate level – are essential.

The Vienna School of International Studies is a professional school, specialized in the interdisciplinary education of graduate students, and an associate member of APSIA. The presence of international organizations in Vienna makes for excellent research opportunities, in particular for research dealing with diplomacy, governance and multilateralism broadly defined.

Carinthia University of Applied Sciences: Remote-Work-Ready (Austria but Online)

Events

Career oriented virtual exchange, Global Work Competency Laboratory, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Villach, Austria, Webinar, 18 March 2024.

Join the Global Case Study Challenge’s Webinar: Get your Students Remote-Work-Ready with Virtual Exchange (VE) and Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) 🌐

Are you looking to enhance your students’ remote work capabilities? In this webinar we explore how the Global Case Study Challenge (GCSC) equips students for the future of work!

📅 Date: March 18, 2024 ⏰ Time: 13:00 CET

Discover how VE/COIL can:

  • Equip students with remote work skills.
  • Enhance cross-cultural and digital collaboration.
  • Prepare students for global career opportunities.

Reserve your spot now and take the first step towards transforming your students’ futures.

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Intercultural Achievement Awards 2024 (Austria)

AwardsCall for nominations: Intercultural Achievement Awards, Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 17 March 2024.

The Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs is inviting applications for the Intercultural Achievement Award – a prize for outstanding, innovative intercultural and interreligious projects from Austria and abroad. The award highlights best practices and promotes the work of dialogue projects from all over the world with prize money and opportunities for international networking. Both domestic and international organisations that are committed to intercultural and interreligious dialogue in the fields of art and culture, youth, human rights, global citizenship education, integration and gender equality are eligible to apply.

Since 2014, the award has received over 1,913 submissions from 110 different countries, illustrating its growing recognition. In 2024, the winning projects will receive prize money of 6,000 to 10,000 euros. Recognition prizes of 3,000 euros may also be awarded.

The Intercultural Achievement Award is presented in the following categories:

  • Sustainability: Best ongoing intercultural and/or interreligious project focusing on the environment
  • Recent Events: Best intercultural and/or interreligious project related to a current event
  • Technology: Best application of technology to support an intercultural and/or interreligious project
    Innovation: Most innovative intercultural and/or interreligious project
  • Media: Best media contribution for intercultural and/or interreligious understanding
  • Integration in Austria
  • Best Austrian project in the categories of Sustainability, Recent Events, Technology, or Innovation

Digital Tools to Support Minoritised Languages (Austria but Online)

EventsHow to Use Digital Tools to Support Minoritised Languages, RISE UP, 6 Nov 2023 08:00 – 10:00 EST (based in Vienna, Austria but the workshop is online).

The first RISE UP Workshop on digital tools to support minoritised languages will take place online on November 6th, 2023. During the two-hour workshop, different actors working with digital tools for lesser used languages (Global Rising Voices, F´ora de Mapa, Anveatsã Armãneashti) will present their work, experiences and best practices. Afterwards, workshop sessions for different topics such as digital media for minoritised languages and digital language activism will take place in breakout rooms to foster discussions and an exchange of experiences. The workshop is free.

RISE UP (HORIZON EUROPE project on Revitalising Languages and Safeguarding Cultural Diversity) aims to empower endangered language communities by building connections between relevant actors, identifying good practices and developing methods through a multi-disciplinary approach. Furthermore, RISE UP will foster the self-confidence of these communities, including learners, new speakers, people who have not yet had the chance to learn their heritage language, supporters, and more. Through the collection and analysis of context information and policies for endangered languages in Europe, the creation of a tool set for communities, the connection of relevant actors and the involvement of young people, specifically, RISE UP aims to provide support and empowerment to endangered language communities in Europe.

Central European U IAS Fellowships 2024-5 (Hungary)

Fellowships

Junior and Senior core Fellowships, Institute for Advanced Studies, Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. Deadline: 21 September 2023.

The Institute for Advanced Study at CEU (IAS CEU) is pleased to invite applications for its Core Junior and Senior Fellowship programs for the academic year 2024/25. Fellowships are available in all research areas of the social sciences and humanities, broadly defined. Fellowships run for the full 9- month period (October-June), for the 3-month short fall semester (October- December), the 5-month fall semester (October-February) or the 6-month spring semester (January-June).

Each year, IAS CEU selects some twenty fellows for its fellowship programs. Fellows are chosen through a rigorous selection process, which includes stages of pre-selection and peer reviews as well as a final decision made by an independent, interdisciplinary, and international Selection Committee. The Institute is committed to the pursuit of cutting-edge interdisciplinary scholarship and will seek innovative research proposals. Young scholars with demonstrable promise of excellence will be considered; established senior scholars are expected to have solid records of first-rate scholarship. All disciplines within this remit are welcome. A primary criterion for selection is the expectation that each fellow’s stay at the Institute will yield original and significant research results.

Danube U Krems Studentship: Migration as Morality Politics (Austria)

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Research Fellow/PhD Student: Migration as Morality Politics, Danube University Krems, Austria. Deadline: 31 August 2023.

The advertised position is part of the FWF project “Migration as Morality Politics” coordinated by Prof. Julia Mourão Permoser. This project investigates the contentious politics of sanctuary in Europe and the United States. Sanctuary refers to practices by local governments and civil society organizations that aim to provide unauthorized migrants with a safe space where they can be shielded from immigration law enforcement. The project investigates three types of sanctuary: sanctuary cities, sanctuary churches (or other places of worship), and sanctuaries created along or near international borders by NGOs that seek to protect those who are trying to cross the border.

They are looking for a PhD candidate interested in conducting a PhD project that relates to the topic of the project. In particular, they welcome applications by researchers interested in conducting a study of sanctuary in the United States, and comparing it to the existing findings of the project about sanctuary in Europe.

Eithne Knappitsch Profile

Profiles

Dr. Eithne Knappitsch is Professor of Intercultural Management at Carinthia University of Applied Sciences (FH Kärnten), Villach, Austria. Additionally, she is a corporate trainer and consultant, bringing her expertise to organizations seeking to enhance intercultural teamwork dynamics, leadership, Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), and sustainability.

Eithne Knappitsch

Eithne is passionate about the interplay between people, culture, communication (and language), and connectivity. She is dedicated to promoting conscious personal and professional leadership in her training and teaching endeavors. And she considers herself a “pracademic,” bridging the gap between academic and practitioner contexts.

Based in the tri-border region of southern Austria, which includes Slovenia and Italy, Eithne has a special affinity for borderscapes, both physical and virtual. She grew up in Inishowen on the Ireland-Northern Ireland border and spent some time working as a researcher for the Culture, Arts & Leisure Committee of the Northern Ireland Assembly. She describes herself as a “border person,” having developed a sense of comfort in liminal or in-between spaces. Eithne is a founding member of the Transfrontier Euro-Institut Network, a network established in 2010 with 17 university, research institution, and training partners from 9 border regions in Europe. TEIN focuses on strengthening European integration and cross-border cooperation, embodying Eithne’s commitment to practical intercultural collaboration in Europe.

Drawing upon her expertise in Intercultural Management, Eithne equips her learners with the necessary competencies and perspectives for success in a globalized world and the opportunities of New and Remote Work. Her ability to bridge academic theory and practical application enhances the development of essential skills among her learners.

Eithne’s contributions extend beyond academia. She served as the President of SIETAR Austria (Society for Intercultural Education, Training, and Research) from 2019 to 2022, actively promoting intercultural understanding and competence. Moreover, Eithne co-founded the Global Case Study Challenge, a non-profit organization dedicated to cultivating a future-oriented movement of global, conscious, and sustainable thinkers, doers, and leaders. The GCSC offers an award-winning Virtual Exchange/COIL program, focusing on intercultural communication, digital collaboration, and sustainability competencies. In addition, she is involved in the Transcultural Competence Expert group at the Leadership Excellence Institute at Zeppelin University, a Delphi study on transcultural competence, and active in a working group for the World Council for Intercultural and Global Competence

Selected publications:

Knappitsch, E. (2023). A new narrative of leadership in the context of global virtual teams? In J. B. Montecinos, T. Grünfelder, and J. Wieland (Eds.), A relational view on cultural complexity: Implications for theory and practice (pp. 367-389). Cham: Springer.

Knappitsch, E. (2017). Bias mindfulness and perceptual shift: Key to managing a diverse workforce. In SIETAR Europa Congress Proceedings Cultural Dexterity for Turbulent Times, 22-27 May, 2017. Dublin: SIETAR Europa.

Knappitsch, E. (2008). 10 October commemorations in Carinthia: Promoting unity or division? Debatte: Journal of Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe, 16(2), 171-187.

Knappitsch, E., & Caliskan, S. (2017). Managing bias in HR: From recruiting to retaining a diverse workforce. In B. Covarrubias Venegas, K. Thill, & J. Domnanovich (Eds.), Internationales Personalmanagement. Rollen – Kompetenzen – Perspektiven: Implikationen für die Praxis. SpringerGabler.

Buko, S., Knappitsch, E., Zinenko, A., & Covarrubias-Venegas, B. (2022). The Global Case Study Challenge: A virtual exchange developing global work competencies. European Conference on e-Learning, 21(1), 32-41.

Deckert, C., Schomaker, R., & Knappitsch, E. (2022). Cultural impacts on national innovativeness and entrepreneurship. In Innovation and entrepreneurship: Theory and practice (pp. 57-84). WSB University.

Döring, T., Knappitsch, E., & Aigner, B. (2010). Political competences within the EU and their significance for the Western Balkans. European Perspectives, 2(2/3), 15-39.

Work for CID:

Eithne Knappitsch wrote a guest post on The Global Case Study Challenge: Competencies for the Future of Work in Virtual Environments in 2023, and on Empowering Remote-Ready Graduates: The Transformative Role of Virtual Exchange in Career-Oriented Education in 2024.