Struck by Science is a podcast series that presents contemporary phenomena, events, and challenges from a scientific perspective. The goal of the series is to explore social and political issues from an academic approach. In each episode, scientists from different countries and scientific fields are invited to reflect on the scientific approach to the topic at hand.
In the first episode on the topic of "Hate Speech in Political Discourse", Dr. Sonia Horonziak discusses with Dr. Liriam Sponholz. The latter is a post-doc at the German Center for Integration and Migration Research in Berlin (DeZIM-Institut). She also worked as an assistant professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München), was a senior post-doc in Vienna at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften) and the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt (Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt). She is the author of the book "Hate Speech in den Massenmedien" and an expert on the topics of hate speech, media conflicts and journalistic objectivity.
"Distance Learning during COVID-19 pandemic" is the title of the second episode and the topic of the interview with our guest Julia Holzer, BEd MSc from the Institute for the Development of Psychology and Education at the University of Vienna. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, schools had to close several times for long periods of time, forcing teachers, students and parents to organize classes in the form of distance learning. The entire education system had to be adapted for distance learning, which understandably raised many concerns and questions. Our guest discusses these and many other questions about Distance Learning with the Center's expert for scientific contacts Dr. Sonia Horonziak.
In the third episode of our podcast series "Struck by Science", Dr. Sonia Horonziak talks with Dr. Anna Maria Górska, Assistant Professor at the Leon Kozmiński Academy and Director of the Center for Research on Women and Diversity in Organizations at this institution about the situation of women in science. A main topic of discussion is the report "Deepening inequalities: what did COVID-19 reveal about the gendered nature of academic work?" - the report is available at this link https://doi.org/10.1111/gwao.12696) - which analyzes deepening inequalities and what COVID-19 revealed about the nature of academic work in terms of gender.
Have you ever wondered where the phenomenon of multilingualism comes from and what linguistics, especially neurolinguistics, has to say about it? What does it take to be considered bilingual or multilingual and to have a good command of a foreign language? What problems are faced by the brave ones who learn Polish as a foreign language, which is considered one of the most difficult languages? What is meant by language of origin? These and other questions are answered in the fourth episode of the Struck by Science podcast by outstanding linguists - Assoz. Prof. Dr. Susanne M. Reiterer from the Institute of Linguistics and Center for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna and from the University of Vienna and Natalie Kosch, MA, Lecturer in Polish at the Institute of Slavonic Studies at the University of Vienna and PhD student at the Center for Polish as a Foreign Language "Polonicum" at the University of Warsaw.
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