Are you a frontline professional working with victims of human trafficking? Join the DISRUPT National Training — a unique opportunity to enhance your skills in identifying and responding to trafficking cases, with a special focus on their digital and online dimensions.
Read MoreWe are delighted to welcome Ava Mayrbäurl as the newest member of the VICESSE team, joining us as an intern.
Read MoreErkennung der Sprache, Feststellung des Herkunftslandes, Länderberichte und Risikobewertungen: Migrant:innen sind im Asylverfahren zunehmend mit künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) konfrontiert. Ein Forschungsprojekt an der Universität Graz macht auf die Fehleranfälligkeit sowie Intransparenz der Technologie aufmerksam.
Read MoreThe DISRUPT project is at the forefront of combating technology-facilitated trafficking of human beings (THB), with a particular focus on the use of digital evidence in countering child trafficking for sexual exploitation.
Read MoreUnder this year’s theme, VICESSE together with the AIT will host again the social science track: “Sovereignty and Solidarity in the Digital Age – a critical view”. The social science track will take place on the 5th of June 2025 and aims at bringing together a variety of critical actors – from the social sciences, legal sciences, activists and technology developers – to think about the current state of affairs in the field of digitally (dis-)empowered societies.
Read MoreHannah Reiter and Norbert Leonhardmair organised the second EU Capacity Building event under the DISRUPT project in Vienna. Bringing together experts to enhance skills in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking with digital evidence.
Read MoreDie 10-teilige VIPROM Webinar Serie beginnt am 4. März 2025; findet alle zwei Wochen um 18.00 Uhr (1,5 Stunden) statt und endet am 8. Juli 2025.
Read MorePaul Herbinger wrote a Blog for the VIPROM Project. In it, he explores, how gender-based and domestic violence reflect deeper societal gender-relations and also influence fields like medicine. Addressing GBV/DV as medical issues requires not only overcoming institutional inertia, but also tackling the underlying gendered dynamics that shape both healthcare and society.
Read MoreAm 24. Jänner 2025 haben Andreas Kranebitter und Bernhard Weidinger vom Dokumentationsarchiv des österreichischen Widerstandes (DÖW) den neuen Rechtsextremismusbericht präsentiert. Der 2023 vom Innen- und Justizministerium beauftragte Bericht widmet sich Akteur*innen des Rechtsextremismus in Österreich, ihren ideologischen Vorstellungen und Aktivitäten sowie ihren Vernetzungen auf nationaler und internationaler Ebene.
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