The 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.
Read MoreReinhard Kreissl and Roger von Laufenberg published a new contribution which examines the risks and threats of AI, particularly by contrasting the core differences of human intelligence and machine intelligence, as well as the major discourses of AI and human intelligence in society. The publication is the outcome of the project “KI. Mensch. Gesellschaft – KIMeGe” and an extended version of the web article Risiken und Gefahren der „Künstlichen“ „Intelligenz“.
Read MoreStefan Hopf and Victoria Kontrus in the BUILD consortium meeting in Lisbon from 16-17 January 2025. The BUILD consortium shared, discussed and reflected on the first project results, including two literature reviews, a quantitative study on care trajectories and the first version of the BUILD model for person-centred integrated care.
Read MoreKurz vor Weihnachten war Marion Neunkirchner in ORF2 zu Gast, um über das Thema „Vaterschaft in Haft" zu sprechen. Insbesondere zur Weihnachtszeit ist es für getrennten Familien besonders schwierig, mit der Abwesenheit der Angehörigen umzugehen.
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