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New publications by ViDSS students
Citizenship Education as a relational practice. / Straub, Sarah.
Unleashing Children’s Voices in Democratic Primary Education. ed. / Julia Flutter; James Biddulph; Luke Rolls. Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2022.Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Demokratische Kommunikation und Deliberation. / Straub, Sarah.
Young Citizens. Handbuch für Politische Bildung in der Grundschule. ed. / Iris Baumgardt; Dirk Lange. Bonn : Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2022. p. 236-242.Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Dimensions of Peripherality in Journalism : A Typology for Studying New Actors in the Journalistic Field. / Hanusch, Folker; Löhmann, Kim Dana.
In: Digital Journalism, 13.12.2023.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Driving forces in green advertisements: A comparison of green advertisements in ten countries. / Matthes, Jörg; Eicher, Carolin; Naderer, Brigitte; Neureiter, Ariadne; Schmuck, Desiree; Zibarzani, Masoumeh.
Nachhaltigkeit als Gegenstand und Zielgröße der Rezeptions- und Wirkungsforschung: Aktuelle Studien und Befunde. ed. / Anna-Sophie Kümpel; Christina Peter; Anna Schnaufer-Stockmann; Frank Mangold. Baden-Baden : Nomos Verlag, 2022. p. 209-230.Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter
Employee-centric perspective on organizational crisis : How organizational transparency and support help to mitigate employees' uncertainty, negative emotions and job disengagement. / Ruppel, Christopher; Stranzl, Julia; Einwiller, Sabine.
In: Corporate Communications: An International Journal, Vol. 27, No. 5, 2022, p. 1-22.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Erwerbsarmut in Österreich aus Geschlechterperspektive. / Siegert, Christina.
In: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2022, p. 511-535.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Frauen bei den Corona-Protesten. Why do they care? / Daniel, Antje; Brunner, Markus; Knasmüller, Florian ; Maile, Felix; Ziegelauer, Franziska.
Frauengesundheit und Pandemie. Wie weiter? Sammelband des Wiener Programms für Frauengesundheit. Schriftenreihe Frauen*Gesundheit*Wien . Vol. 3 Wien , 2022. p. 17.Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter
Hybride Arbeitssettings. Die Rolle der Mitarbeiterkommunikation. / Einwiller, Sabine; Stranzl, Julia; Wahl, Ingrid.
In: PR-Magazin: das Magazin der Kommunikationsbranche, Vol. 52, No. 8, 2022, p. E1-E6.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article
Infrastructural Legacies and Post-Soviet Transformations in Northern Sakha (Yakutiya), Russia. / Schweitzer, Peter; Povoroznyuk, Olga.
In: Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, Vol. 24, No. 3, 2022, p. 297-308.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Karl Marx, der Feminist? Rezension von: Heather Brown (2021). Geschlecht und Familie bei Marx. / Siegert, Christina.
In: Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Vol. 47, No. 4, 2022.Publication: Other contribution to periodical › Book/Film/Event review
Kognitive Wirkungen politischer Kommunikation. / Nanz, Andreas; Matthes, Jörg.
Handbuch Politische Kommunikation. ed. / Isabelle Borucki; Katharina Kleinen-von Königslöw; Stefan Marschall; Thomas Zerback. Wiesbaden : Springer VS, 2022. p. 597-614.Publication: Contribution to book › Entry for reference work › peer-review
Liveability under shrinkage: initiatives in the ‘capital of pessimism’ in Finland. / Adams, Ria-Maria; Bolotova, Alla; Alasalmi, Ville.
In: European Planning Studies, Vol. 31, No. 1, 2022, p. 212-229.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
“Marienthal.reversed” : The effects of a job guarantee in an Austrian town. / Quinz, Hannah; Flecker, Jörg.
2022. Paper presented at International Labour Process Conference , Padua, Italy.Publication: Contribution to conference › Paper
Methodologische Prinzipien personzentrierter Forschung. / Wallner, Martin; Mayer, Hanna.
In: QuPuG : Journal für qualitative Forschung in Pflege- und Gesundheitswissenschaft, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2022, p. 62-70.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article
Pinboarding the Pandemic: Experiments in Representing Autoethnography. / Davies, Sarah; Pham, Bao-Chau; Dessewffy, Esther; Schikowitz, Andrea; Mora-Gámez, Fredy.
In: Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience, Vol. 8, No. 2, 2022.Publication: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Politische Werbung und koordiniertes Verhalten in Sozialen Medien im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2021. / Righetti, Nicola; Giglietto, Fabio; Kakavand, Azade Esther; Kulichkina, Aytalina; Marino, Giada; Terenzi, Massimo.
Düsseldorf : Landesanstalt für Medien NRW. 2022.Publication: Other publication › Brochure
Post-its, Cards and Short Films: Learning from International Students. / Santoianni, Alessandra.
Internationalising Teaching in Higher Education. Supporting Peer Learning. ed. / Gabriela Pleschová; Agnes Simon. 2022. p. 169-175.Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Räumliche Dimensionen sozialer Innovation : Zwischen lokaler Dynamik und Multiskalarität. / Boczy, Tatjana; Kazepov, Yuri Albert Kyrill; Saruis, Tatiana.
Soziale Innovation im Kontext: Beiträge zur Konturierung eines unscharfen Konzepts. ed. / Elmar Schüll; Heiko Berner; Martin Lu Kolbinger; Markus Pausch. Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, 2022. p. 227-249 (Zukunft und Forschung).Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Religiöse Diversifikation in Österreich. / Goujon, Anne; Reiter, Claudia; Potancokova, Michaela.
Religiöse Vielfalt in Österreich. ed. / Karsten Lehmann; Wolfram Reiss. Baden Baden : Nomos Verlag, 2022.Publication: Contribution to book › Chapter
Suicide: Media. / Mestas, Manina; Arendt, Florian.
The International Encyclopedia of Health Communication. ed. / Evelyn Ho; Carmen Bylund; Julia van Weert; Iccha Basnyat; Nadine Bol; Dean Marleah. 1. ed. New York : Wiley-Blackwell, 2022.Publication: Contribution to book › Entry for reference work › peer-review