Hanna Risku
@hrisku.bsky.social
Prof at University of Vienna (translation), head of the Research Group Socio-Cognitive Translation Studies (socotrans) and the research project Rethinking Translation Expertise (Retrex)
Regina Rogls neues Buch ist erschienen! Da ist alles dabei: theoretische Reflexion, methodische Weiterentwicklung, empirisch fundierte Erkenntnisse. Wärmste Empfehlung!
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Gemeinschaftsbasiertes Übersetzen im Internet
Auf Basis einer virtuellen Ethnographie untersucht Regina Rogl Online-Übersetzung als Alltags-, Freizeit- und Unterhaltungsaktivität. Die Studie beschreibt gemeinschaftsbasiertes Übersetzen auf digita...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Regina Rogls neues Buch ist erschienen! Da ist alles dabei: theoretische Reflexion, methodische Weiterentwicklung, empirisch fundierte Erkenntnisse. Wärmste Empfehlung!
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The PhD Program in Cognitive Science at Central European University, Vienna, Austria, invites applications for doctoral students to start in Fall 2026.
4 years of full financial coverage for enrolled students.
Application deadline Feb. 4, 2026.
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
4 years of full financial coverage for enrolled students.
Application deadline Feb. 4, 2026.
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
Applications Are Now Open for Academic Year 2026-2027 | Department of Cognitive Science
cognitivescience.ceu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
The PhD Program in Cognitive Science at Central European University, Vienna, Austria, invites applications for doctoral students to start in Fall 2026.
4 years of full financial coverage for enrolled students.
Application deadline Feb. 4, 2026.
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
4 years of full financial coverage for enrolled students.
Application deadline Feb. 4, 2026.
cognitivescience.ceu.edu/admission
We - the socotrans research group - wrapped up and celebrated the end of our FWF-funded project Rethinking Translation Expertise: A Workplace Study (RETREX). We recapitulated the project, discussed theoretical and methodological issues, outputs, team dynamics, and learnings.
Wrapping up and celebrating the Retrex project
15 October 2025, University of Vienna
socotrans.univie.ac.at
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
We - the socotrans research group - wrapped up and celebrated the end of our FWF-funded project Rethinking Translation Expertise: A Workplace Study (RETREX). We recapitulated the project, discussed theoretical and methodological issues, outputs, team dynamics, and learnings.
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University of Vienna is among the Top 100 in the World University Ranking by @timeshighered.bsky.social for the first time, at rank 95! 🥳 This strengthens visibility & international connections for outstanding researchers and students worldwide. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
THE Ranking – University of Vienna among the top 100 for the first time
University of Vienna has improved from rank 110 to 95
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October 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
University of Vienna is among the Top 100 in the World University Ranking by @timeshighered.bsky.social for the first time, at rank 95! 🥳 This strengthens visibility & international connections for outstanding researchers and students worldwide. #univie #THERanking 👉 www.univie.ac.at/en/news/deta...
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Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker, warum sind Sie noch auf X?
Diese Frage stelle ich in meiner aktuellen Kolumne in @derstandard.at - und erkläre, wie radikal Elon Musk derzeit auftritt und welch problematische Kampagnen auf der Plattform ablaufen (zB zu @dunjahayali.de)
Diese Frage stelle ich in meiner aktuellen Kolumne in @derstandard.at - und erkläre, wie radikal Elon Musk derzeit auftritt und welch problematische Kampagnen auf der Plattform ablaufen (zB zu @dunjahayali.de)
Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker: Warum sind Sie noch auf X?
Jetzt wäre ein guter Zeitpunkt für die Politik, die grässliche Plattform X von Milliardär Elon Musk zu verlassen
www.derstandard.at
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Werte Politikerinnen, werte Politiker, warum sind Sie noch auf X?
Diese Frage stelle ich in meiner aktuellen Kolumne in @derstandard.at - und erkläre, wie radikal Elon Musk derzeit auftritt und welch problematische Kampagnen auf der Plattform ablaufen (zB zu @dunjahayali.de)
Diese Frage stelle ich in meiner aktuellen Kolumne in @derstandard.at - und erkläre, wie radikal Elon Musk derzeit auftritt und welch problematische Kampagnen auf der Plattform ablaufen (zB zu @dunjahayali.de)
See you at the XXIII FIT World Congress in Geneva. My first FIT Congress ever!
Antonia Baumann and I will be talking about "The curious translator: Between intrinsic drive and external demand".
Antonia Baumann and I will be talking about "The curious translator: Between intrinsic drive and external demand".
Registration for the XXIII FIT World Congress is now open.
Join the International Federation of Translators, @wipo.int and the global industry at the XXIII FIT World Congress, 4-6 September 2025!
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#xl8 #1nt #event #congress #Switzerland #Geneva
Join the International Federation of Translators, @wipo.int and the global industry at the XXIII FIT World Congress, 4-6 September 2025!
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#xl8 #1nt #event #congress #Switzerland #Geneva
September 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
See you at the XXIII FIT World Congress in Geneva. My first FIT Congress ever!
Antonia Baumann and I will be talking about "The curious translator: Between intrinsic drive and external demand".
Antonia Baumann and I will be talking about "The curious translator: Between intrinsic drive and external demand".
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Mich würde ja mal eine Studie interessieren: Würden wir all das Geld, das wir in privaten Verkehr stecken, vom Benzinpreis bis zu den Kosten für Autos und Garagen, in ein öffentliches Verkehrssystem investieren, was für ein öffentliches Verkehrssystem könnten wir uns dann leisten?
September 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Mich würde ja mal eine Studie interessieren: Würden wir all das Geld, das wir in privaten Verkehr stecken, vom Benzinpreis bis zu den Kosten für Autos und Garagen, in ein öffentliches Verkehrssystem investieren, was für ein öffentliches Verkehrssystem könnten wir uns dann leisten?
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1987 warnte der große US-Ozeanforscher Wally Broecker in der Top-Fachzeitschrift Nature eindringlich vor abrupten Klimawechseln durch Instabilität der Atlantikströmung #AMOC: „Wir spielen russisches Roulette mit dem Klima“.
Jahrzehnte Forschung zeigen: die Gefahr ist noch größer als er dachte.
Jahrzehnte Forschung zeigen: die Gefahr ist noch größer als er dachte.
September 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
1987 warnte der große US-Ozeanforscher Wally Broecker in der Top-Fachzeitschrift Nature eindringlich vor abrupten Klimawechseln durch Instabilität der Atlantikströmung #AMOC: „Wir spielen russisches Roulette mit dem Klima“.
Jahrzehnte Forschung zeigen: die Gefahr ist noch größer als er dachte.
Jahrzehnte Forschung zeigen: die Gefahr ist noch größer als er dachte.
'...the drumbeat, marketing, and pop culture of "powerful AI” encourages and permits management to replace or degrade jobs they might not otherwise have. More important than the technological change, perhaps, is the change in a social permission structure.'
Lesenswert: Der KI-Hype schadet bereits Übersetzer:innen, deren Jobs eingespart und durch KI-Übersetzungen ersetzt wird
Das berichtet @bcmerchant.bsky.social, an den sich viele solcher Übersetzer:innen wandten
Das berichtet @bcmerchant.bsky.social, an den sich viele solcher Übersetzer:innen wandten
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
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August 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
'...the drumbeat, marketing, and pop culture of "powerful AI” encourages and permits management to replace or degrade jobs they might not otherwise have. More important than the technological change, perhaps, is the change in a social permission structure.'
Found this in my mailbox! Thanks to Regina Rogl & Daniela Schlager for the wonderful cooperation. The authors did a great job delivering insightful papers within tight deadlines. Thanks also to Benjamins - and to FWF for making it open access.
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August 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Found this in my mailbox! Thanks to Regina Rogl & Daniela Schlager for the wonderful cooperation. The authors did a great job delivering insightful papers within tight deadlines. Thanks also to Benjamins - and to FWF for making it open access.
www.benjamins.com/catalog/btl....
www.benjamins.com/catalog/btl....
CfP by Christopher D. Mellinger & Elisabet Tiselius on Evolving approaches to Cognitive Interpreting Studies: From psychological to socio-cognitive perspectives
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August 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
CfP by Christopher D. Mellinger & Elisabet Tiselius on Evolving approaches to Cognitive Interpreting Studies: From psychological to socio-cognitive perspectives
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«Ukraine fights today so that we may not have to fight tomorrow. Their fight is our fight,» - Kaja Kallas, Former Prime Minister of Estonia
July 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
«Ukraine fights today so that we may not have to fight tomorrow. Their fight is our fight,» - Kaja Kallas, Former Prime Minister of Estonia
Apply now: Senior & Early Career Fellowships at the University of Vienna!
The Vienna Center for Advanced Studies (ViCAS) invites applications for its Senior & Early Career Fellowship Programme for the academic year October 2026 to June 2027.
Deadline: 1st September 2025
vicas.univie.ac.at
The Vienna Center for Advanced Studies (ViCAS) invites applications for its Senior & Early Career Fellowship Programme for the academic year October 2026 to June 2027.
Deadline: 1st September 2025
vicas.univie.ac.at
Center for Advanced Studies
Center for Advanced Studies
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July 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Apply now: Senior & Early Career Fellowships at the University of Vienna!
The Vienna Center for Advanced Studies (ViCAS) invites applications for its Senior & Early Career Fellowship Programme for the academic year October 2026 to June 2027.
Deadline: 1st September 2025
vicas.univie.ac.at
The Vienna Center for Advanced Studies (ViCAS) invites applications for its Senior & Early Career Fellowship Programme for the academic year October 2026 to June 2027.
Deadline: 1st September 2025
vicas.univie.ac.at
Happiness is EST2025, the 11th Congress of the Society for Translation Studies in Leeds: wonderful organisers Sara Ramos Pinto and Callum Walker, great panels and keynotes and lovely discussions on the next research steps and the private and behind-the-scenes stuff.
July 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Happiness is EST2025, the 11th Congress of the Society for Translation Studies in Leeds: wonderful organisers Sara Ramos Pinto and Callum Walker, great panels and keynotes and lovely discussions on the next research steps and the private and behind-the-scenes stuff.
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Job klaxon! We are advertising for a permanent lecturer in German (Teaching and Research). Come and join our team here at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. Deadline 9th July. @lcsleeds.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lecturer (Teaching & Research) in German Studies
Are you an academic with proven abilities to carry out cutting-edge teaching and research in German Studies?We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual with expertise in German ...
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June 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Job klaxon! We are advertising for a permanent lecturer in German (Teaching and Research). Come and join our team here at the School of Languages, Cultures and Societies. Deadline 9th July. @lcsleeds.bsky.social jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
I am looking forward to giving a talk at the International Translation Day, 30 September, in Turku, Finland. Many thanks to www.sktl.fi and kieliasiantuntijat.fi/en/ for the invitation!
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Ohjelma
Vuoden 2025 Kansainvälisen kääntäjienpäivän seminaarin teema on Asiantuntijana tekoälyn aikakaudella. Ohjelma päivittyy. Pidätämme oikeudet muutoksiin. Ohjelma: 9.30 Aamukahvit ja ilmoittautuminen …
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June 17, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I am looking forward to giving a talk at the International Translation Day, 30 September, in Turku, Finland. Many thanks to www.sktl.fi and kieliasiantuntijat.fi/en/ for the invitation!
kaantajienpaiva.com/ohjelma/
kaantajienpaiva.com/ohjelma/
Our new volume Field Research on Translation and Interpreting has now been published online (Open Access): benjamins.com/catalog/btl.165 - enjoy!
Field Research on Translation and Interpreting
This volume constitutes a significant step in establishing field research as a central methodological approach in translation and interpreting studies.Published with the support of the Austrian Scienc...
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June 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Our new volume Field Research on Translation and Interpreting has now been published online (Open Access): benjamins.com/catalog/btl.165 - enjoy!
My entire research group Socio-Cognitive Translation Studies (socotrans) was involved in the research for our common presentation at the EST Congress in Leeds: "Navigating complexity: The construction and communication of translation expertise in the workplace".
June 14, 2025 at 9:32 AM
My entire research group Socio-Cognitive Translation Studies (socotrans) was involved in the research for our common presentation at the EST Congress in Leeds: "Navigating complexity: The construction and communication of translation expertise in the workplace".
Just two weeks to the 11th EST Congress in Leeds!
My keynote will be on "Distributed, Collective Enaction: Reframing the Study of Translation and Translation Expertise"
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My keynote will be on "Distributed, Collective Enaction: Reframing the Study of Translation and Translation Expertise"
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ev...
11th EST Congress: The Changing Faces of Translation and Interpreting Studies
The 11th European Society for Translation Studies (EST) Congress will take place at the University of Leeds in 2025.
ahc.leeds.ac.uk
June 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Just two weeks to the 11th EST Congress in Leeds!
My keynote will be on "Distributed, Collective Enaction: Reframing the Study of Translation and Translation Expertise"
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ev...
My keynote will be on "Distributed, Collective Enaction: Reframing the Study of Translation and Translation Expertise"
ahc.leeds.ac.uk/languages/ev...
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In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.
Escalating to escalate.
"Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."
"Roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized ... and will join the National Guard troops that were activated ... over the weekend without the consent of California’s governor or the city’s mayor."
Freeways blocked, cars on fire: LA protests against immigration raids and National Guard deployment | CNN
Police have used flash-bangs and tear gas while dispersing crowds as protesters set at least two Waymo self-driving cars on fire. Follow for live updates
www.cnn.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
In case you're wondering, authoritarians use this strategy of escalation to manufacture crisis, provoke outrage, then use the reaction to justify repression. It’s not about restoring order, it's about creating a spectacle of chaos they can claim only they can control.
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#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2025 – Call now open! 🚨
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
MSCA-PF
Marie-Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship at the University of Vienna
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May 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
#MSCA Postdoctoral #Fellowships 2025 – Call now open! 🚨
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
Are you a #postdoc looking to take the next big step in your #academic journey? The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025 call is officially open - and we'd love to welcome you to the University of Vienna! 🏛️
More here: ⤵️
Huge congratulations to Regina Rogl for the Teaching Award and Christina Rosner for the Mary Snell-Hornby Award for the best Master's thesis of the year at the Vienna Centre for Translation Studies! Christina's thesis deals with translation in climate organisations. Well-deserved, both!
May 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Huge congratulations to Regina Rogl for the Teaching Award and Christina Rosner for the Mary Snell-Hornby Award for the best Master's thesis of the year at the Vienna Centre for Translation Studies! Christina's thesis deals with translation in climate organisations. Well-deserved, both!
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Wie cool ist das? Harvard bietet jetzt gratis-Onlinekurse über die Verfassung und politische Institutionen an. So geht intellektueller Widerstand. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
Government | Harvard University
Browse the latest Government courses from Harvard University.
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May 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wie cool ist das? Harvard bietet jetzt gratis-Onlinekurse über die Verfassung und politische Institutionen an. So geht intellektueller Widerstand. pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
In my PhD seminar of the term, I did something fun and motivating that hopefully helped with the team spirit and cohesion of our PhD students, too.
Peer Conference: „New Faces in Translation and Interpreting Studies”
Puchberg am Schneeberg, Austria
socotrans.univie.ac.at
May 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
In my PhD seminar of the term, I did something fun and motivating that hopefully helped with the team spirit and cohesion of our PhD students, too.
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Just of four of today's headlines.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
April 20, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Just of four of today's headlines.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.
Make no mistake: This is not, at its core, about illegal immigration or border enforcement.
This is the federal government conducting a deliberate and nationwide campaign of white supremacist terror.