Hanna Risku
hrisku.bsky.social
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)
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Wer meint, sowas wie ICE "kann bei uns nicht passieren", ist a) geschichtsvergessen und hat b) die Situation an den Außengrenzen & entlang der Balkanroute nicht verfolgt. Nur 1 Beispiel: 2021 prügelten vermummte Beamte der kroatischen Polizei auf Geflüchtete ein...
www.spiegel.de/ausland/kroa...
Kroatiens Innenminister Davor Božinović gibt Misshandlungen von Flüchtlingen durch Polizisten zu
Recherchen des SPIEGEL und weiterer Medienpartner belegen, dass kroatische Polizisten auf Flüchtlinge einprügelten. Innenminister Božinović räumt die Vorwürfe ein – will aber offenbar selbst keine Ver...
www.spiegel.de
January 26, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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January 25, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Menschenrechtsanwältin Nekima Levy Armstrong ist eine Bedrohung für das Weiße Haus, deshalb wird ihr Foto verfälscht und sie wegen des Vorwurfs der Störung eines Gottesdienstes als "Täterin abscheulicher Verbrechen" bezeichnet. 🤥

Volle Solidarität mit ihr 🤝

www.nekimalevyarmstrong.com
Nekima Levy Armstrong
Nekima Levy Armstrong is an award-winning civil rights lawyer, activist, and former president of the Minneapolis NAACP. She is a frequent speaker on national news outlets about racial justice advocacy...
www.nekimalevyarmstrong.com
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
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Erklärt mir bitte noch einmal, warum X in der EU noch immer nicht verboten ist. Und warum viele PolitikerInnen dort noch immer aktiv sind. Ich habe da Verständnisprobleme.
January 23, 2026 at 2:57 PM
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„Because they were told it would hurt someone else.“ Sado-Populism on its way.
January 24, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Regina Rogls neues Buch ist erschienen! Da ist alles dabei: theoretische Reflexion, methodische Weiterentwicklung, empirisch fundierte Erkenntnisse. Wärmste Empfehlung!

www.narr.de/gemeinschaft...
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...
www.narr.de
November 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Research areas: language and cognition, infant development, joint action, visual cognition and learning, behavioral economics, computational modelling of cognition and brain functioning, causality, and culture and cognition.
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
Applications Are Now Open for Academic Year 2026-2027 | Department of Cognitive Science
cognitivescience.ceu.edu
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 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.
Wrapping up and celebrating the Retrex project
15 October 2025, University of Vienna
socotrans.univie.ac.at
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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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
www.univie.ac.at
October 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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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)
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
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".
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!

fitift.eventsair.com/fit2025/regi...

#xl8 #1nt #event #congress #Switzerland #Geneva
September 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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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
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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.
September 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'AI didn't kill translation, it didn't kill my job, it killed everyone's capacity to care about anything but the bottom line.'
August 22, 2025 at 7:49 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.'
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
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.
open.substack.com
August 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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....
August 12, 2025 at 8:24 PM
CfP by Christopher D. Mellinger & Elisabet Tiselius on Evolving approaches to Cognitive Interpreting Studies: From psychological to socio-cognitive perspectives
incontextjournal.org/index.php/in...
incontextjournal.org
August 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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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
Early-Career Fellowships are open to scholars who have completed their PhD within the past eight years and have shown evidence of outstanding academic achievement.
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
Center for Advanced Studies
Center for Advanced Studies
vicas.univie.ac.at
July 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Hope to see all the 711 participants again at the EST2028 in Krakow!
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.
July 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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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 ...
jobs.leeds.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM