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Awards for Milena Nagengast

We are thrilled to announce that our colleague Milena Nagengast has received two awards for her outstanding dissertation entitled "Evaluation in Earnings Announcements: An Analysis of Their Accounting…

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 02.12.2024

„How multimodal situated practices contribute to goal-oriented multilingual encounters: insights from conversation analytic research” | Tuire Oittinen | 18:00, room D2.2.228

"Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Deception Detection"

Mathew Gillings‘ new book, Corpus Linguistic Approaches to Deception Detection has just been published by Routledge and is available in both hardback and eBook here:…

The appreciation test: artificial communication in the light of evolution

A thought leadership essay by Jens Seiffert-Brockmann, published for the International Public Relations Association.

A Night of Research

The Long Night of Research provides its visitors with the possibility to learn more about research carried out at WU, and it provides us as researchers with the possibility to talk about our projects,…

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 14.05.2024

Dominic Busch, Titel: „Post-humanist interculturality” | 14.05.2024, 18:00, Online

Pragmatic Patterns and Discourses on Twitter: Unpacking perspectives in the discussion of the Turów lignite mine

18.3.2024 17-19 h Nadine Thielemann (WU Wien) & Martina Berrocal (FSU, Jena) TU Wien (Gußhaus, EI 9 Hlawka Hörsaal, EG)

ABC awards for Ursula Lutzky

Ursula Lutzky received two prestigious awards at the 88th Annual International Conference of the Association for Business Communication, which was held from October 25 to 28, 2023, in Denver (USA):

ABC awards for Ursula Lutzky

Ursula Lutzky received two prestigious awards at the 88th Annual International Conference of the Association for Business Communication, which was held from October 25 to 28, 2023, in Denver (USA):

Vortrags- und Diskussionsreihe zum Thema Digitale Interkulturalität

Wintersemester 2023/24 (Oktober 2023-Dezember 2023)

Letter of Award

We are happy to announce that our colleague Tetiana Shevchenko was awarded with an Ernst Mach Grant. Tetiana received the grant for her project on "Corporate Blacklisting: Strategic business…

New Publication

Remedies against the Pandemic: How politicians communicate crisis management Edited by Nadine Thielemann and Daniel Weiss “Remedies against the Pandemic” offers a fresh perspective on political…

New publication

English Academic Writing, which Dr Mautner co-authored with Dr Ross, has now been published and is available here:https://www.utb.de/doi/book/10.36198/9783838560281

New publication

Corpus-Assisted Discourse Studies, which Mathew Gillings and Gerlinde Mautner co-authored with Paul Baker, has now been published and is available…

Workshop, 13.06.2023

Titel: "What does ‘value’ really mean and to whom? Using tools of (corpus) linguistics to read and interpret meaning trajectories in business discourse " - D2.2.228 - 13.06.2023, 10:00 - 12:00

New publication in paperback

Dr. Ursula Lutzky’s book The Discourse of Customer Service Tweets. Planes, Trains and Automated Text Analysis (Bloomsbury, 2021) has now also been published in paperback and is available here:…

New publication on online discussions of consumer debt

Dr. Ursula Lutzky has published the article "'Sorry to hear you're going through a difficult time': Investigating online discussions of consumer debt" with colleagues from Birmingham City University,…

Dr. Ursula Lutzky opened the Regional Conference of the Association for Business Communication 2023

In January 2023, the Regional Conference of the Association for Business Communication was held in Naples, Italy. The conference explored the topic “Re-thinking and Re-mediating Business…

English Research Seminar 06.12.2022

06.12.2022 Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich 18:00 , D2.2.228 Titel: "Third-wave im/politeness theory: Swearwords and the company they keep"

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 01.12.2022

01.12.2022 Jesper Falkheimer and Mats Heide 18:00 – 19:30 D2.2.228 Seminarraum Titel: "The research front of strategic communication"

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 01.12.2022

01.12.2022 Fabrizio Macagno (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal) 16:15 – 17:45 D2.2.228 Seminarraum Titel: "Preventing disagreements. The argumentative structure of common ground manipulation"

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 22.11.2022

Di, 22. November 2022 Jiří Nekvapil and Tamah Sherman 18:00 – 19:30 D2.2.228 Seminarraum Titel: "How multinational corporations affect their local surroundings: Sociolinguistic insights from the…

English Research Seminar 07.11.2022

"20 key lessons about business communication from 20 years at Business Spotlight" - Ian McMaster, former editor-in-chief of Business Spotlight magazine - Time & place: 2022-November-07 18:00, room…

Dr. Ursula Lutzky is recipient of recognition award from the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation for her habilitation

Dr. Ursula Lutzky is recipient of recognition award from the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Stiftung for her habilitation. We warmly congratulate her on the award!

Impressions from the Kick Off of the Master "Business Communication"

On September 30., 2022, we held the very first event of the academic year 2022/2023. Thanks to everyone who participated for the great start of the master!

EUPRERA 23rd Annual Congress at WU and Vienna University

Together with the Corporate Communication Research Group, we co-hosted the EUPRERA 23rd Annual Congress from September 21. to  September 24, 2022. Thanks you to everyone who presented, joined and…

Talk at the AEJMC Conference 2022

Two members of our institute, professor Jens Seiffert-Brockmann and Laura Hackl M.A., participated in the AEJMC Conference 2022 in Detroit and presented a paper on „Unity in Diversity - An…

English Research Seminar 15.06.2022

"Examining the role and importance of small talk during performance appraisal interviews at a globalized company" - Fien De Malsche, PhD student from the University of Antwerp - Time & place:…

English Research Seminar 08.06.2022

"Causes of miscommunication in meetings – a BELF perspective" - Evan Frendo, freelance teacher, trainer and author - Time & place: 2022-June-08 18:00, room D2.2.228

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 02.06.2022

Do 2. Juni 2022 Luisa Conti 18:00 – 19:30 D2.0.374 Seminarraum Titel: "Internationale virtuelle Zusammenarbeit: Empirisch fundierte Leitlinien für Teams"

Ursula Lutzky speaks at Interactional Variation Online (IVO) on approaches to communication in the Covid-19 crisis

On May 20th 11:00 GMT, Associate Professor Ursula Lutzky will speak about the Association for Business Communication for Europe, Africa and the Middle East and deliver a speech on ‘We’re not an…

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 19.05.2022

Do 19.5. 2022, Martin Hartung 18:00-19:30 D2.2.228 Besprechungsraum Title: "Angewandte Gesprächsforschung"

English Research Seminar 18.05.2022

"Pedagogical rules and the linguistic knowledge of English teachers" - Tom Rankin, University of Linz - Time & place: 2022-May-18 17:00, room D2.2.228

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 17.05.2022

Di, 17.5.2022 Dinah-Kristin Leschzyk (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung) 18:00 – 19:30 Online, Teilnehmeranfrage an: martina.berrocal@wu.ac.at Titel: "Analyse multimodaler Diskurse in der Risiko-…

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 02.05.2022

Mo 2.5 Michael Etter (King's College London) 18:00-19:30 D2.2.228 Besprechungsraum Titel: The Polarization of Social Evaluations

Jens Seiffert-Brockmann is Researcher of the Month

Institute Head Univ.Prof. Dr. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann was selected as Researcher of the Month.

English Research Seminar 28.04.2022

Proposing a Model of Creative Workplace Discourse; Prof. Michael Handford (Cardiff University); Thursday 28th of April 2022, 16:00, room D2.2.228

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 21.04.2022 *ABGESAGT

Do, 21.04.2022 Jesper Falkheimer & Mats Heide (Lund University) 18:00-19:30 D2.2.228 Besprechungsraum Title: "The research front of strategic communication"

English Research Seminar 30.03.2022

Communicating the climate crisis: ecocritical discourse analysis and digital storytelling; Hermine Penz (University of Graz); Wednesday 30th of March, at 18:00 in room D2.2.228

Impressions from the power of the (new) media

WU Matters. WU Talks with Andreas Enzminger und Lisa-Marie Idowu, Institute for Communication Management and Media about Fake News on Wednesday, the 18.01.2021, at 6 p.m. For more information please…

Lectures in Language, Culture and Communication 24.03.2022

Do 24.3. Bradley Wiggins (Webster Vienna Private University) 18:00-19:30 D2.2.228 Besprechungsraum Title: "Taking Games Seriously: Using Games and Simulations in Learning Environments"

The power of the (new) media

WU Matters. WU Talks with Andreas Enzminger und Lisa-Marie Idowu, Institute for Communication Management and Media about Fake News on Wednesday, the 18.01.2021, at 6 p.m. For more information please…

Research Talk: "What Are Corporations For? Developing a Theory of the Firm for Communicative Capitalism."

The research talk "What Are Corporations For? Developing a Theory of the Firm for Communicative Capitalism." will be held by Pr. Tim Kuhn on Tuesday, January 18, at 6 p.m.

Lectures in Language, Culture, and Communication 30.11.2021

Dr. Dennis Jancsary (WU, Institute for Organization Studies) Multimodality in Organizations and Organizational Research: Approaches and Applications 30.11.2021 17-19 Uhr via Zoom

Lectures in Language, Culture, and Communication 29.11.2021

Nadine Strauss (Universität Zürich) "Strategic Financial Communication: How to Communicate Sustainable Finance to the Financial Markets“ 29.11.2021 (via Zoom)

Lectures in Language, Culture, and Communication 09.11.2021

Dr. Elena Denisova-Schmidt, MBA (Universität St. Gallen, Schweiz) Korruption und Informalität in Russland (09.11.2021 17-19 Uhr virtuell Zoom)

Talk at the EUPRERA Congress 2021

Two members of our institute, professor Jens Seiffert-Brockmann and Laura Hackl M.A., participated in the 22. EUPRERA Annual Congress and gave a speech on the topic „Between Scientific Progress and…

New Publication on the Discourse of Customer Service Tweets

Dr. Ursula Lutzky has published the book The Discourse of Customer Service Tweets. Planes, Trains and Automated Text Analysis (Bloomsbury, 2021). The Discourse of Customer Service Tweets studies the…

Lectures in Language, Culture, and Communication 19.10.2021

Prof. Dr. phil. Sylvia Bendel Larcher (Hochschule Luzern - Wirtschaft, Schweiz) & Dr. Ina Pick (Universität Basel, Schweiz) Good practice in der institutionellen Kommunikation. Von der Beschreibung…

English Research Seminar 14.10.2021

Presentation on the Business Communication Master’s Programme at KU Leuven, Belgium Thursday, 14 October, 18:00, D2.2.228

English Research Seminar 13.10.2021

Lecture: “Famous leaders’ stories at the interface of narrative dimensions” Thursday, 14 October, 18:00, D2.2.228

New Master's program "Business Communication"

In the new Master’s Program in Business Communication (BizComm), students learn how to plan, design, and manage communications and how to use strategic communication to achieve business goals. The…

New Publication in Agile Content Management

Univ.Prof. Dr. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann has published the article "Agile Content Management: Strategic Communication in Corporate Newsrooms" in the International Journal of Strategic Communication…

19. Workshop „Interkulturelle Kommunikation und Interkulturelles Lernen“ (via Zoom)

Zeit: 04.-05. Juni 2021 Ort: Online via Zoom Kontakt: a.o.Univ.Prof. Dr. Edgar Hoffmann (edgar.hoffmann@wu.ac.at) Aktuelle Informationen zum Workshop

Linguistikzirkel 17.05.2021

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jurgen Willems (Institut für Public Management & Governance, WU Wien): Stereotypical associations about professions (17.05.2021 17-19 Uhr virtuell über Zoom)

Linguistikzirkel 11.05.2021

Dr. Gernot Howanitz (Institut für Slawistik, Universität Innsbruck) "Osteuropäische Propaganda im Kontext. Deep Learning anhand eines Korpus politischer YouTube-Clips" (18-20 Uhr virtuell Zoom)

Linguistikzirkel 05.05.2021

Dr. W. Timothy Coombs (Texas A&M University, College of Liberal Arts, Department of Communication), "Understanding “Bad Choices” in Crisis Communication: A Behavioral Crisis Communication Approach" …

Linguistikzirkel - Research Talk with Timothy Coombs, 5. May 2021

Prof. W. Timothy Coombs (PhD) on "Understanding “Bad Choices” in Crisis Communication: A Behavioral Crisis Communication Approach"

Linguistikzirkel 31.03.2021

Dr. Carolin Debray, Institute of Intercultural Communication, University of Hildesheim: Constructing good relations through troubles talk in intercultural teams (17-19 Uhr, virtuell über Zoom)

Linguistikzirkel 16.03.2021

Prof. Gerlinde Mautner (WU, Vienna) and Prof. Mark Learmonth, Durham Business School (UK) "False positives: Critiquing the language of leadership" (18:00 - 20:00, virtuell über MS Teams)

New Publication on ‘Sorry’ in Customer Communication

Dr. Ursula Lutzky has published the article "You keep saying you are sorry". Exploring the use of sorry in customer communication on Twitter" in Discourse, Context & Media Volume 39, 2021. It was…

New Publication in Gamification in Employee Communication

Univ.Prof. Dr. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann has published an article in Handbuch Mitarbeiterkommunikation (Springer Verlag) on the topic "Gamification in Employee Communication". You can read the full…

English Research Seminar 27.01.2021

‘EMEMUS online’: what does internationalised higher education look like on a university website? Ute Smit, University of Vienna - Date & time: Jan. 27, 2021 - Online

Linguistikzirkel 11.01.2021

Alexander Lasch (TU Dresden): Reden ist nicht alles. Management-Kommunikation auf dem angewandt-linguistischen Prüfstand WU Campus. Virtuell über Zoom 18 bis 20 Uhr

WU Matters. WU Talks with Univ.Prof. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann - 20.01.2021

Univ.Prof. Jens Seiffert-Brockmann on Fake News

Linguistikzirkel 01.12.2020

Florence Oloff (University of Oulu, Finland): “I can’t find the ‘okay’”: Learning how to use smartphones in adult education courses (18.00-20.00, virtuell MS Teams)

Linguistikzirkel 19.11.2020

Jonas Hassemer (Universität Wien): Reflektive Praktiken in einer Beratungsstelle für Geflüchtete in Wien (18.00-20.00, virtuell MS Teams)

Linguistikzirkel 12.11.2020

12.11.20 (19.00-21.00, virtuell Zoom), Prof. Dr. Christoph Barmeyer, Madeleine Bausch, Sina Grosskopf (Universität Passau): 3 Kurzvorträge im Rahmen des Linguistikzirkels: Rahmenthema: „Gestaltung…

Linguistikzirkel 11.12.2019

Dr. Sara Orthaber (Universität Maribor): (Im)politeness at a customer service centre: a cross-media comparison. Campus WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2. OG, Raum D2 2.228 Zeit: 18:15 - 19:45

Linguistikzirkel 21.11.2019

Univ. Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pöckl (Universität Innsbruck): Europäismen – Türöffner zur Mehrsprachigkeit Campus WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2. OG, Raum D2 2.228 Zeit: 18:15 - 19:45

English Research Seminar 29.10.2019

Vortrag: Dr Andrew Kehoe, Birmingham City University, UK: “All our items are pre-owned and may have musty odor”: Using automated linguistic analysis techniques to study e-commerce data Zeit:…

Linguistikzirkel 28.10.2019

28.10.19 Prof. Dr. Gundula Gwenn Hiller und Prof. Dr. Eva Brüning (Hochschule der Bundesagentur für Arbeit, Mannheim): Sprache und Kultur als Hürden im Studienalltag: Welchen Beitrag kann…

Linguistikzirkel 21.10.2019

Vortrag: Dr. Sara Matrisciano (WU Wien): Der wirtschaftliche Wert der Diatopie: externe Unternehmenskommunikation am Beispiel dialektaler Gaststättennamen zwischen (G)Lokalisierung und Entgrenzung. …

English Research Seminar 18.06.2019

Lecture: Prof. Andrea Whittle (Newcastle University Business School) "Consequential categories: How categories in interaction work to get work done" Time: Tuesday 18.06.19, 18:15 – 19:45; …

Linguistikzirkel 04.06.2019

Vortrag: Dr. Mi-Cha Flubacher (Institut für Angewandte Linguistik, Universität Wien): "Spannungsfeld Arbeit, Integration und Sprachkompetenzen: Eine solziolinguistische Diskussion" Zeit: 18:15 Uhr,…

English Research Seminar 17.05.2019

Lecture: Robert Gibson ( freelance, responsible for Intercultural Training at Siemens AG until 2018) "Navigation cultures in a VUCA world" Time: 17.05.2019 Place: WU, Building D2, Entrance D, 2nd…

Linguistikzirkel 13.05.2019

Vortrag: Prof. Jan Svennevig (Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, University of Oslo): "Negotiating Tasks and responsibilities in Meeting interaction" Zeit: 18:15 Uhr, Ort: Campus…

Linguistikzirkel 07.05.2019

Vortrag: Prof. Dr. Guiomar Elena Ciapuscio (University of Buenos Aires UBA): "'Am liebsten hätte man sich das Auge herausgerissen': Metaphorische Konzeptualisierung und Formulierungsmittel in…

English Research Seminar 10.04.2019

Workshop: Dr. Gail Forey (Senior Lecturer, University of Bath) "An introduction to Appraisal Analysis and comlaint texts" Time: 17:30 - 19:30 Place: WU, Building D2, Entrance D, 2nd floor, D2.2.228 …

English Research Seminar 09.04.2019

Lecture: Dr. Gail Forey (Senior Lecturer, University of Bath) "The Value of Meaning-focused Metalanguage for Teaching and Learning" Time: 18:15 - 19:45 Place: WU, Building D2, Entrance D, 2nd floor,…

Linguistikzirkel 08.04.2019

Prof. Arturo Dell'Acqua Bellavitis (Full Professor for Industrial Design at the Design School of the Politecnico di Milano): “The building of a brand: made in Italy between marketing and…

Linguistikzirkel 04.04.2019

Vortrag: Dr. Yasmin Mahadevan (Professorin für international und interkulturelles Management, Hochschule Pforzheim): "Der Kulturbegriff in der interkulturellen Kommunikation / im interkulturellen…

Linguistikzirkel 13.12.2018

Vortrag: Univ.Prof. Dr. Jürgen Spitzmüller (Insitut für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität Wien): „Das Unbehagen an der Kultur.“ Zeit: 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr Ort: WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2.OG,…

Linguistikzirkel 06.12.2018

Vortrag: Dr. Birte Asmuß (Department of Management, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University): „Complaints in performance appraisal interviews: reflections on data analysis, data…

Linguistikzirkel 15.11.2018

Vortrag: Univ.Prof. Dr. Alois Moosmüller (Institut für Interkulturelle Kommunikation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München): „Zur Ethnographie interkulturellen Handelns. Beispiele aus dem Alltag…

English Research Seminar 22.10.2018

Lecture: Colleen Cotter (Queen Mary University of London) "Discourse and displacement: Following and finding news in new contexts" Time: 18:15 Place: WU, Building D2, Entrance D, 2nd floor,…

English Research Seminar 15.10.2018

Lecture: Dr. Amanda Potts (Cardiff University): 'Making a patchwork quilt or Frankenstein's monster? Interdisciplinarity and collaboration in CADS' Time: 18:15 - 19:30 Place: WU, Building D2,…

Linguistikzirkel 13.06.2018

Vortrag Dr. Ursula Lutzky (WU, Institut für Englische Wirtschaftskommunikation): "Customers, crises and communication on Twitter" Zeit: 18:15 - 19:45 Uhr Ort: WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2.OG,…

Slavic Research Seminar 23.05.2018

Vortrag Dr. Agnieszka Bedkowska-Kopczyk (Graz): Kultur und Wirtschaftskommunikation im deutsch-polnischen Vergleich Zeit: 17:30 - 19:00 Uhr Ort: WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2.OG, Besprechungsraum…

Slavic Research Seminar 07.05.2018

Vortrag Mag. Michaela Čiefova (Bratislava): Interkulturelle Probleme an der slowakisch-österreichischen Grenze und ihre mögliche Lösung Zeit: 17:30 - 19:00 Uhr Ort: WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2.OG,…

Linguistikzirkel 02.05.2018

Vortrag Prof. Dr. Antje Lobin (Romanisches Seminar der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz): „Zur Feminisierung in französischen Stellenanzeigen zwischen traditioneller Norm und Political…

English Research Seminar 26.04.2018

Lecture: Dr. Stephanie Schnurr (University of Warwick, Centre for Applied Linguistics): Exploring ‘another side’ of internal leadership communication through self-denigrating humour Time: 18:15-…

Slavic Research Seminar 25.04.2018

Vortrag MMag. Sonja Bacher (Innsbruck): Die digitale Mediennutzung im Russischunterricht: eine Projektskizze Zeit: 17:30 - 19:00 Uhr Ort: WU, Gebäude D2, Eingang D, 2.OG, Besprechungsraum D2.2.228 

Workshop 19.04.2018

Workshop "Business Communication East and West" Ort: WU Wien, AD.0.114 (Sitzungssaal 1) Abstract Booklet & Programm

Linguistikzirkel 11.04.2018

Vortrag Mag. Dr.habil Benedikt Lutz (Donau-Universität Krems, Department für Wissens- und Kommunikationsmanagement): „Fachkommunikation und Verständlichkeitsforschung: Relevante Themen für die…

Gastvortrag Prof. Bolten 23.03.2018

Vortrag Prof. Jürgen Bolten (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut f. Deutsch als Fremd- u. Zweitsprache u. Interkulturelle Studien): „Culture Talk: „Quo vadis, Interkulturelles Training?“ …

Linguistikzirkel 22.03.2018

Vortrag Prof. Jürgen Bolten (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Institut f. Deutsch als Fremd- u. Zweitsprache u. Interkulturelle Studien): „Wissenskommunikation als Schnittstelle zwischen…

Symposium

21-24 March 2018 "Language Policies in the Light of Anti-Discrimination and Political Correctness: Tendencies and Changes in the Slavonic Languages" Programm