The summer holidays have already started at WU Vienna and things are getting a little quieter in the corridors of the buildings. But before the free summer time really begins and many of us go on a well-deserved holiday, we would like to provide you with some reading material. We present the summer edition of the IPE@WU Newsletter.

In this edition, we are delighted, together with our Head of Institute, Prof. Jonas Bunte, to celebrate an award for excellent teaching. Recognition such as this also confirms our path in research and teaching and shows us that our innovative and perhaps somewhat unconventional approaches work and are well received.

If you are already feeling the desire to travel, please let us inspire you. Our colleague Zack Zimbalist introduces himself and shares some of his research experiences in Brazil. In the latest edition of our Pizza, Politics & (Motion) Picture (IPE@WU PPP) event series, we analysed the slippery floor of New York's Wall Street with "The Big Short". Laura Leyser, Director of Doctors Without Borders Austria, takes us on a different kind of journey in the latest interview in our IPE@WU Careers series.

Finally, our colleagues were also travelling in the name of research: Ashley Simpson and Sidan Raeskyesa report about their trip to San Francisco and Prof. Jonas Bunte talks about conferences in Washington, D.C., and Paris.

We are very pleased and thank you for your interest in International Political Economy. We wish all our colleagues and students a pleasant and relaxing summer.