Empathising with literary characters – and thus learning about one’s own emotional world

Anes Osmić, literary scholar and author, has a pragmatic approach to using literature: reading should teach us specific, practical lessons. In his doctoral thesis, which the Senior Scientist at the University of Sarajevo is writing at the Department of Slavic Studies at the University of Klagenfurt, he addresses the issue of emotional literacy, and how it can be developed with the help of literature. He is currently the recipient of the Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić Scholarship from the War Childhood Museum and the Lejla Hairlahović-Hušić Foundation.

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Smooth video transmission despite high data volumes

At the Christian Doppler Laboratory ATHENA, 12 researchers are currently working on innovative technologies to ensure that video transmission is smooth and energy-efficient even though the data volumes are high. Among them is Daniele Lorenzi, who is set to complete his doctoral thesis this winter semester.

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Self-fulfilling prophecies: What causes a bank to fail?

We talk about self-fulfilling prophecies when something we have predicted comes true as a result of our conscious and unconscious actions. Jack Bryson, university assistant in the Ada Lovelace Programme, is using modelling and simulations to find out which social science phenomena can cause banks to fail. 

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The predictor of the future

Witesyavwirwa Vianney Kambale can predict the future, and he can do it without using a crystal ball. Working in the “Transportation Informatics” research group at the Department of Smart Systems Technologies, this doctoral student uses data from yesterday and today to look ahead to tomorrow.

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