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Film Screening | „The Last Tourist“

16 April 2026 | Presence: Traveling gives us valuable opportunities for new experiences, but it also has significant environmental and social impacts on our world. The documentary “The Last Tourist” raises an important question about global justice: Who has the privilege to travel, and at what cost? Admission is free!

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Published on 17 March 2026

Wolfgang Aschauer | Research Trip to Thailand

As part of an Asea-Uninet-funded project, Wolfgang Aschauer traveled to Thailand with his research team and, in February, conducted extensive qualitative research on the dynamics of spiritual tourism on Koh Phangan—including its impact on the island—in collaboration with Mahidol University.

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Published on 16 March 2026

Master’s Degree in Sociology with a new focus starting in the WS2026/27

The Master’s program in Sociology: Society, Space & Transformation will be realigned starting in the winter semester 2026/27, combining sociology with a human geography perspective.

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Published on 13 March 2026

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New Project Release –
„VISION: ENVISIONING CONVIVIAL EUROPE” 

VISION aims to co-generate critical and transformative knowledge of a more just, sustainable and convivial Europe. It will unfold ways in which Europe could realise its normative vision and become a space of conviviality.

Futher links: Kyoko Shinozaki and  Deutsches Zentrum für Integrations- und Migrationsforschung (DeZIM) 

EUMIGS Double Degree webinar – 19.11.2021, 12-14 Uhr

–> Programme, structure and specifications for participants

Participants: Linköping University (SE), Malmö University (SE), Osnabrück University (DE), Universiidad de A Coruña (ES), Université de Neuchâtel (CH), Paris Lodron University Salzburg (AT), Liège University (BE)

Objective: information about the different programmes, recruitment

Migration and Mobilities Study Group (MMG)

The Migration and Mobilities Study Group (MMG) is a collective that brings together several thematic groups of scholars within migration and mobility studies at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS). PLUS-MMG has become an institutional member of the IMISCOE (International Migration, Integration and Social Cohesion)! It is Europe’s largest network of scholars in the area of migration and integration.Details:International Research Network IMISCOE

New Publications

Kornelia Hahn & Andreas Langenohl (Hrsg.) (2021):Protestkommunikation: Konflikte um die Legitimität politischer Öffentlichkeit.    Informationen auf der Webseite des Verlags

Ruth Abramowski (2020):Das bisschen Haushalt. Zur Kontinuität traditioneller Arbeitsteilung in Paarbeziehungen – ein europäischer Vergleich. Leverkusen-Opladen: Budrich Academic Press   Informationen auf der Webseite des Verlags

Johannes Klopf, Manfred Gabriel, Monika Frass (Hrsg.).(2020).Impuls – Idee – Innovation Salzburger Kulturwissenschaftliche Dialoge Band 6.Salzburg: Paracelsus Buchhandlung & Verlag

Katrin Huxel / Juliane Karakayali / Ewa Palenga-Möllenbeck / Marianne Schmidbaur / Kyoko Shinozaki / Tina Spies / Linda Supik / Elisabeth Tuider (Hg.) (2020):Postmigrantisch gelesen. Transnationalität, Gender, Care. Transcript-Verlag.

Ito Ruri / Kyoko Shinozaki (2020):Transnational Sociology of Domestic Work: In Quest of Decent Work

Sociology Research Colloquium

Starting in the summer term of 2018, the Department of Sociology will hold a colloquium to present current and completed research work. External speakers will also be invited to individual sessions. Please check our NEWS page to find out the latest schedule for the colloquium.