Karin Harrasser is the new director of the ifk International Research Center for Cultural Studies at the University of Arts Linz in Vienna.
Over the next few years, the focus will continue to be on unconstrained cultural studies work and the interdisciplinary exchange of ifk Fellows. In terms of content, Karin Harrasser will focus on the further development of two directions for the ifk: firstly, in view of continuing inequality and neo-colonial tendencies, it is imperative to think internationally beyond Europe and to make greater contact with the intellectual cultures of the so-called Global South. Secondly, the exchange with the arts - which has been initiated for some time now through the connection to the University of Arts Linz - should be further cultivated. After all, cultural studies work not only takes place at universities, but also in exhibitions, in literature, in film and in the visual arts.