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In this issue we would like to draw your attention to a new KEF-project, a follow-up to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008.

More and more we hear that the world has become a global village, and yet, intense and meaningful communication and exchange between individuals and cultures is still anything but a given. In addressing the conflicting priorities of the financial sector, climate change, regional and international conflicts as well as political crises, science appears to play a secondary role at best – is this really the case?

“Researchers on the Move. Intercultural Dimensions in Science and Humanities” is a project which facilitates critical discourse about interculturality in science and at the same time creates an opportunity for researchers from different backgrounds and nationalities to meet and exchange their views. The project began right now with an online forum in which scientists from so called developing countries and internationally active researchers from Austria have been invited to contribute articles and to create a personal blog. Radio programs including interviews, reports and public opinion surveys will constitute yet another aspect of this work. Finally, two workshops in Vienna and in Salzburg will further develop and address issues related to intercultural dimensions in science.

 --> Project-website: www.researchers-on-the-move.net