The Elise Richter Network is an exchange platform for excellent female researchers in Austria. It connects past, present and future Elise Richter awardees and aims to support their careers in academia and beyond. In our activities, we advocate for gender equality and battle systemic deficits of equal career opportunities in Austrian academia. This page highlights scientific achievements and critical perspectives of the group, portrays the scholars behind the research and enables contact and networking.
Portrait of the Month
Performing Gender in View of the Outbreak

Silke Felber
University of Music and Performing Arts
Our Mission
Excellent research – equal opportunities
Recent Activities
We are delighted to announce that Gertraud Medicus has received the coveted Prize of the Principality of Liechtenstein. This annual award, established in 1983, represents …
The Holocaust serves as the political, cultural and moral anchor for addressing forms of exclusionary nationalism, antisemitism, racism, and genocide after 1945. Yet, the meaning …
The Edith Saurer Fund awards research fellowships to outstanding domestic and foreign scholars who have completed their doctorates and are specifically concerned with questions of …