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11 June 2026Event, Medicine

Successful Premiere at the Ärztetage in Grado

In early June, Brigit Hochreiter and I held our seminar “Patient Conversations and Cultural Boundaries” at the Ärztetage in Grado for the first time. The seminar teaches in a practical way how intercultural misunderstandings arise in healthcare, how they affect communication between patients and medical staff, and how they can be avoided. Successful communication is the foundation of trust, precise diagnosis and successful treatment — and intercultural competence is becoming increasingly important in everyday medical practice.

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4 November 2025Opinion, Migration

The Migration Debate: A Call for Differentiation

For more than three decades, the migration debate in Europe has been shaped primarily by right-wing parties. The left often responds not with an independent analysis, but simply by propagating the exact opposite of the right's arguments. That does not get us anywhere. There are three central fallacies that distort the discussion — it is time for a differentiated and factual debate on migration.

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5 July 2025Event, Migration

How Digitalisation is Reshaping Irregular Migration: Policy Implications and Stakeholder Dynamics

At a recent online conference hosted by the International Civil Society Centre (Berlin), Melita H. Šunjić, Director of Transcultural Campaigning (TC), outlined the transformative role of digital technology in irregular migration. Her keynote, titled “Digital Support to Migrants in Adverse Times,” offered a nuanced overview of how smartphones and connectivity are redefining migration patterns, stakeholder […]

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4 April 2025Media, Medicine

Medicine Across Cultural Boundaries

In order to make the right diagnosis and decide on the right treatment, doctors must be able to correctly “read” what patients tell them. This is particularly difficult when patients come from different cultural backgrounds. Every culture has its own approach to pain, illness, the role of the family and adherence to therapies. A new seminar on intercultural patient conversations now offers doctors and medical practice staff practical guidance.

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13 January 2025Event, Medicine

Patient Conversations Across Cultural Boundaries

A pilot seminar on intercultural communication in conversations with patients was met with great approval by participants in Graz on 11 January. Until now, healthcare staff have been left to cope with these daily challenges on their own. Transcultural Campaigning has now developed a half-day training module in collaboration with Birgit Hochreiter Consulting that provides explanatory patterns and practical tips.

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4 January 2025Opinion, Migration

Study Shows: Not Welfare but Migration Generates Migration

For several years there has been a competition among EU Member States on how to become the least less appealing destination for migrants. A recent study however shows that it is not the countries that attract networks of migration but social networks. The vast majority of migrants are heading for countries where they already have […]

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1 December 2024Event

Preparing Personnel for UN Peace Missions

Each year in spring and November the Austrian Center for Peace organises a course preparing international officials for UN peace missions. This Course on Comprehensive Protection of Civilians always brings a multinational group of mid- to senior level civilian, military and police experts to the beautiful medieval Schlaining Castle. TC Director Melita H. Sunjic (front […]

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14 July 2024Event, Education

Children’s University: How does it feel being a refugee?

It is the fifth time that Transcultural Campaigning director Melita H. Sunjic conducted a children’s workshop on refugees in collaboration with UNHCR Austria. It was held in the context of Vienna University’s popular summer programme Kinderuni (Children’s University). A total of 44 girls and boys, aged seven and 12, enthusiastically discussed the issue and shared […]

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17 May 2024Event

Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict

It is always a pleasure to participate in the Course on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict at the Austrian Center for Peace in Stadtschlaining. It is a UN certified training for mid and senior level civilian, military or police experts. The participants are preparing for deployment in peace support operations and complex emergencies. Transcultural […]

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21 August 2023Media, Migration

Migration Issues at the Bosnian-Croatian Border

During a fact finding mission at the Bosnian-Croatian border I was asked by the national TV news to share my impressions about the situation in general and the situation of pushed back migrants. For those who do not speak “our language”: I said that the problem of irregular migration cannot be resolved at the borders of […]

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