Sandra Radinger

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Sandra Radinger

Sandra Radinger

Sandra Radinger is a researcher and educator with a strong interest in better understanding the role of language use in establishing and experiencing meaningful connection to others and the world.

Her work spans across the resesearch domains of Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Palliative Care, Public Health, Philosophy and Philosophical Practice.

Key areas of her research have so far been the communicative chances and limitations of English as a lingua franca communication, lived language experience, the availability of linguistic resources, and multilingualism education.

With a focus on qualitative and participatory research approaches, she has gained experience in working with migrants, language teachers, health care professionals, and respective insititutions.

Currently, she investigates the potential of philosophical practice for supporting speaker voice, citizenship, and developing caring communities.

Experimenting with ways of linguistic expression, she also writes and takes part in text performances like poetry and science slams.

RESEARCH
TEACHING
TEXT & PERFORMANCE

Upcoming

  • 15.-16. Mai 2025 – Workshop mit Kathrin Brock (Peregrina) auf der Tagung „Artikulationen der Demokratiebildung“, Urania Wien | „Hast du auf das Baby aufgepasst, die Windeln gewechselt, gekocht? – Nein! Ich habe Prüfung:.“- Demokratie, Sprache und Migration: Politische Potenziale und Spannungen in der Deutschförderung von Immigrant:innen„

Key publications

Radinger, S. and Wimmer, T. (2024) Geschichte als „superb ally“ in sprachensensibler Bildung: Materialien zur Auseinandersetzung mit der gesellschaftspolitischen Bedeutung (eigener) Bildungspraxis im (historischen) Kontext des mehrsprachigen Österreich. In B. Schrammel, K.-B. Boeckmann and D. Gilly (eds). Sprachen.Vielfalt fördern: Zukunftsperspektiven für die Qualitätsentwicklung in der Pädagog*innenbildung, 97–111. Graz: Leykam. [Open Access, available here https://uni.leykamverlag.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/isbn.978-3-7011-0551-9-7.pdf]

Schuchter, P., V. Rieger, S., Radinger, S., & Wegleitner, K. (2023). Perspective Chapter: Last Questions – How Philosophical Practice Contributes to Developing Death Literacy. IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.1003175 https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1151754

Radinger, S. (2023). 4. Reclaiming Voice in the Austrian Refugee Context through Experiences of Ambiguity. In J. Gspandl, C. Korb, A. Heiling & E. Erling (Ed.), The Power of Voice in Transforming Multilingual Societies (pp. 61-81). Bristol, Blue Ridge Summit: Multilingual Matters. https://doi.org/10.21832/9781800412040-007

Erling, E. J., Radinger, S. & Foltz, A. (2020). Understanding Low Outcomes in English Language Education in Austrian Middle Schools: The Role of Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2020.1829630

Radinger, S. (2018). Language awareness and agency in the availability of linguistic resources: A case study of refugees and locals in Austria. Language Awareness, 27(1-2), 61–78. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658416.2018.1435674

Affiliations

verbal – Verband für Angewandte Linguistik

IGPP – Internationale Gesellschaft für Philosophische Praxis

alumni – Alumniverband Universität Wien

Collaborations

Institut für Philosophische Praxis und Sorgekultur (AT)
Stadtbibliothek Graz (AT)
Verein Peregrina, Wien (AT)
Sprach- und Lebensschule (AT)
&
(DE)
Fremde Werden Freunde, Wien (AT)