
Dr.a (Journalism Studies), University Miguel Hernández/Elche
Renée Lugschitz
Former PostDoc (OeAW/FWF)
Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies (CMC)
Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt
1010 Wien, Bäckerstraße 13 / 1. Stock, Austria
New Function:
Dr.a (Journalism Studies), University Miguel Hernández/Elche Renée Lugschitz
Former PostDoc
Medienhaus Wien
Email: renée.lugschitz(at)mhw.at
Academic Education
2016-2021 PhD Journalism Studies, University Miguel Hernández, Elche
1991 – 1995 Study History (Vienna University)
Professional Career
Renée Lugschitz studied history at the University of Vienna and wrote her dissertation at the University Miguel Hernández, Elche, on questions of journalistic quality from a gender perspective on the case of "Female Correspondents Covering the Spanish Civil War".
After many years in journalism, among others at profil, profil extra and Der Standard, she has been active as an author and researcher in Austria, Spain and Germany since 2003. For her book "Spanienkämpferinnen. Ausländische Frauen im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg 1936-1939" (2012, Lit Verlag) she received the Bruno Kreisky Recognition Award in 2013.
From 2014 to 2019 she worked as a researcher at the Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Research (CMC Institute) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences / University of Klagenfurt on the projects "Die ersten Kriegsberichterstatterinnen: The New Role of Women Journalists in the Spanish Civil War" and "Journalism in Transition", which built on Medienhaus Wien's "Journalist Report" baseline studies.
Since October 2020, she has been a researcher in the D-A-CH project "Innovations in Journalism in Democratic Societies", which is carried out in Austria by the CMC Institute and Medienhaus Wien.
For Medienhaus Wien, she is also active in research with a focus on gender and diversity and in quality control, including as co-author of Journalism Report VI, final editor for Journalism Report I-V and studies on diversity in Austrian newsrooms.
Publications
Books and Monographs
Peer-Reviewed Articles and Book Chapters
- How to Identify Journalists? Developing a Theoretical International Foundation for the Operationalisation of a National Comprehensive Survey of Journalists in Austria. / Kaltenbrunner, A.; Lugschitz, R.; Karmasin, M. et al.
in: Athens Journal of Mass Media and Communications, Jahrgang 5, Nr. 4, 01.10.2019, S. 233-252. - Collègues, égales et camarades. Les volontaires étrangères dans la guerre civile espagnole (1936-1939) [Colleagues, Equals, and Comrades. Female Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939)]. / Lugschitz, Renée.
in: Cahiers d’histoire. Revue d’histoire critique, Jahrgang 141, 15.06.2019, S. 19-36.
Other Articles and Book Chapters
- Digitaler Lokaljournalismus nach der Krise. Spanische Kreativität aus der Not – der Fall des Landes Valencia. [Digital local journalism after the crisis. Spanish creativity out of necessity - the case of the Valencia region.]. / García-Avilés, J. A.; Lugschitz, R.; Kaltenbrunner, A. (Herausgeber:in) et al.
Der Journalismus-Report VII. Lokaljournalismus und Innovation. [The Journalism Report VII. Local Journalism and Innovation.]. Wien: facultas, 2022. S. 83-95. - Innovative Projekte in Österreich – und über der Grenze. [Innovative projects in Austria - and across the border.]. / Roither, M.; Luef, S.; Kaltenbrunner, A. et al.
Der Journalismus-Report VII. Lokaljournalismus und Innovation. [The Journalism Report VII. Local Journalism and Innovation.]. Wien: facultas, 2022. S. 45-76. - De l’ombre à la lumière. Recouvrer la liberté et de nouvelles responsabilités: les volontaires autrichiennes dans la guerre d’Espagne. [From the shadows to the light. Regaining freedom and new responsibilities: Austrian volunteers in the Spanish war.]. / Lugschitz, R.; Sill, E. (Herausgeber:in).
¡Solidarias! Les volontaires étrangères et la solidarité internationale féminine durant la guerre d’Espagne (1936–1939). [¡Solidarias! Foreign volunteers and international female solidarity during the Spanish war (1936-1939).]. Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2022. S. 101-109. - Der ‚weibliche Blick‘ im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg – Reporterinnen im und über den Kampf zwischen Demokratie und Diktatur [The "female eye" in the Spanish Civil War - Female Reporters about the Fight between Democracy and Dictatorship]. / Lugschitz, Renée; Kraus, Daniela; Paur, Bettina (Herausgeber:in) et al.
Frauen.Medien.Krieg.. Berlin - Münster - Wien: Lit, 2019. S. 255-268 (Kommunikation.Zeit.Raum 6). - Die ersten Kriegsberichterstatterinnen: Die neue Rolle von Journalistinnen im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und ihr Beitrag zur Veränderung eines Berufsstandes. / Karmasin, Matthias; Kraus, Daniela; Lugschitz, Renée et al.
Was bleibt vom Wandel? Journalismus zwischen ökonomischen Zwängen und gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2017. S. 249-267.
Research Papers
Popular Articles and Book Chapters
Lectures
Keynotes
Invited Lectures
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Berlin
Medien, Politik und Polarisierung während der Corona-Krise: Was wir gelernt haben und was wir nicht wieder vergessen sollten [Media, politics and polarisation during the coronavirus crisis: what we have learned and what we should not forget]
Seethaler, J. (Speaker), Melischek, G. ((Co-)Author), Kaltenbrunner, A. (Speaker), Luef, S. ((Co-)Author) & Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. ((Co-)Author)
21 Mar 2025 -
Vienna
Who is a journalist today? An Austrian survey and case study
Karmasin, M. ((Co-)Author), Kaltenbrunner, A. (Speaker), Luef, S. (Speaker) & Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. ((Co-)Author)
15 Feb 2019 -
Benissa
[Internationale Solidarität und antifaschistischer Kompromiss der Wiener Spanienkämpfer Hans Kaiser und Dora Haut
Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. (Speaker)
3 Nov 2017 -
Paris
Foreign Women in the Spanish Civil War- the Experience of International Commitment in a National Conflict
Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. (Speaker)
12 Nov 2015
Other Lectures
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Malaga
Foreign female war correspondents in the Spanish Civil War: How they experienced, reflected and covered the conflict
Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. (Speaker)
25 May 2017 -
Canterbury
Foreign women in the Spanish Civil War: How they reflected, remembered and covered the conflict
Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. (Speaker)
18 Jul 2016
Popular Lectures
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Wien, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften u.a.
Die ersten Kriegsberichterstatterinnen. Die neue Rolle von Journalistinnen im Vorfeld des Zweiten Weltkriegs
Lugschitz-Kaltenbrunner, R. (Speaker)
9 Sep 2016