Mag. Dr. Gabriele Slezak
Summer term 2023
143042 SE Tracing Colonial Continuities - Approaches to Decolonizing Knowledge Systems in International Research Collaborations
Winter term 2022
143004 SE Anti-Racist Practices in the University Library - A Critical Debate in the Field of Tension between the Processing of Knowledge and the Reproduction of Stereotypical Images of Africa.
Summer term 2022
143221 KU Racism on the Bookshelf. - Libraries as Places of Anti-Racist and Critical Debate in the Field of Tension between the Processing of Knowledge and the Reproduction of Stereotypical Images of Africa.
Slezak, G., Melcher, A., Sendzimir, J., Oueda, A., Ouedraogo, R., Kabore, C., & Toe, P. (2020). Fishing for food and food for fish: Negotiating long-term, sustainable food and water resources in a transdisciplinary research project in Burkina Faso . In T. Haller, & C. Zingerli (Eds.), Towards Shared Research: Participatory and Integrative Approaches in Researching African Environments : Opportunities, Challenges, Actualities in Natural and Social Sciences (pp. 125-166). Transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839451502-006

Slezak, G., Melcher, A., Ouedraogo, R., Sendzimir, J., Savadogo, M., & Moog, O. (2018). Healthy Fisheries Sustain Society and Ecology in Burkina Faso. In S. Schmutz, & J. Sendzimir (Eds.), Riverine Ecosystem Management: Science for Governing Towards a Sustainable Future (Vol. 8, pp. 519-539). Springer Open. Aquatic Ecology Series



Slezak, G. (2014). Von Wahrnehmung und Erfahrung: Überlegungen zu explorativen Beobachtungsverfahren. In P. Dannecker, & B. Englert (Eds.), Qualitative Methoden in der Entwicklungsforschung (pp. 176-196). Mandelbaum Verlag. Gesellschaft, Entwicklung, Politik (GEP) Vol. 15 https://doi.org/10.1000/182



Slezak, G. (2011). Mehrsprachigkeit als Herausforderung: MigrantInnen aus afrikanischen Herkunftsländern in gedolmetschten Verhandlungen in Straf- und Asylverfahren in Österreich. In W. Bauer, & A. Lindemann (Eds.), Faire Verfahren brauchen qualifizierte Sprachmittler: Tagungsband des 5. Deutschen Gerichtsdolmetschertag, Hannover 25/26. März 2011 (pp. 94-100). BDÜ Fachverlag.

Rienzner, M., & Slezak, G. (2011). Sprachmittlung bei Gericht und Behörden. Eine afrikawissenschaftliche Perspektive. In B. Haider (Ed.), Deutsch über alles? Sprachförderung für Erwachsene (pp. 110-114). Edition Volkshochschule.











The language of courtroom talk – a just language for all? Plurilingualism and equal access to justice in Burkina Faso and Austria

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker) & Natalie Tarr (Speaker)

19 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science



Managing linguistic diversity in the African city

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker), Natalie Tarr (Speaker) & Mohomodou Hassouba (Speaker)

30 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Weaving together society and ecology – negotiating long term understanding of transdisciplinary food and water resources management in Burkina Faso.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker) & Andreas Melcher (Speaker)

19 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Multilingual interaction in court: Perceptions of linguistic resources and African languages in legal settings in Austria

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

4 Nov 2016

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther





SLEZAK Gabriele (2013). Communication & scientific language: Language practices in transcultural research cooperation.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

23 Jun 201328 Jun 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Dialoguing languages and ideologies - An approach to mobilize linguistic resources in public authorities,

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

6 Jun 2013

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther




Sociolinguistic Perspectives in Transdisciplinary Research.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

7 Nov 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Linguistic diversity in the unilingual courtroom. Exploring an urban contradiction from a biographical point of view.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

22 Aug 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Partizipation und Kommunikationsbedürfnisse in der EZA-Praxis.

Gabriele Slezak (Invited speaker)

8 Jun 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Meine Sprachen - meine Lebenswelt.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

24 Apr 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Projektpräsentation SUSFISH - Burkina Faso.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

22 Mar 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Einführung in die Sprache Bambara.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

12 Mar 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Meine Sprachen - meine Lebenswelt.

Gabriele Slezak (Contributor)

12 Mar 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Dolmetschen bei Gericht

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

10 Jan 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Dolmetschen bei Gericht.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

9 Jan 2012

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Mehrsprachige Kommunikation bei Behörden und Gerichten.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

7 Dec 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Dolmetschen bei Gericht

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

13 Sep 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Plurilingual Speakers in Unilingual Environments: Language Rights and Courtroom Practices in Austria.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

13 Jul 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther




Dolmetschen bei Gericht

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

10 May 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Sprache und Translation in der Rechtspraxis.Präsentation der Stichproben 19/ 2011

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

12 Apr 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Projektpräsentation "PluS"

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

7 Apr 2011

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Bildungspolitische Perspektiven in Burkina Faso.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

8 Oct 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Wenn Sprache zur Hürde wird … MigrantInnen aus afrikanischen Herkunftsländern bei Behörden und Gericht in Österreich.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

22 Sep 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Dolmetschen bei Gericht.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

15 Sep 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Language choice in criminal and asylum procedures with participants from African countries.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

8 Apr 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Vorstellung des ÖNB-Projekts "Sprachwahl bei Gericht und Behörden für MigrantInnen aus afrikanischen Herkunftsländern"

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

12 Mar 2010

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Sprache in Straf- und Asylverfahren mit Verfahrensbeteiligten aus afrikanischen Herkunftsländern.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

3 Nov 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


MigrantInnen aus afrikanischen Herkunftsländern in Straf- und Asylverfahren in Österreich.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

29 Oct 2009

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther



Die Herausforderung beim Einsatz afrikanischer Sprachen in Asyl- und Strafverfahren in Österreich.

Gabriele Slezak (Speaker)

13 Jul 2008

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionOther


Department of African Studies

Spitalgasse 2, Hof 5 (Campus)
1090 Wien

gabriele.slezak@univie.ac.at