#YouthMediaLife & Friends

Dr. Iris Schäfer ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Jugendbuchforschung der Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main. Ute Smit is professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna and vice head of the research platform #YouthMediaLife. Her applied linguistic research focuses mainly on English in, and around, education at the crossroads of classroom discourse, language policy, internationalisation, English as a lingua franca and multilingualism. She is presently involved in various international research projects and the chair of ICLHE (Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education). Susanne Reichl is professor of contemporary English literature at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna and head of the research platform #YouthMediaLife. Her research interests include time travel stories, children's and young adult literature and media, reading and the teaching of reading and literature, and the way that social media platforms create new book cultures and literary discourses. Susanne Reichl is professor of contemporary English literature at the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Vienna and head of the research platform #YouthMediaLife. Her research interests include time travel stories, children's and young adult literature and media, reading and the teaching of reading and literature, and the way that social media platforms create new book cultures and literary discourses. Ute Smit is professor of English Linguistics at the University of Vienna and vice head of the research platform #YouthMediaLife. Her applied linguistic research focuses mainly on English in, and around, education at the crossroads of classroom discourse, language policy, internationalisation, English as a lingua franca and multilingualism. She is presently involved in various international research projects and the chair of ICLHE (Integrating Content and Language in Higher Education).