The Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Fundamental and Human Rights (LBI-GMR) is the largest Austrian human rights institute. Its interdisciplinary team is engaged in basic as well as applied research in the field of national and international human rights protection. The institute's approximately 30 staff members work on a broad range of human rights issues at the international, European and Austrian levels. For the expansion and further development of our public relations and communications activities, we are looking for a dedicated Public Relations and Communications Manager (f/m/d).

Online platforms have facilitated constructive and reflective discussions on racism, but at the same time they also provide space for the aforementioned racially motivated hate speech that demeans, excludes, and harms people. “The project Counter-Bot: Artificial Intelligence (AI) combating racist hate speech online aims to support the development of AI, which can more accurately detect (illegal) racist hate,” says Barbara Liegl, head of the “(In)Equalities and Non-Discrimination” program line at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights.