“Parental involvement (PI) can vary across cultures, and when immigrant parents move to a new country, their PI perspectives may differ from those of local teachers. My research aims to address the problem of teachers’ lack of awareness regarding different PI perspectives and its impact on the partnership between teachers and immigrant parents in educating elementary school-aged children.”

You are cordially invited to join the Lifestyle Expeditions to experience Food Cultures around the world, read Travel Notes of fellow colleagues and Wellbeing advice of specialists in the context of intercultural communication. Please, buckle up your seatbelts and off we go to our first expedition …

“I always tend to see more similarities than differences. I always tend to see more things that we share than our contradictions”

“Find the commonalities and emphasize them. Resolve conflicts not by force but by mutual acceptance”             

Dr. Herbert Traxl, Former Austrian Ambassador

As we continue introducing podcasts from the intercultural communications field, here is the Deep Culture Podcast that “explores the psychological impact of intercultural experiences, informed by the sciences of brain, culture and mind.”

Which definition would you give the word transculturalism? To me, transculturalism is not just a concept that describes a mix of multiple cultures existing together. Transculturalism is the will to understand the other, finding common values, and seeing the fruits of intercultural connection––to a further extent, to see each other’s difficulties, pain, and trauma.