isaResearch is the yearly international, interdisciplinary summer school of mdw and part of isa – International Summer Academy. It is a forum for negotiating the annual isa theme theoretically and discursively along current discourses and embedding it in the diverse contexts of Vienna’s urban space. The isaResearch Summer School for Early Stage Researchers takes place at the same time as the artistic masterclasses and the festival on campus.

The 2025 edition took place on the mdw Campus from 21-23 July 2025 and brought more than 20 early-stage researchers together to present their research and discuss ideas relating to the theme of „Sound, Politics, and the Urban Laboatory.“ You can find the program, abstracts, and bios as well as  all other information in the Book of Abstracts.

The Call for Papers for isaResearch 2026 will be published early in 2026, please check back or subscribe to our newsletter to stay up-to-date!