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Dr. Ruth Van Reken is the SPAN Vice-Chair of Governing Board, co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 3rd ed., and co-founder of Families in Global Transition (FIGT). In this holiday special and part two of our two part conversation with Ruth we discuss about recognizing one’s roots, the power of storytelling, and the gift of growing up cross-cultural! Website: https://www.joinra...

Dr. Ruth Van Reken is the SPAN Vice-Chair of Governing Board, co-author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 3rd ed., and co-founder of Families in Global Transition (FIGT). She has been for more than thirty-five years (pre-COVID19) extensively speaking about issues related to the impact of global mobility. Since 2001 she has expanded her interest to work with those she calls cross-cult...

Ahana Banerjee is the Founder and CEO at Clear, a social commerce app for skincare, valued at $15 million. She is also a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree and a physics graduate from Imperial College London. Join us as we discuss, about privilige, startup culture, and empathy! Website: https://www.joinrawculture.com/ Email: joinrawculture@gmail.com Follow us here ⬇️ https://youtube.com/@rawculture3975?si...

Kambis Kohansal Vajargah is the Head of Startup-Services at the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber, as well as a European Digital Leader at the World Economic Forum. Discover the qualities that drive success in cross-cultural individuals, the influence of his grandfather on his path, and even learn how to do an Iranian dance in this insightful episode. Website: https://www.joinrawculture.com/ Email...

2022 SIETAR Austria theme "Between and Beyond the Borders" TCK (third culture kids) expert talk project conceptualized and moderated by Weirong Li with Raw Culture in collaboration with Sietar Austria Expert: Emira Chaieb is 25 years old and studies Law at the University of Vienna. She was born and raised in Vienna, Austria, but is originally from Tunisia, North Africa. Due to her diverse...

Cultural Diversity & Corporates, where we invite Leaders at different corporates to share how cultural diversity is implemented into and shaping their organization. Guest: Stephanie is Head of Diversity & Inclusion Advisory at the Vienna office of Ward Howell International and a certified leadership coach. Alongside her global knowledge of the workings of international organizations and st...

2022 SIETAR Austria theme "Between and Beyond the Borders" TCK (third culture kids) expert talk project conceptualized and moderated by Weirong Li with Raw Culture in collaboration with SIETAR Austria Guest: Melanija Krstic is a final semester bachelor's student in Business and Economics, with specializations in Finance and Economics in Vienna. She is originally from Serbia, but also g...

2022 Sietar Austria theme "Between and Beyond the Borders" TCK (third culture kids) expert talk project conceptualized and moderated by Weirong Li with Raw Culture in collaboration with Sietar Austria Expert: Annelie Wambeek has been called many things, from gypsy, global citizen and third culture kid to intercultural specialist. An interculturalist long before she understood the term, Ann...

2022 SIETAR Austria theme "Between and Beyond the Borders" TCK (third culture kids) expert talk project conceptualized and moderated by Weirong Li with Raw Culture in collaboration with SIETAR Austria. Expert: David C. Sanford is an intercultural training specialist with more than 30 years of related experience in the field. Having spent over thirteen years living and working abroad includ...

2022 Sietar Austria theme "Between and Beyond the Borders" TCK (third culture kids) expert talk project conceptualized and moderated by Weirong Li with Raw Culture in collaboration with Sietar Austria Expert: Ahana Banerjee is the co-founder and CEO of Clear. Having been accepted to Y Combinator during the final year of her Physics degree at Imperial College London, Ahana decided to turn d...

2022 Sietar Austria theme "Between and Beyond the Borders" TCK (third culture kids) expert talk project conceptualized and moderated by Weirong Li with Raw Culture in collaboration with Sietar Austria Expert: Ruth Van Reken, author of Letters Never Sent, her personal journaling seeking to understand the long-term impact of her cross-cultural childhood. For more than thirty-five years (pre-...

Welcome to the new 2022 SIETAR Austria Expert Talk Series, Thriving Thursdays: Third Culture Kids: Beyond and Between Borders. In our intergenerational intercultural and multilingual team, we want to explore the dynamics of the Third Culture Kids, aspects of their identity, and career beyond and between mental and physical borders. In this introductory interview, Birgit Hochreiter presents the 202...