From 2015 to 2022, Shalini Randeria, professor of social anthropology and sociology, was the Institute's Rector, followed by the broadcaster and journalist Misha Glenny.
Since its inception, the IWM has promoted international exchange and dialogue among scholars and intellectuals from different fields, societies, and cultures, most notably from Eastern and Western Europe.
The results of this work are published in monographs, articles, and translations, as well as in the biannual journal Transit-Europäische Revue and the magazine IWMpost.
The university only withdrew her contract when a storm of outrage arose on social media after a photo of Semenyaka with a swastika flag and a Hitler salute had gone viral.
[3] In spring of 2024 ERSTE Foundation withdrew its endorsment of Vienna Festival's Eine Rede an Europa / A Speech to Europe[4][5] upon the invitation of Omri Boehm to speak at Judenplatz.