The aim of this book and its accompanying audio files is to make accessible a corpus of 40 authentic job interviews conducted in English. The recordings and transcriptions of the interviews published here may be used by students, teachers and researchers alike for linguistic analyses of spoken discourse and as authentic material for language learning in the classroom. The book includes an introduction to corpus linguistics, offering insight into different kinds of corpora and discussing their main characteristics. Furthermore, major features of the discourse genre job interview are outlined and detailed information is given concerning the job interview corpus published in this book.

Data has become a key factor for the competitiveness of private and state actors alike. Personal data in particular fuels manifold corresponding data ecosystems – in many cases based on the disclosure decision of an individual. This volume presents the proceedings of the bidt "Vectors of Data Disclosure" conference held in Munich 2022. The contributions give comparative insights into the data disclosure process – combining perspectives of law, cultural studies, and business information systems. The authors thereby tackle the question in which way regulation and cultural settings shape (or do not shape) respective decisions in different parts of the world. The volume also includes interim results of the corresponding bidt research project – including in-depth reports covering the regulatory and cultural dimensions of data disclosure in eight different countries　/ regions worldwide, a business information systems model of the disclosure decision process, and empirical studies. The volume thereby lays the ground for interdisciplinary informed policy decisions and gives guidance to stakeholders.

European Studies - das Studium europaischer Kulturen und europaischer Identitat - sind ein originar interdisziplinar angelegtes Studienvorhaben: Will man ihrem Gegenstand grundlich nachspuren und europaische Kultur(en) besser verstehen, ist es unabdinglich, sich mit ganz verschiedenen Disziplinen auseinanderzusetzen, die jeweils unterschiedliche und komplementare Blickwinkel auf den Untersuchungsgegenstand eroeffnen. Insbesondere wird dabei in diesem Sammelband der Frage nachgegangen, was europaische Identitat historisch wie gegenwartig und zukunftsweisend ausmacht. Zudem enthalt der Band Beitrage zu theoretischen Grundlagen, die fur ein Europastudium wichtig sind. So werden der Komplexitat des Gegenstandes angemessen vielfaltige interdisziplinare Perspektiven auf Europa eroeffnet, die durch einen grundlegenden kulturwissenschaftlichen Ansatz verbunden sind. Sie alle tragen dazu bei, das Fundament zu legen fur ein besseres Verstandnis der Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft europaischer Kultur(en).