This is approached using methods such as cultural narratology and cultural space theory. The emphasis on the macro-region between Central and Southeastern Europe highlights cultural transfers, interferences, migrations, and the cross-border biographies and networks that emerge from them.
In examining the German-language literatures of Southeastern Europe, literary sociological perspectives are employed, addressing the autonomy of the literary field and the formal-thematic options of literary texts in the context of cultural policy. This includes the adaptation of the literary canon to aesthetic and ideological frameworks, as well as changes in public discourse.
Several projects explore representations of the Danube in textual and audiovisual narratives, investigating how these are shaped and reshaped through the interplay of languages, media, and historical contexts. These studies present the Danube region as a space continually reinventing itself.