In the early morning of October 14, 2023, 13 biology students from both Bachelor’s and Master’s programs, together with Univ.-Prof. Martin Zuschin, Dr. Jürgen Herler and Angelina Ivkić, MSc from the University of Vienna, set off for Marsa Alam, Egypt. Their destination: the reef of Mangrove Bay. Before the trip began, even though the students … Continued
In recent years, the Up-Goer Five challenge has become part of several scientific conferences, including the AGU Fall Meeting. This year, it will make its debut at the EGU General Assembly. In the session, speakers are asked to present their research in short (5-minute) talks using only the thousand most common words in English. The … Continued
Delving into urban complexity by researching Superblocks, or Super-Grätzl, as coined in Vienna, underpins the need for inter- and transdisciplinary skills and in-depth knowledge about different methodologies for urban studies. Therefore, for the second year in a row, the Urban Studies working group at University of Vienna organised a 5-day long Spring School on transdisciplinary … Continued
Early Career Scientists Gwenaël, Laurane, Paula and Tadeja from the Vienna International School of Earth and Space Sciences (VISESS) have started an exciting interdisciplinary research project: they have developed a new way of communicating on climate change. At a Big Picture Event on Tuesday, 18 April 2023, they will present the PLEES index to the … Continued
Kristina and Tim participated in the pilot of the digital entrepreneurship innovation lab (ilab) in 2022. They teamed up to develop an innovative idea to have people make informed decisions about their digital footprint. They have received financial support from the University of Vienna to further develop their idea until March 2023. Here, they give … Continued
On September 21st we hosted our first Talking Charts Team Workshop with 8 exciting presentations, brainstorming sessions, and discussions about visual data communication. Talking Charts is a mixed methods WWTF-funded project exploring how charts related to climate change and COVID-19 are created and understood by researchers and public audiences. The core team of Talking Charts … Continued
This year’s 27th UN Climate Conference, the Conference of the Parties (COP27), took place from November 6th until the early morning of November 20th in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. I was able to participate in the second week at the invitation of Greiner AG, a leading global supplier of plastic and foam solutions. Expectations for … Continued
Our second week on our expedition aboard the RV Maria S. Merian brought us to northeastern Greenland into Dove Bay. In order to enter this area, we needed a certified marine mammal observer on board. Luckily, a colleague from the benthic ecology group had this certification. We saw groups of seals at the entrance of … Continued
Within the framework of the international project ECOTIP addressing tipping points in the ecology of the Arctic seas, three members of the working group on microbial oceanography from the University of Vienna were invited to join an expedition investigating major fjord systems in eastern Greenland. The expedition with the German research vessel Maria S. Merian started … Continued
Each of us has great power and it gets even greater when we act together. With this message in mind, molecular biologist Riccardo Trapannone and his colleagues started to promote sustainability at the Max Perutz Labs. Their data showed: Up to 50 per cent of the total waste from research labs could basically be recycled. … Continued
Nowras Rahhal is a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna and contributes to the fight against COVID-19 by conducting research in the field of pharmaceutical technology.
