Fighting COVID-19 with research
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.
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Fighting COVID-19 with research
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.
Freedom of the press: Is media ever free of influences?
After studying in Australia, the United Arab Emirates and the United Kingdom, Hamza Amin decided to join the Doctoral School of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna as a doctoral candidate. He investigates how political and economic influences impact the journalistic culture in the Global South. © privat
Fighting river pollution globally with information technologies
Atakan Aral is research fellow at the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of Vienna. He develops smart sensors that track water quality in rivers and create early-warning signals to fight river pollution.
Our “greying” world and how to make sure it ages with dignity
Our “greying world”: In her blogpost Reynalda Cordova, doctoral student at the department of Nutritional Sciences, addresses the connection between the way we eat and cancer risk, or potential cancer development pathways in terms of aging.
“Glass ceiling effect” for women
Less manager positions, less board seats: Anita Györfi is a PhD candidate at the Vienna Graduate School of Economics (VGSE). In her research, she focus on the “glass ceiling effect” for women and investigates possible roots.
Research from afar: Ethnographic research in Tanzania during Covid-19
How ethnographic research in Tanzania from afar was possible: In order to complete her joint master’s programme in Urban Studies, Lisbeth Huber would have traveled to Tanzania. Due to Covid-19 she had to find methods to collect relevant data even from a distance.
Researchers join forces to answer burning questions on COVID-19
Marion Borderon is a population geographer and member of CoVprehension, a collective of researchers working together to answer burning questions on the mechanisms of COVID-19 for a broad audience. In this blogpost, Marion describes the process.
To be or not to be a visible publication, that is the question.
The updated recommendations from the University of Vienna are aimed at increasing the visibility of academic publications.
How language shapes our world
Learning the grammar of a language means more than just learning its system of speech sounds and linguistic forms. In her semester question-blogpost Soonja Choi, research professor at the Department of Linguistics, explores the relationship between language and thought.
Red Sea coral reefs: looking for hope in the past
How did coral reefs respond to warmer climate periods in the past? A research team of the University of Vienna wants to find out at the Egyptian Red Sea.
Citizen Science: Exploring Donau City through photo-elicitation
Researcher Sandra Guinand explains the important role of Citizen Science to conduct findings for her research surrounding Vienna’s Donau City.
