scilog - The FWF Science Magazine • 12th August 2024

How to measure the sustainability of Austrian agriculture?

International researchers joined forces with stakeholders from many areas of agriculture in order to find out how the sustainability of agriculture, including that in Austria, can be measured and adapted to local needs.

scilog - The FWF Science Magazine • 22nd July 2024

Hunters, gatherers and the constantly changing environment

Archaeologists are analyzing stone tools from a site in Lower Austria with the aim of understanding the strategies that Paleolithic hunter-gatherer communities employed to deal with changes in the climate.

scilog - The FWF Science Magazine • 21st June 2024

How emotions affect language change

Linguist Svitlana Antonyuk investigates the role that speakers’ emotional attitudes to linguistic material play in language contact and language change situations.

scilog - The FWF Science Magazine • 7th May 2024

Is digitalization helping to make the welfare state fairer?

Doris Allhutter is investigating the use of technical systems in the distribution of social benefits. Her research question is: will AI and data lead to a fairer society – or only to greater efficiency?

RiffReporter • 28th March 2024

Planetare Demokratie: „Es muss sich etwas radikal ändern“

Der Politikwissenschafter Frederic Hanusch erforscht, wie man Tiere oder Ökosysteme in politische Prozesse einbeziehen könnte.

DER STANDARD • 4th March 2024

In Österreichs 437 Skigebieten gibt es nur ein Windrad – warum?

Wieso die Seilbahnbranche beim Windkraftausbau hinterherhinkt – und was nun doch passieren könnte.

scilog - The FWF Science Magazine • 19th February 2024

How cultivating positive interaction affects pigs

Animal welfare researcher Jean- Loup Rault seeks to explore how positive interactions with humans affect pigs. Initial results show that petting and other positive interactions could even lead to changes in how pigs process emotions.

Die Furche • 2nd February 2024

„Sich zum Lachen zu zwingen, reicht nicht“

Die biologische Psychologin Ilona Papoušek weiß: Nicht alles, was über Humor und Lachen bekannt ist, lässt sich wissenschaftlich belegen. Was passiert in unserem Gehirn, wenn wir lachen?

RiffReporter • 8th January 2024

Wie Österreich seine Wälder an den Klimawandel anpassen muss

Der Schutzwald des Alpenstaates ist in schlechtem Zustand. Was ihm zusetzt und was nun passieren muss.

tag eins Magazin • 12th October 2023

The hydropower country Austria is facing a dilemma

Hydroelectric power plants help with the energy transition, but they harm life in our rivers. How can both succeed: the energy transition and the protection of the environment?

Der Konsument • 31st August 2023

The Alps in climate change: high time for strategies

The climate crisis is changing the Alps and with it our lives. What strategies already exist to adapt to risks and what still needs to happen?

RiffReporter • 2nd August 2023

Islands and ocean warming: “All I saw was the sea”

Islands and delta states are adapting to climate impacts with nature-based solutions. But the options are limited.

Südwind Magazin • 2nd July 2023

Salt water from all sides

Sea levels are rising and oceans are heating up rapidly. Countries like Bangladesh and small island states in particular have to adapt. They also rely on nature-based solutions.

The Magazine of the Austrian Science Fund FWF • 22nd June 2023

How our concept of economics hinders societal transformation

Conventional ideas of how the economy works are deeply embedded in universities, everyday life and politics. They are counterproductive for bringing about the transformation necessitated by the climate crisis. Stephan Pühringer has set out to change this.

Die FURCHE • 21st June 2023

Nature Based Solutions: How the city becomes climate-fit

Austria's cities are becoming increasingly hotter and drier. There are already concrete plans to make them more climate resilient. But there is a problem with the financing. An expert discussion.

DER STANDARD • 5th June 2023

The scent of childhood carries vanilla notes

Smells are able to quickly awaken memories and associations. Despite global variations, studies show that childhood smells like vanilla around the world

DER STANDARD • 6th May 2023

A brother trio that breaks all records in their studies

The Promotio sub auspiciis is the highest recognition of excellent academic achievements in Austria. Three brothers succeeded at the University of Linz. The trio almost became a quintet.

The Magazine of the Austrian Science Fund FWF • 5th December 2022

The pitfalls of “vulnerability”

Political scientist Monika Mayrhofer explores who is meant by “vulnerable” in the context of human rights and the climate crisis, and shows what risks this attribution entails.

The Magazine of the Austrian Science Fund FWF • 26th September 2022

How data is changing our cities

"IT companies have immense knowledge about urban mobility," says Peter Mörtenböck. The architect draws attention to the dark side of "smart cities" and the digitalised urban world.

The Magazine of the Austrian Science Fund FWF • 12th September 2022

What biofictions tell us about gender

English literary scholar Julia Lajta-Novak investigates novels and films about historical women artists and reveals the underlying gender stereotypes.

The Magazine of the Austrian Science Fund FWF • 22nd June 2022

A diary opens up a new world

Greek and Latin philologist William Barton is using artificial intelligence to decipher the diary of Hellenist Charles-Benoît Hase, written in Ancient Greek and long thought to have been lost.

Die FURCHE • 8th June 2022

The train checkers

New internet platforms could help to establish trains as a sustainable alternative to air travel. Visiting a start-up founder in Vienna.

Original Magazin • 4th June 2022

The Citizens' Council

The Austrian Climate Council is intended as a democratic instrument for climate policy. How does he work and how much power does he actually have?

Der 20er • 18th May 2022

Grassroots politics

Citizens' assemblies are intended to inspire legislation from below. But at the currently formed Climate Council in Austria
there is also criticism. What can the new one do?
Instrument of democracy?