How tourists respond to behavioral appeals

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A transnational research team is investigating how tourists react to appeals to behave in an environmentally responsible way. In upper-middle-range hotels on the Slovenian coast various approaches to buffet meals were tested with a view to reducing wastage of food.
Harbor town of Piran on the Adriatic coast

Videos

Mar. 11, 2024
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Addressing dementia with art (Ruth Mateus-Berr)
Jan. 23, 2024
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Learning from water fleas (Markus Möst)
Aug. 11, 2023
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It all started with a sheep (Eleni Tomazou)
May 15, 2023
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Pioneer in archaea research (Christa Schleper)
Feb. 17, 2023
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Changing the world with computer science (Monika Henzinger)
Oct. 20, 2022
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Eye to eye with wolves (Friederike Range)

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Oksana Havryliv is an expert on all things profane, crude or obscene. Her research deals with how and when people swear and how verbal aggression is changing in a multicultural society.

Feb. 5, 2024
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Oksana Havryliv in front of a wall with graffiti

Both biological differences and gender have bearing on a person’s health. In Austria, gender medicine research was midwifed by Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, a pioneer in her field.

Nov. 17, 2023
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Alexandra Kautzky-Willer

The media artist Stefanie Wuschitz explores how recycled materials can be used to manufacture electronic devices.

Sep. 25, 2023
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Stefanie Wuschitz

Nicolas Singewald researches what causes anxiety disorders and the development of new therapies.

July 4, 2023
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Nicolas Singewald

Persian and Jewish culture are closely connected, says Ariane Sadjed. She aims to illustrate the many faceted nature of the coexistence of Jews and Muslims.

Apr. 27, 2023
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Ariane Sadjed

Many of the contemporary-history topics that Barbara Stelzl-Marx has investigated from a retrospective perspective have resurfaced in Europe with the Ukraine war.

Dec. 16, 2022
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In Austria, eight in one hundred children and adolescents are being treated for an eating disorder.

July 11, 2022
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Kerstin S. Jobst, a specialist in Eastern European history, speaks about the impact of the Ukraine war on her research and the deep-seated mistrust between East and West.

May 12, 2022
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Molecular biologist Herta Steinkellner and her team have succeeded in producing highly effective antibodies against Covid-19. These medical wonder weapons are produced by plants.

Jan. 25, 2022
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Herta Steinkellner

Alois Humer is professor of geography and spatial researcher in Vienna. He is looking for answers as to how we can distribute our living space more equitably.

Nov. 12, 2021
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Alois Humer and Team

Interview & Opinion

Physicist Ferenc Krausz has developed new methods for generating extremely short light pulses in order to observe electrons. For his research, Krausz was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize. The Hungaro-Austrian scientist has no intention of slowing down, however, as his light pulses not only open up a new window into the microcosm, they could also soon create revolutionary changes in medicine.

Mar. 15, 2024
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Physicist Ferenc Krausz in the lab

Alongside fake news, conspiracy theories represent a veritable menace for our liberal democracies. Complexity researcher Jana Lasser is helping to develop a basis for potential solutions.

Dec. 11, 2023
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Researcher Jana Lasser

Philosopher Katalin Farkas from the Central European University explains why we rely on others and why ChatGPT does not care about truth.

Sep. 18, 2023
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Portrait Katalin Farkas

Hans J. Briegel examines the potential of quantum information systems and AI and how these technologies may interact in the future.

July 13, 2023
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The start-up Proxygen has recently announced its collaboration with an US pharmaceutical group, which will invest up to 2.3 billion euros.

June 29, 2023
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Georg Winter

Microbiologist Barbara Bayer wants to find how the overfertilization of lakes and oceans influences the natural methane cycle.

June 22, 2023
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START Award winner Barbara Bayer

Stephanie J. Ellis is a cell biologist. She explores how skin cells keep tabs on the “fitness” of their neighbors and weed them out if necessary.

June 22, 2023
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Cell biologist Stephanie J. Ellis

Mathematician Máté Gerencsér studies a certain kind of mathematical equations called stochastic partial differential equations.

June 22, 2023
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START Awardee Máté Gerencsér

Richard Küng wants to crack the still unsolved problem of making data from the quantum world accessible to artificial intelligences.

June 22, 2023
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START Awardee Richard Küng

Economist Stephan Pühringer is shaking up his field by challenging existing doctrines in order to help tackle the climate crisis.

June 22, 2023
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START Awardee Stephan Pühringer

On the road

France is known for protests, but also for political states of emergency (états d'urgence) and police repression. Political scientist Katharina Fritsch is investigating the relationship between these aspects.

Jan. 9, 2024
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Katharina Fritsch

Lukas Anton Wein’s is conducting research in the competitive field of organic chemistry. To drive this forward the Schrödinger fellow joined the renowned Garg Lab at UCLA.

Nov. 24, 2023
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Lukas Wein infront of the UCLA

Why veterinarian Martim Kaps swapped his home of choice, Vienna, for the tranquil town of Hastings in Nebraska.

Sep. 28, 2023
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Martim Kaps

With the help of numerical simulations, mathematician and physicist Isabell Piantschitsch is exploring the structures of the sun's atmosphere.

Aug. 17, 2023
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Historian Dominik Gutmeyr-Schnur is breaking new ground by exploring the complexity of the Caucasus region.

June 29, 2023
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Historian Dominik Gutmeyr-Schnur

Archaea are among the first organisms found on the plantet. Microbiologist Isabelle Zink wants find out more about their functions in our lives.

Apr. 17, 2023
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The mathematician Michael Kniely is one of the researchers trying to describe the complex processes that take place in our environment.

Jan. 27, 2023
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At the Helmholtz Centre in Leipzig Schrödinger fellow Petra Till did research on cyanobacteria, which hold great potential for biotechnological use.

Dec. 5, 2022
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Petra Till

Chemist Bettina Baumgartner creates artificial plants modelled on nature and uses them to perform photosynthesis.

Oct. 13, 2022
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The postdoc in philosophy Bernhard Ritter explores questions of subjectivity at two renowned host institutions.

Aug. 25, 2022
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