With the advent of the postcard, written correspondence experienced a boost everywhere, including Lower Styria. A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF now illustrates through postcards the coexistence and clashes between the German and Slovenian languages in the final decades of the Habsburg Monarchy. Continue reading ““Greetings” from Lower Styria”
The ILEI protein transforms sedentary into mobile cells and is therefore regarded as an important signal inducer for the metastasis of cancer cells. ILEI is only one member of a protein family that has not been widely researched. With the support of the Austrian Science Fund FWF, cancer researcher Agnes Csiszar has demonstrated that one ILEI on its own has no impact. In order to become active, two identical proteins have to bind to each other. Continue reading “A power couple mobilises cancer cells”
The social scientist Marita Haas explored the interdependence of female career paths and institutional norms by melding gender, profession and biography. Leaving behind traditional role models requires an encouraging environment and structural measures, concludes the expert. Continue reading “Equality: a question of openness”
Johanna Braun is exploring the phenomenon of hysteria and its social implications. In her temporary elective hometown Los Angeles, the cultural scholar and Schrödinger fellow has seen her research topic attain an unparalleled order of magnitude and great topicality. – A travelogue about close-up research. Continue reading “Palm trees, the ocean and a fear of mass hysteria”
Science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar is sceptical about an approach to science driven only by benefits and added value. In light of worrying social developments, the expert feels we need more critical debates on scientific issues and a new self-awareness in the world of science. Continue reading “Science bears responsibility”
The historian Dirk Rupnow on the political instrumentalisation of Holocaust remembrance, migration as a major theme in contemporary history and the difficulty of establishing a position vis-à-vis politics. Continue reading ““We should be vigilant””
