Autonomous next generation cars will enable the drivers to focus on other things during their ride. There are situations, however, when the driver will have to take control of the wheel again. In a project funded by the FWF, a research team from the University of Salzburg is investigating the problems arising from these next generation vehicles. Continue reading “When the autopilot hands over to the human driver”
In order to understand textile production in Byzantine Egypt, a project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF has built a bridge between papyrology and historical textile research. Better definition of terms provides more clarity and new insights. Continue reading “How does that fit together?”
After his edition of the works of Anton Kuh (1890-1941), the biographer Walter Schübler has now received further support from the FWF for the publication of a monograph about this Austrian journalist and extempore speaker. He set out to rectify misconceptions and to reconstruct the life and work of this provocative emigrant writer, who crossed both genre and political borders. Continue reading “Anton Kuh: writer and performer”
The ability to recognize the thoughts, desires, and intentions of others is known in scientific circles as “Theory of Mind.” The psychologist and Schrödinger Fellow Matthias Schurz explores this human mind-reading phenomenon at Oxford University by investigating the workings of the brain. Continue reading “Oxford – venerable and cutting-edge”
The sociologist Kristina Stoeckl is observing a worldwide revival of moral conservative tendencies. Using the example of the Russian Orthodox Church, she explains how the connected conflicts about values might turn into an acid test for liberal societies. Continue reading ““Conflicts over values polarise enormously””
For almost three decades, Peter Holzer has been dealing with the question of how the bowels and the brain communicate with each other. The results are remarkable. Continue reading ““Never stop, always keep thinking things over””
