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Tag: Economy

Projects

28 March 2022

Need and recognition

Who deserves what or how much? While focusing on need is a fundamental principle in the discussion about equitable distribution, the assessment of what someone “needs” for their life is highly subjective. The social scientist Bernhard Kittel and his team areexploring what needs to happen so that others will accept an individual’s declared need as […] Continue reading “Need and recognition”

Interview & Opinion

7 March 2022

“Researchers are pessimistic about the impact of sanctions”

Interview: Jonas Vogt

The European Union has recently adopted far-reaching sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine. The political scientist Katharina Meissner of the University of Vienna has been studying EU sanctions regimes for some time. What has to happen for sanctions to be adopted? And what can we hope they will achieve? Continue reading ““Researchers are pessimistic about the impact of sanctions””

Projects

14 February 2022

Leveraging the clout of purchasing power and the rule of law

What possibilities does the EU have, across all levels from the Union to local authorities, to improve labour and environmental conditions in global production networks? In a joint project, researchers based in Austria and Germany are investigating how socially responsible public procurement could enforce higher standards, for example in the production of garments and electronics. Continue reading “Leveraging the clout of purchasing power and the rule of law”

On the road

4 October 2021

Learning from crises – doing research in a year like no other

By Javier López Prol

Research thrives on international exchanges and young researchers, in particular, benefit from stays abroad. Javier López Prol completed his Schrödinger Fellowship in Berlin, until the coronavirus came onto the scene. For scilog, this economist reports on how he was able to make a contribution to society in the pandemic as a researcher and how this […] Continue reading “Learning from crises – doing research in a year like no other”

Projects

13 September 2021

Land tenancy and soil conservation – a contradiction in terms?

A research group in Vienna investigated the impact of how farm tenancies affect the management of agricultural land. Farms with a large share of leased land tend to invest less in soil conservation. Nonetheless, environmental awareness is relatively pronounced among Austrian farmers. Continue reading “Land tenancy and soil conservation – a contradiction in terms?”
Young female engineer testing vehicles.

Projects

8 March 2021

No foreseeable changes in career choices

Despite numerous measures in support of gender equality, Austria’s world of work is still acutely characterised by typical female and male occupations. This labour market inequality has an impact on society as a whole. The sociologist Nina-Sophie Fritsch is examining underlying causes and comparing the current data in Austria to the situation at European level. Continue reading “No foreseeable changes in career choices”

Projects

4 January 2021

The next industrial revolution is here. What does this mean for Austria?

A group of researchers from Graz is exploring the socio-economic effects of new technologies wreaking another wave of “creative destruction” on established economic structures and processes. The researchers examine the options open to policy makers in the face of major impending upheavals. For Austria they see both entrepreneurial potential in niches and the danger of […] Continue reading “The next industrial revolution is here. What does this mean for Austria?”

Portrait

18 December 2020

The social fever curve of coronavirus

By Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

For almost a year now, the Covid-19 virus has had the world in a stranglehold. How are people in Austria dealing with this situation? In what way have their attitudes, behaviour and contentment changed? And do they see a light at the end of the tunnel – now that the first vaccination phase in Austria […] Continue reading “The social fever curve of coronavirus”

Schroedinger Fellow Juergen Braunstein

On the road

6 August 2020

Geofinance of Renewables and Lobster Roll in Cambridge

By Juergen Braunstein

A transition from fossil fuels to renewables could affect global financial leadership of the 21st century no less than the historical shifts from wood to coal and from coal to oil. Schroedinger Fellow Juergen Braunstein at Harvard University examines the drivers of the green energy ‘revolution’ and its wide geo-financial implications. Continue reading “Geofinance of Renewables and Lobster Roll in Cambridge”

Projects

3 February 2020

Visualizing the environmental impact of consumerism

A new model is designed to visualize material flows of the world economy and global production chains. Using large amounts of data that trace the path from the origin of a product to its consumer will make it easier to develop efficient strategies for conserving resources and protecting the climate. Continue reading “Visualizing the environmental impact of consumerism”

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