Current research projects and publications

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Current research projects

Institute for Educational Science

  • "Evaluation of You can do something! Upper Austria. Assessments regarding quality and quality development" (Project leader: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Assinger from 20.7.2023; AK Upper Austria)
  • "Improving the Socio-economic Knowledge of the Proximity and Social Economy ecosystem - Lot 1: Benchmarking the socio-economic performance of the EU social economy" (Project leader: Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Maria Anastasiadis from 19.7.2023; European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA))

Institute for Education Research and Teacher Education

  • "Evidence-based support for reading and language skills in the classroom - digital and inclusive innovations - LeSeDi" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Barbara Gasteiger-Klicpera from 1.10.2023; OeAD)
  • "Promoting digital competence in the training and further education of early childhood education professionals" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Lars Eichen from 1.10.2023; German Youth Institute)
  • "Drawing human rights" (Project leader: Barbara Reiter from 1.8.2023; Various)
  • "Memory Spaces: Mapping oral history in Mosul" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Heike Wendt from 1.8.2023; Gerda Henkel Foundation)

Center for the Professionalisation of Early Childhood Education and Care

Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health

  • "Relationship between step test and continuous exercise to determine thresholds and maximum lactate steady state (Mlass)" (Project leader: Ao. Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Hofmann, from 16.6.2023; ARGE for Theoretical and Clinical Performance Medicine of University Teachers)
  • "Researching movement with people with intellectual disabilities (BEMIB)" (Project leader: Christoph Kreinbucher-Bekerle, PhD., from 1.6.2023; Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft)

Institute for Geography and Regional Science

  • "Polar Research Infrastructure Network" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schöner from 1.4.2024: European Commission)
  • "Boosting EU Biodiversity Strategy by empowering high education curricula and green skills for NATURE protection and restoration" (Project leader: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Manuela Hirschmugl from 1.11.2023; European Commission)
  • "Tackling ESD related wicked problems in geography teacher training witz multimodal vignettes" (Project leader: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Fabian Pettig from 1.10.2023; European Commission)
  • "Joint Body on Status of Mountain Snow Cover" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schöner from 1.10.2023; University of Bern)
  • "Seasonal Precipitation Forecasting and Extreme Precipitation Dependence on Temperature in California" (Project leader: Mattew Switanek, PhD from 1.9.2023; California Department of Water Resources)
  • "PPP potentials in waste management" (Project leader: Dr. Wolfgang Fischer from 15.7.2023; Saubermacher Dienstleistungs-AG)
  • "Long-term monitoring of ecosystem processes Module 07 - Cryosphere: Glaciers, hydroclimate, permafrost: period 2023-2024" (Project leader: Dr. Andreas Kellerer-Pirklbauer-Eulenstein from 1.7.2023; Association Secretariat of the Hohe Tauern National Park Council)

Regional Centre of Expertise Graz Styria - Center for Sustainable Social Transformation

  • "SPECIFIC/ Specifying Practices Enabled by Cycling In FIfteen-minute Cities" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anke Strüver from 2.1.2024; EU/FFG)
  • "Social Economy Enquete: Democracy" (Project leader: Dr. Andreas Exner from 11.9.2023; Various)
  • "GO4 CO/ Governance for Cohousing" (Project manager: Dr. Andrea Jany from 1.7.2023; FFG)

Institute of Environmental Systems Sciences

  • "Developing transition pathways for deep transformative changes in the building sector" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rupert Baumgartner from 1.1.2023, FFG)
  • "Energy-efficient, modular and seamless transportation of people and goods with a focus on active mobility" (Project leader: Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, PhD, from 1.10.2023; FFG)
  • "Safe- and sustainability-by-design approaches for energy storage systems in a green and circular economy (SuESS)" (Project leader: Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind, PhD, from 1.9.2023; FFG)
  • "CRO WOODS - Calculation of carbon storage in wood products in Croatia" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tobias Stern from 4.9.2023; EKONERG - Energy Research and Environmental Protection Institute)
  • "LCA and CO2 modeling of different production technologies" (Project leader: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rupert Baumgartner from 1.7.2023; voestalpine AG)
  • "Hydrogen and Styria: Regional action paths in the context of international technology development (Z-T-G 002)" (Project leader: Michael Kriechbaum, PhD from 1.7.2023; Province of Styria)

Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change

  • "A-LEVERS" (Project manager: Associate Professor Dr. Birgit Bednar-Friedl from 1.11.2023; Climate Fund/ACRP)
  • "Consumption-based emissions balance, GHG budget for Vienna" (Project manager: Prof. Dr. Karl Steininger from 1.6.2023; City of Vienna)