Hydrologist and Elise Richter Fellow, Bano Mehdi-Schulz, has recently been highlighted in SCILOG magazine. The feature focuses on Bano’s innovative

Continue readingFeatured: Simulating nitrate transport from fields

„Die Preisträgerin Michaela Raggam-Blesch trägt durch ihre langjährige umfangreiche Forschungs- und Vermittlungsarbeit wesentlich dazu bei, ein öffentliches Bewusstsein in bezug auf die Shoah und deren Folgen für die jüdische Bevölkerung herzustellen.Continue readingMichaela Raggam-Blesch receives the Leon-Zelman-Award 2022 for her research on the Shoa and its effect on the Austrian Jewish community

Mathematician and Elise Richter fellow Sandra Müller of Vienna University of Technology is analysing various forms of infinity stemming from

Continue readingSandra Müller wins the START Excellence Grant

We are happy to announce that this year three Elise Richter Fellows have been elected into the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). Anaïs Angelo, Lisa Isola, and Sandra Müller were welcomed to the ÖAW on May 13th. The Young Academy currently consists of 63 excellent researchers who were elected on the basis of acquired important research awards and fellowships. One main aim of the Young Academy is to support innovative research and strengthen young researchers. During the 8 years of their membership Anaïs, Lisa, and Sandra now have the opportunity to actively contribute to the many interdisciplinary projects of the Young Academy. Continue readingThree Elise Richter Fellows were elected as new members of the Young Academy of the ÖAW

I am very happy that the International Conference “Margins at Centre – Practices of Annotation” is drawing nearer! The hybrid event takes place at the Viennese Institute for Medieval Research of the Austrian Academy of Sciences on 23-24 May. I am proud and honored to convene an impressive line-up of international scholars discussing the cultural developments of Carolingian East Francia during the ninth century.Continue readingCinzia Grifoni convenes an International Conference in the framework of her current ER-Project “Margins at the Centre”.

Already at the beginning of this month, I have good news to share: two new publications are out from our

Continue readingStandard features Bea Maas’ research: New research project on sustainable agriculture (ECO-OLIVES) funded, and two articles published