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Research (EN)

26.04.2023

Image: Artist’s impression of Ariel. Image Credit: ESA/STFC RAL Space/UCL/UK Space Agency/ ATG Medialab

Ariel Data Challenge: Join the hunt for exoplanets!

Any Artificial Intelligence experts out there? Help the ARIEL space mission, join the hunt for exoplanets and find new methods to interpret the...

Research (EN)

14.04.2023

Effectively communicating climate change: the PLEES index

At a Big Picture Event of the VISESS Doctoral School, four PhD students presented the PLEES index. In a UNIVIE blog article, they gave insights in...

Study (EN)

11.04.2023

Snapshots of Exploration: More than 100 photos submitted!

The submission for the first FGGA-student photo competition is closed - thank you for the huge amount of submissions! Now it's up to the jury to...

Visiting (EN)

15.03.2023

Currently visiting: David K. Watkins

From March to April 2023, David K. Watkins is at the Department of Geology as visiting professor. He will share his expertise in nannofossils and...

Visiting (EN)

07.03.2023

Currently visiting: Sandra Guinand

During the summer term 2023, Sandra Guinand is back at the Department of Geography and Regional Research as visiting professor. Her research focuses...

Public

23.02.2023

Big Picture Talk: Graveyard of Space Technology - 23.02.2023

Register now for the next VISESS Big Picture Talk on the problem of space junk - with Michael Steindorfer (ÖAW), Antonio Caiazzo (ESA) and Annie...

Research (EN)

11.01.2023

Erich Thenius (1924-2022) Foto: Rudolf Gold

In memoriam Erich Thenius (1924–2022)

The University of Vienna, the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy and the Department of Palaeontology mourn the loss of one of...

Study (EN)

21.12.2022

Lecture Hall with students at UNIVIE. Photo: derknopfdruecker.com

Initiative 53,000: "strong levers" and active support for active studying

In order to increase the number of degree programmes in which students take a certain number of exams , several initiatives have been taken at our...

International (EN)

23.11.2022

In the background a coastal glacier in an arctic environment, closer to the viewer the ice sheet floats on the the sea, in the foreground a calved iceberg.

Interview with Bethan Davies: Melting glaciers and their future

Due to climate change, glaciers and ice-sheets worldwide are shrinking. Glacial geologist Bethan Davies, currently Ida Pfeiffer Professor at our...

International (EN)

03.11.2022

Anna Kajosaari. Photo: Archè Photography

Currently visiting: Anna Kajosaari

In her research Anna Kajosaari is using digital participatory mapping methods to understand how urban environments support pupulation health and...

Public

12.10.2022

UNIVIE Hackathon: First prize for Team "Vienna_Vision"

The Astrophysicists Prashin Jethwa and Laurane Freour (VISESS branch "Cosmos") were part of the winning team "Vienna_Vision" at the UNIVIE-Hackathon...

International (EN)

10.10.2022

Shahid Iqbal before mountain view. Photo: Shahid Iqbal

Currently visiting: Shahid Iqbal

Since his childhood in Pakistan, Shahid Iqbal has been interested in geology, especially in sedimentology. Nowadays, he is an expert on Paleoclimates...

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