Teaching Robots a Delicate Touch: Serkan Ergun’s research in tactile perception

At the intersection of proximity sensing and tactile perception, Serkan Ergun at the University of Klagenfurt is researching novel near-field sensing technologies for robotics. The aim is to equip machines with precise awareness of their immediate surroundings — a key prerequisite for safe, adaptive interaction between humans and robots in dynamic environments.

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Menstruation, motherhood and the menopause: “Women work – and so do their bodies”

Psychologist Theresa Tschauko is conducting research into how different stages of women’s health affect their work behaviour as member of the research group Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management. The conclusion of her work to date is that women carry on working – even when it hurts.

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The more symmetries, the better: Mathematician Daniel Brosch seeks solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems

Daniel Brosch, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Mathematics at the University of Klagenfurt, is looking into some of the toughest open questions in discrete mathematics. For his research, he recently received a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship, which will take him to the world’s northernmost university in Norway for two years.

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When the state taxes itself: Ann-Catherine Pointecker studies the taxation of public bodies

How should public bodies be treated for tax purposes when they compete with private companies? At the University of Klagenfurt, Ann-Catherine Pointecker is conducting research on the taxation of bodies governed by public law from an international comparative perspective and analysing the need for reform in Austria.

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