In his recently published book ‘Producing Citizenship in Medical Research Collections’ Erik Aarden addresses the question if and how tissue and data collections in medical resarch produces a public good, […]
The project #NoFakeFacts! is a new initiative from Sparkling Science 2.0 that aims to equip young people with the skills they need to deal with digital information and sources. The idea is to help young people spot fake news, think critically about it, and handle digital content responsibly. As well as boosting media and information literacy, this also promotes young people’s understanding of science and democracy.
Why are giant pandas considered a species worth protecting and a national treasure of China, while not all pandas are seen as equally valuable? Christof Lammer reports on his research […]
Christof Lammer (University of Klagenfurt) spoke with Suvi Rautio (podcast host, University of Helsinki) about his recent open access book, Performing State Boundaries: Food Networks, Democratic Bureaucracy and China (2024). You can […]
In a recently published paper in Big Data & Society, Erik Aarden analyses how quality of materials is managed and how materials are made visible and accessible in the European […]
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The students of the course „Die Zukunft der Künstlichen Intelligenz: Visionen in Science Fiction, Politik und Gesellschaft“ (“The Future of Artificial Intelligence: Visions in Science Fiction, Politics and Society”) cordially […]
The new FWF-funded project “Banking on zoos for conservation?” addresses the question how a collection of biological materials from zoo animals might contribute to the conservation of endangered species. The […]
For the project Banking on zoos for conservation? Towards a multispecies perspective on conservation research in the EAZA Biobank, funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, I am looking for […]
On January 1, 2024, three smaller institutes merged to form the new Department of Society, Knowledge, and Politics. In this report, we reflect on the personal and academic highlights of […]
Can Science and Technology Save a (Dying) State? Techno-Optimism in the Last Days of Socialist Yugoslavia During the 1980s, as the economic, social, and political crisis in socialist Yugoslavia was intensifying, […]
How to know a national park? Monitoring practices and the enactment of biodiversity in Neusiedler See – Seewinkel National Park, Austria To confront the ongoing global ‘biodiversity crisis’ various international […]
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