We are pleased to welcome Professor Tanja Oblak Črnič, PhD from the University of Ljubljana at the department of Media and Communications, as an Alpen-Adria Guest Professor of the Faculty of Humanities for the spring semester of 2019. Read more →
In November 2016, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided to grant the Río Atrato personality rights. The judgement was published in May 2017. As part of his doctoral thesis, the geographer Moremi Zeil is investigating the framework conditions, causes and – above all – the consequences of this judgement.
Die Grenze zwischen Arbeit und Freizeit lost sich durch die digitale Verfügbarkeit immer mehr auf. Medienwissenschaftlerin Caroline Roth-Ebner hat Fakten gesammelt und macht Vorschlage, wo die Steuerung ansetzen musste.
Eva Krallinger-Gruber, from Salzburg, studied Journalism and Communication Studies at AAU. She has worked in France, Belgium, America and Switzerland. Now she is her own boss, and spends her time showing what Salzburg has to offer in the online city magazine ‘Fräulein Floras Favourite Hangouts’. She runs the blog together with her husband and is planning to publish her own magazine soon. In the interview she explains why she chose to study in Klagenfurt and what advice she would give to students today. Read more →
For some years now, geologists have been debating the existence of a new era, the Anthropocene, which is characterised by massive human-influenced changes to the natural environment. Geographer Heike Egner sees this new epoch as an opportunity for science and humanity.
Manuela Hofer-McIntyre studied English and American Studies as well as Media and Communications at AAU. She now works as Academic Coordinator at the University of Wyoming in the USA. In this interview, she tells us why she likes her job, how she prepares students for the international job market and what still connects her to the AAU today. Read more →
Geographer Kirsten von Elverfeldt argues the case for giving greater consideration to uncertainties in the scientific approach to the environment and its transition. She has taken a close look at natural phenomena featuring the concept of so-called self-organising systems, where the long-term development is difficult or even impossible to predict. In an interview with ad astra she explains what defines these systems and why tolerating uncertainties can be worthwhile.
Für Menschen auf der Flucht sind Smartphones das wichtigste Überlebenshilfsmittel. Katja Kaufmann erforschte die konkreten Gründe.
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