Research
Get an in-depth look at the cutting-edge studies and innovations driving progress in our field.
Shaping Tomorrow: The Impact of Today’s Research
We are motivated to deliver scientific research that contributes to the protection of our climate and environment. We work jointly in excellent cross-disciplinary teams beyond the border of each discipline on research ideas and collaborations.
At the University of Vienna, one of the biggest and most renowned in Europe, we want to advance environmental research for society. We use the strength of networking excellent expertise of individual disciplines in our research hub.
We focus on training, education and excellent qualification of our members. We constantly develop our knowledge and competencies further to develop innovative concepts and approaches for solutions in the areas of environment and climate.
We want to shape society – as an education institution, a hub and a partner for dialogue. For this reason, we educate students and early career scientists and enter active dialogues with civil society and decision-makers in government and society.
Projects
20.03.2024
The Many Labs Megastudy to Promote Climate Action Across the Globe
Kim Doell from the Faculty of Psychology was co-leading one of the[...]
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14.02.2024
MICROCLIM: A Micro-Scale Perspective on Alpine Floras Under Climate Change
Stefan Dullinger from the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research is leading[...]
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08.01.2024
IrrevoChrom: Irreversible Organic Electrochromic Links for Tamperproof
Laura Maggini from the Department of Chemistry is leading the „IrrevoChrom“ project.
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01.01.2024
AMooRe: Austrian Moor Restoration
Stephan Glatzel at the Department of Geography and Regional Research is part[...]
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01.01.2024
playNICE: Interplay Between Biological Nitrification Inhibitors, Nitrogen Cycling, and Agronomic Nitrogen Use Efficiency
Petra Pjevac at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science (CMESS)[...]
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01.01.2024
KlipPer: Climate Change and Photovoltaic Energy
Aiko Voigt at the Department for Meteorology and Geophysics is leading the[...]
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01.01.2024
Occurrence and Remediation of PFAS
Thilo Hofmann at the Department of Geosciences is leading the „Ocurrence and[...]
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01.10.2023
FOCAL-Points: Leverage Points for Demand-Side Mitigation
Alina Brad from the Department of Political Sciences and Etienne Schenider from[...]
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01.10.2023
Biodegradable Plastics in Compost
Thilo Hofmann at the Department of Geosciences is leading the Biodegradable Plastics[...]
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06.06.2023
Highreslearn: Extracting Information From High-Resolution Climate Data
Lukas Brunner at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics is leading the[...]
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01.06.2023
RESONATE: Resilience Through Nature-Based Therapies
Mat White at the Cognitive Science Hub is leading „RESONATE“ Horizon Europe[...]
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15.05.2023
The Politics of Negative Emissions Technologies in the EU
Alina Brad at the Department of Political Sciences is leading this project[...]
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01.04.2023
GetCOheSive: Governance Enhancement for Cohesive Societies
Yuri Kazepov at the Department of Sociology is part of the „GetCoheSive“[...]
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09.01.2023
MECS: Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage
Leticia Gonzalez at the Institute of Theoretical Chemistry is part of the[...]
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07.01.2023
Permanent Latin American Working Group „Alternatives to Development“
Ulrich Brand at the Department of Political Sciences is part of the[...]
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01.01.2023
Understanding Terrestrial Microbiomes With AI
Shaul Pollak Pasternak at the Centre for Microbiology and Environmental Systems Science[...]
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01.01.2023
Beyond Development. Toward Systemic Emancipatory Transformations
Ulrich Brand at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of[...]
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01.01.2023
INNORES: Innores: Innovation Residues – Modes and Infrastructures of Caring for Our Longue-Durée Environmental Futures
Ulrike Felt at the Department of Science and Technology Studies is leading[...]
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01.12.2022
MARCO-BOLO: MARine Coastal BiOdiversity Long-term Observations
Alice Vadrot at the Department of Political Science is leading the „MARCO-BOLO“[...]
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27.09.2022
SOS-ZEROPOL2030: Source to Seas – Zero Pollution 2030
Sabine Pahl at the Department of Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods[...]
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01.07.2022
CHROMA: Mobilization of Chromium by Organic Matter in Reduced Systems
Stephan Krämer at the Department of Geosciences is leading „Chroma“, a Marie[...]
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06.01.2022
MUNEX: Municipal Neighborhood Experiments
Yuri Kazepov at the Department of Sociology is leading the case study[...]
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06.01.2022
Air and Environmental Health in the (Post-)COVID-19 World
Tatiana Konrad at the Department of English and American Studies is leading[...]
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06.01.2022
DEPOCA: Shedding Light on Dark Ocean’s Detrital Particles: Origin, Composition and Age
Gerhard Herndl at the Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecologyis leading the[...]
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01.11.2021
AgriWeedClim – Emerging Agricultural Weeds Under Climate and Land-Use Changes in Central Europe
Franz Essl at the Department of Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research[...]
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01.11.2021
Talking Charts
Laura Koesten from the Faculty of Computer Sciences at the University of[...]
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01.10.2021
ZeroPM: Zero Pollution of Persistent, Mobile Substances
Sabine Pahl from the Department of Cognition, Emotion and Methods in Psychology[...]
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01.03.2021
SWAIN: Sustainable Watershed Management Through IoT-Driven Artificial Intelligence
Atakan Aral at the Department of Computer Science is leading the „SWAIN“[...]
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01.02.2021
PRINCESS: Peatland Rewetting In Nitrogen-Contaminated Environments: Synergies and Trade-Offs Between Biodiversity, Climate, Water Quality and Society
Stephan Glatzel at the Department of Geography and Regional Research is leading[...]
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01.02.2021
Heat below the City
Christian Griebler at the Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology is leading[...]
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01.09.2020
Landscape, Life, Form: Anthropocene Poetics in Contemporary German Fiction
Eva Horn at the Department of German Studies leads the „Landscape, Life[...]
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06.01.2020
PECCK: Pre-Enacting Climate Change Knowledge
Alexa Färber at the Department of European Ethnology is leading the „PECCK“[...]
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06.01.2020
ECOTIP: Ecological Tipping Cascades in the Arctic Seas
Gerhard Herndl at the Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology is leading[...]
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01.01.2020
AmazonFACE – Impacts of Elevated CO2 on the Amazon Rainforest
Lucia Fuchslueger at the Department of Microbiology and Ecosystem at the University[...]
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01.01.2020
Utilizing Environmental Social Neuroscience to Investigate the Reciprocal Relationship Between Humans and the Environment
Claus Lamm from the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology[...]
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01.01.2020
Artificial Intelligence and Climate Change
Mark Coeckelbergh from the Department of Philosophy is leading the project. Description:[...]
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01.03.2019
P-Trap: Biogeochemical Mechanisms Influencing the Bioavailability of P and FE From Vivianite
Stephan Krämer at the Department of Geosciences is part of „P-Trap“, a[...]
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01.11.2018
MARIPOLDATA: The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data
Alice Vadrot at the Department of Political Science is leading the „MARIPOLDATA“[...]
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About the Projects:
Research projects are hosted at the specific Faculty of ECH members. The selection here reflects the diverse range of research excellence at the University of Vienna in the field of environment, climate change and sustainability. We list projects led by ECH members as a PI, or those in which they are part of a larger consortium such as in Horizon Europe projects.
Seed Funding Projects
29.01.2024
Towards Determining the Link Between Land Use Management, Microbial Composition, and Carbon Quality in European Peatlands
Peatlands play a critical role in the global carbon cycle, storing between[...]
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29.01.2024
Assessing Biodegradation of Dopamine-Based Electrochromic Formulations for Ultra-Low Power Flexible Displays by Environmental Microbial Communities
The disposal of electronics comes with many sustainability issues and has been[...]
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About the ECH Seed Funding:
The ECH offers an exciting opportunity for researchers who are members of the Hub. Our Seed Funding Grants aim to support the establishment of interdisciplinary and innovative collaborations within the Hub, and beyond. In 2024, we supported four new Seed Funding proposals with €10,000 each. Look out for the announcement of a new Seed Funding call soon.
