Our Research

Alice Vadrot at the Department of Political Science is leading the “MARCO-BOLO” project.

The MARCO-BOLO (MBO) project aims to structure and strengthen European coastal and marine biodiversity observation capabilities, linking them to global efforts to understand and restore ocean health, hence ensuring that outputs respond to explicit stakeholder needs from policy, planning and industry.

Sabine Pahl at the Department of Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology is part of the “SOS Zeropol”, a Horizon Europe project.

Curbing water pollution is a top priority in Europe. Keeping seas healthy and clean can help protect the various ecosystem services we depend on such as climate regulation and food provision.

Stephan Krämer at the Department of Geosciences is leading “Chroma”, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions project (Horizon 2020).

Long-term pollution mitigation requires a better understanding of the biogeochemical processes that regulate the behavior and fate of trace metals, such as chromium (Cr), in subsurface environments.

Yuri Kazepov at the Department of Sociology is leading the case study of Vienna at the “Munex” project.

MUNEX is a JPI Urban Europe project that explores the transformative capacity of collaborative experiments between citizens, civil society and politics at the neighborhood level in three cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona and Vienna.

Tatiana Konrad at the Department of English and American Studies is leading the Air and Environmental Health Project.

While air pollution has been an issue for centuries, it is through the COVID-19 pandemic that humanity worldwide has acutely and concurrently recognized the physical presence of air.

Gerhard Herndl at the Department of Functional and Evolutionary Ecologyis leading the “DEPOCA” project.

There is a major mismatch between the organic matter supply and the organic matter demand of the heterotrophic organisms inhabiting the deep-sea.