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Out of the Dead End: Critical Thinking Can Show us the Way

We are stuck. Climate change, social division and authoritarian political developments are blocking the path to a bright future. Little by little, we…

20 years of NAWI Graz: Teamwork as a recipe for success

Cooperation instead of competition: For twenty years, TU Graz and the University of Graz have been pooling know-how and resources in natural science…

Cell division as a Rubik's Cube: how a viable organism emerges from random disorder

Whether fly, mouse or human: the development of an organism from a single cell is one of the most astonishing phenomena in nature. Many different…

Excellent and climate-friendly: University of Graz presents Green Academia Award 2024

How can outstanding academic achievements and sustainable mobility be successfully combined when travelling on business? The philosophers of the…

Is the machine smarter?

Rewarded remembrance: State Prize for Uni Graz project

Gerald Lamprecht and his research team were awarded the Austrian State Prize for Historical Research in the "Innovative History" category for the…

Does democracy belong in a museum? University of Graz initiates forum for citizens and research

Keeping an ear to the ground, identifying needs and tailoring educational programmes: That is the aim of the Democracy Research Forum. To kick things…

New climate records

Whether in terms of greenhouse gas concentrations, temperatures across the globe, ocean heat and global sea level, total land area in extreme drought…

Strong research impetus: 16 million euros for Circular Bioengineering Excellence Cluster

The Cluster of Excellence Circular Bioengineering has today received a grant of 16 million euros from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). This funding…

Beached whales: researchers at the University of Graz find arsenic in the brain

The chemist Jörg Feldmann from the University of Graz has discovered toxic arsenic compounds in the brains of pilot whales. The concentration…

Eating well: an inclusive look at sustainability and nutrition

How do I eat sustainably? By buying local, seasonal food, preferably organic, and by eating less meat. This answer emerges from my situated knowledge,…

Historic: the Faculty of Catholic Theology has its first female dean

In October 2024, Katharina Pyschny will become the first woman in the 440-year history of the University of Graz to take over the deanship of the…

Why rituals strengthen the connection to the university

When "Gaudeamus igitur" resounds in the auditorium, the graduation vows are spoken and the roll is handed over, it is just the end of a long series of…

From the morning circle to the bedtime story: Why toddlers need rituals

There is a vase of flowers on the small table in the entrance area of the kindergarten, with a photo of Manuel next to it. This makes it clear to…

Friendship bracelets and fan chants: how rituals promote cohesion

Sociologist Katharina Scherke sheds light on how standardised procedures - from coffee breaks to mourning ceremonies - generate emotions and create…

Learning lightness: How prayers can create well-being

Liturgical scholar Peter Ebenbauer analyses the healing effect of religious rituals.