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Climate protection needs broad acceptance

What do we have to do today to live in a climate-friendly future tomorrow? In January 2022, 100 citizens from all parts of the population came together in the Austrian Climate Council to answer this question. Six months later, they presented their 93 recommendations to the federal government. "Even if many of them have not yet been taken up, the Climate Council was an enormously important project that continues to have an impact," says Birgit Bednar-Friedl, environmental economist at the University of Graz. Together with Georg Kaser from the University of Innsbruck, she chaired the scientific committee that accompanied the citizens on the Climate Council.

Why active citizen participation is important for a functioning democracy

Voiceless: How politics could better integrate non-Austrians

It is a super election year, but almost a fifth of people over the age of 16 living in Austria are only allowed to have a limited say. This can jeopardise democracy, warns political scientist Katrin Praprotnik.

Democracy in lecture hall and lab

The University of Graz shows how democracy works in everyday research, study and work life. From participation in the Senate to curricula and student representation: all members of the university have the opportunity to help shape teaching, research and the university.

"Democracy is like a construction site!"

Political education in schools must be promoted more, demands democracy researcher Britta Breser. Learning from history also means helping to shape the present. Her appeal: democracy education that faces up to the upheavals and crises of our time.

Competent for AI: Excellent fitness programme for students

Slavist Boban Arsenijevic has assessed the employability of language and linguistics graduates and developed new modules to improve training. This project has now received an award.

Between palm trees and leaf lettuce: Plant rarities market on May 4 and 5 at the university

Hobby gardeners and balcony lovers can stock up on unusual vegetable and ornamental plants on the first weekend in May. Around 100 growers come to the University of Graz

University of Graz develops sustainable and recyclable bio-plastic

Researchers at the University of Graz are developing a fully recyclable, bio-based epoxy resin that could change the plastics industry in the long term. A breakthrough that combines environmental protection and economic efficiency.