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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…
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…
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…
"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…
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…
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 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…
Human Rights Award: How crimes are documented in Belarus
If no one is there to document them, crimes against humanity and human rights violations often go unseen and unpunished. In the case of Europe’s last…
Rising cost of living for insects: Energy demand increases with climate change
It sounds paradoxical: when the climate gets warmer, insects need more energy. Biologists at the University of Graz have demonstrated this using the…
Randnotizen aus dem Mittelalter: Philologe Bernhard Bauer liest zwischen den Zeilen
Postings sind heute weite verbreitet. Doch sie waren bereits im Mittelalter üblich: Gelehrte hinterließen an den Rändern oder zwischen den Zeilen von…
When new times change the old world: Austrian Contemporary History Day
Two world wars, economic crisis, the annexation of Austria to the Nazi regime, student protests in 1968, the fall of the Iron Curtain - the 20th…