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Thursday, 16 March 2023

Wahl ohne Qual

Ursula Athenstaedt. Foto: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos ©Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos
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"Erziehung, Bildung und Vorbilder können Werte vermitteln und Trends schaffen, die für das Zusammenleben in einer Gesellschaft wichtig sind“, sagt die Sozialpsychologin Ursula Athenstaedt. Foto: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos

Psychologin Ursula Athenstaedt und Ökonom Richard Sturn: Wie wir mehr Menschen für demokratische Mitbestimmung gewinnen

Die politische Beteiligung in Österreich folgt einem Abwärtstrend. Bei der Bundespräsidentenwahl im Vorjahr gingen nur knapp über 65 Prozent zu den Urnen. Was ist los mit den Staatsbürger:innen? Sozialpsychologin Ursula Athenstaedt und Ökonom Richard Sturn über Wege, mehr Menschen für demokratische Mitbestimmung zu gewinnen.

„Ob Menschen politisch interessiert sind und sich aktiv einbringen, wird von vielen verschiedenen Dingen beeinflusst. Eine wichtige Rolle spielt dabei das soziale Umfeld, vor allem bei jungen Menschen“, sagt die Sozialpsychologin Ursula Athenstaedt: „Ist es in der Familie üblich, über Politik zu diskutieren? Gehen die Eltern wählen? Was machen die Gleichaltrigen in der Gruppe, der jemand angehört? Engagieren sie sich für etwas, wie zum Beispiel für den Klimaschutz? Und gehen sie dafür auch auf die Straße?“ Wer keine solche Vorbilder und Gemeinsamkeiten hat, wird nicht so einfach zu motivieren sein, die Politik und damit auch die Gesellschaft mitzugestalten.
In der Wirtschaft versuchen Unternehmen über verschiedene Anreize, meist finanzieller Natur, den Konsum anzukurbeln. Auch als Maßnahmen zur Erhöhung der Impfquote standen in Österreich Anfang des Jahres ein Bonus und eine Impflotterie im Raum. Aber sind solche „Verlockungen“ überhaupt sinnvoll, um Menschen zu einem Handeln zu bewegen, das mit Verantwortungsbewusstsein für die Gesellschaft verbunden ist?

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Ökonom Richard Sturn. Foto: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos ©Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos
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Es ist legitim, kluge Entscheidungen – etwa zu Wahl zu gehen – zu fördern. Ein Anreiz könnte sein, die Öffnungszeiten der Wahllokale der Lebensrealität der Menschen anzupassen, meint der Ökonom Richard Sturn. Foto: Uni Graz/Tzivanopoulos
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Two researchers from the University of Graz have secured prestigious and generously funded grants from the EU. Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC), each worth 1.5 million euros, have been awarded to the human geographer Heide Bruckner and the social scientist Silvana Weiss.

Austria’s emissions rose in 2025: University of Graz researchers analyse the causes

The Environment Agency Austria has today published the figures for the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2025. While emissions fell sharply year on year from 2022 to 2024, they rose again by just under 0.7 per cent in 2025. Researchers at the University of Graz have analysed how much of this increase was due to structural changes in the economy and how much was attributable to external factors over which there is little control. “In 2025, the colder winter compared with 2024 increased emissions by 0.81 per cent, while the weak economy reduced them by 0.38 per cent. If we factor out these influences, we find an underlying increase of 0.26 per cent compared with the previous year,” reports economist Karl Steininger. “This clearly means that Austria is not on track to meet its climate targets, which require a substantial reduction in emissions by 2030.”

Electrifying: Researchers film the first moments on the way from light to electricity

Physicists at the University of Graz (Austria), in collaboration with colleagues from Marburg University and Forschungszentrum Jülich (Germany), have achieved a scientific breakthrough. For the first time, the generation of electrical energy from light has been filmed and described theoretically. This work is of far-reaching significance, not least for optimising sustainable energy production from photovoltaics. This is because it provides fundamental building blocks for understanding the physical processes that take place, for example, in organic solar cells. The paper was published in the journal Physical Review X, one of the world’s most prestigious physics journals.

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