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Invitation: public event

University of the Future: an Evening with Arjen Wals and Verena Winiwarter

Managing Complexity in Social Systems

New Publication

Why do policies and strategies often fail, and what can be done about it? How can complexity be managed in cases where it cannot be reduced? The answers to these questions are anything but trivial, and can only be found by combining insights from complexity science, system dynamics, system theory and systems thinking. This book bridges the gap between rigorous science and real-life experience to explore the potential and limitations of leverage points in implementing policies and strategies. Christoph Mandl teaches business management at the Institute of Production and Logistics.

Spend a different evening

- join the ELLS feeling event on March 27!

Meet students from other ELLS universities, ELLS and ELSA representatives at BOKU and get to know more about the programmes of the Euroleague for Life Sciences.

Attila Tóth, Dipl.-Ing. Dr.

Visiting Postdoc Researcher | Action Austria-Slovakia Scholarship for Postdocs Institute of Landscape Planning, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna

Attila Tóth from the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra is currently conducting a 6-month research stay at the Institute of Landscape Planning of BOKU.

Buchpräsentation: Die Beschleunigung der Berge. Eine Umweltgeschichte des Wintertourismus in Vorarlberg/Österreich, 1920-2010

# ZUG-Minisymposium

Präsentation: Dr. Robert Groß, Universität Innsbruck und Universität für Bodenkultur Wien; Ort/Zeit: BOKU | Hauptbibliothek Wilhelm Exner-Haus, Zeitschriftenlesesaal, Peter Jordan-Straße 82, 1190 Wien: Dienstag, 12. März 2019, 18.15 Uhr

Ressourcenverbrauch: Wie schaffen wir die Wende zur Nachhaltigkeit?

# BOKU-Presseinformation, 27.02.2019

Ein u.a. von WissenschafterInnen des BOKU-Instituts für Soziale Ökologie verfasster Artikel im Fachjournal Nature Sustainability zeigt jetzt, welchen Beitrag die Erforschung des gesellschaftlichen Stoffwechsels zur Nachhaltigkeit im Anthropozän leisten kann.

Biodiversitätskrise: Mehr Effizienz in der Agrarproduktion reicht als Antwort nicht aus

# BOKU-Presseinformation, 4.3.2019

Das Wachstum der globalen Wirtschaft und Bevölkerung zerstört die biologische Vielfalt und Ökosystemleistungen – vor allem in den Tropen. In der Fachzeitschrift Nature Ecology & Evolution wurden die Ergebnisse von einem Forschungsteam unter der Leitung des Deutschen Zentrums für integrative Biodiversitätsforschung (iDiv), der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) gemeinsam mit einem Team vom Institut für Soziale Ökologie (BOKU) publiziert.

Anne Mogoi Birundu

1989 - 2019

Our colleague and BOKU doctoral candidate Anne was among the passengers of ET302. We are shocked and lost for words at the loss of Anne, who had dedicated her career to improving livelihoods through water resource development. Our thoughts are with her family and friends.

EUR-Organic: Apply now!

EUR-Organic application deadlines: March 15 for Non-EU-students resp. June 1 for EU-students for WS 2019 Get your international career started & apply now!

Spend a different summer

- study ELLSwhere!

We warmly invite all BOKU students to attend a Summer School of the Euroleague for Life Sciences (ELLS).

Go Tandem!

Learn Languages with Natives for Free

Form a "tandem" and teach each other your mother language! Decide yourself, how, when and where you want to learn. Registration in BOKUlearn - deadline: March 10.

Kick-off SECBIVIT

Vineyards produce more than wine

Viticulture, the cultivation of grapes, is among the oldest and most profitable forms of agriculture.

NATURJUWEL KAMPTAL ERNEUT BEDROHT!

Bildervortrag von WERNER GAMERITH. Mittwoch 13. März 2019, 17:00 Uhr, TÜWI-U1/02

Die einzigartige naturnahe Flusslandschaft des mittleren Kamptals steht auf dem Spiel.

This is your vintage 2019!

Do it yourself:
Adopt a vine and make your wine!

Welcome Days for International Students

The Center for International Relations and ESN BOKU kindly invite you to our Welcome Days for International Students from February 19 to 22 (+weekend programme by ESN). Get to know BOKU and your fellow students!

Diethard Mattanovich re-elected as Vice-President of the European Federation of Biotechnology

At the last meeting of the Executive Board of the European Federation of Biotechnology in Barcelona, Diethard Mattanovich was re-elected Vice-President of the European Federation of Biotechnology (EFB).

Conversion of CO2 into animal feed

Thomas Gaßler and Michael Egermeier, PhD-students at the Department of Biotechnology, received FFG Spin-Off Fellowship for the implementation of their project "CarboFeed" with Prof. Diethard Mattanovich.

BOKU in Newsweeks' Country Report

US-magazine Newsweek features Austria's ministries, top-enterprises and educational institutions in its current Country Report titled "Austria: Europe's center of opportunity" - including BOKU: The green university for a green economy.

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

PhD Programme BioToP at VIBT BOKU

Open call for applications for the international PhD Programme "Biomolecular Technology of Proteins - BioToP". Application deadline: February 13th, 2019. For detailed information and application guidelines please visit: http://biotop.boku.ac.at

"Riverine Ecosystem Management"

Big success for the Open Access book

With more than 120,000 downloads in 2018, "Riverine Ecosystem Management" placed first in the "Aquatic Sciences" category of the Springer publishing house.

High level negotiations on environmental migration

Students of BOKU and University of Vienna simulate a UN conference at the VIC. When 46 countries from all over the world meet, different interests clash in the pursuit of a resolution. For the time of his participation, BM Heinz Faßmann headed the Austrian delegation.

Reinhard Liepolt Prize for Danube Research

awarded to Rafaela Schinegger and Florian Borgwardt from the Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management

The Reinhard Liepolt Prize for Danube Research 2017 was awarded to two staff members of the Institute for Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management at BOKU, Dr. Rafaela Schinegger (main prize) and Dr. Florian Borgwardt (2nd prize) on December 4th 2018.

SFB Fusarium Closing Conference

After 10 years of successful interdisciplinary research, the special research project SFB Fusarium at BOKU reaches its end. Interested colleagues are cordially invited to attend the closing conference on January 18th, 2019 at IFA Tulln.

Award of Excellence for Nino Trattnig

MSc. Dr. Nino Trattnig was presented with the Award of Excellence in recognition of his PhD thesis elaborated at the Department of Chemistry

BOKU-Students among winning teams of ELLS CSC 2018

Six out of the ten winners of the Case Study Competition “Transition Towns“ of the Euroleague for Life Sciences are BOKU students!

Daniel Burgstaller as student finalist at the Merck Award 2018

Twelve student finalists awarded in three fields: bioseparations, food & beverage safety and tumor biology

ASAC - Fritz-Feigl-Preis 2018

awarded to Johanna Irrgeher

The Austrian Society for Analytical Chemistry (ASAC) awarded the Fritz Feigl Prize 2018 for scientific achievements in the field of analytical chemistry to Dr. Johanna Irrgeher from the Department of Chemistry for her research work in the field of elemental and isotope analysis.

Explore Vienna’s Culture of Remembrance 1945-2015

The project “Politics of Remembrance and the Transition of Public Spaces: A Political and Social Analysis of Vienna” (POREM) investigated the memorial landscape of Vienna dealing with political violence by the Austrofascist (1934-1938) and the National Socialist (1938-1945) regimes. Now the interactive maps are available!

From European food banks to the volcanic soils of the Galápagos National Park

BOKU students win prizes for best oral and poster presentations at the Scientific Student Conference of the Euroleague for Life Sciences in Wageningen (NL).

Highest national honor for BOKU chemist

Prof. Dr. Paul Kosma, head of the Division of Organic Chemistry at the BOKU Department of Chemistry, was awarded the “Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class”, the highest national recognition of merits in science.

Great Wall of Tara Gadam

It may not be visible from space unlike its Chinese counterpart, but the protecting wall funded by the Institute of Forest Ecology led project CARBOPART has become a flagship intervention in forest protection in Ethiopia

FINAL CONFERENCE of the projects SPARE and AlpES

21 | 22 November 2018, Innsbruck

The projects AlpES and SPARE of the European Alpine Space Programme are pleased to invite you to their final conference on 21st and 22nd November 2018 at the venue "Haus der Begegnung" in Innsbruck, Rennweg 12, Austria.

EcoVeloTour

The IVe is participating in the Interreg project EcoVeloTour, which facilitates the development of sustainable tourism in the Danube region along the EuroVelo routes.

BOKU Doctoral School HR21

First Annual Retreat of the Doctoral School Human River Systems in the 21st Century (HR21) at Steinschaler Dörfl

1. - 4. Oct 2018 Experimental farm Gross-Enzersdorf hosted staff training

about ecosystem services of cover crops

Participants of the 1. staff training made it a big success and the Experimental Farm network (EFnet) of CASEE expanded its activities.

Conference "Winter Tourism and Climate Change in Austria"

NO FUTURE?! or NEW FUTURE WAYS!

The Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna is organising an exchange of ideas on tourism and climate change in the context of the APCC project “Special Report Tourism (SR 19)”.

ÖGTERM Workshop 2018

In September, a workshop on "Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Cell Therapies – Hopes and Limits" organized by the Austrian Society for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (ÖGTERM) took place at BOKU. Here you find a report on the event.

Prof. Tom Elder at BOKU

Professor Tom Elder (Auburn University and US Department of Agriculture, USA), currently visiting professor at the Department of Chemistry, Division of Chemistry of Renewable Resources, is presenting a lecture series "Computational chemistry for a better understanding of lignocellulose chemistry” (H774010, in English). All interested students are welcome to join.

ELLS Scientific Student Conference

Wageningen University, 9.-10.11.2018

Registration deadline (audience member): 8.10.2018

BOKU-Team investigates the management of farmers’ homegardens in East Tyrol (Lienz)

as part of the Sparkling Science project "Homegrown"

BOKU employees, students from the Lienz Gymnasium and master students from various universities are driving from homegarden to homegarden with "ACDC", charged by the sun - in search of characteristics and changes in farmers' homegardens.

Somanath Kallolimath

receives ÖGMBT Life Science PhD Award

At the 10th ÖGMBT meeting Somanath Kallolimath was awarded the ÖGMBT Life Science PhD Award 2018 (sponsored by THP medical products).

Live streaming: Really relaxed or deeply depressed?

Low arousal states and animal welfare 19.-20.09.2018

This international workshop will bring together scientists from different disciplines. The plenary talks will be streamed and recordings of the presentations will also be made available.

Glycochemistry Summit 2018

Aus Anlass des 65. Geburtstages von Univ. Prof. Paul Kosma, Leiter der Abteilung für Organische Chemie, findet am 27./28. September am Department für Chemie ein international besetztes Mini-Symposium zu aktuellen Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Glycochemie und der Glycowissenschaften statt. InteressentInnen und GratulantInnen sind herzlich eingeladen.

Congratulations!

Johann Sölkner elected Vice President (Science) of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP)

APCC Special Report - Gesundheit, Demographie und Klimawandel

# Präsentation, 13.9.2018

Der erste APCC Special Report, erstellt unter Leitung von Willi Haas vom Institut für Soziale Ökologie der BOKU, wird am 13. September der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt.

1. International EFnet staff training on ecosystem services

from 1. - 4. Oct 2018 in Gross-Enzersdorf. Only a few places left!

The training is a platform to share knowledge and innovations in field experiment methodology. It offers tools from trial set up to data sampling, from planning to practical implementation. The focus is on improving ecosystem services.

Conference: Non-native tree species for European forests

September 12th-14th, 2018

Europe's forests need diversity to be stable, productive and to cope with climate change. The native forests have adaptive capacities, but in certain cases they will need support - e.g. when the next introduced beetle or fungus ravages a native tree species.