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INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL 2019

of the Leuphana University Lüneburg, BOKU Vienna and the TU Budapest

The International Summer School “Environment and Climate Protection and Sustainable Mobility” will be held in cooperation with BOKU and TU Budapest in Vienna and Budapest from August 5-9 2019. The Summer School provides a number of lectures and excursions on various topics in the context of global and climate change challenges. For further detailed information (Application deadline 10th of July) see the link to the program. There are 20 cost-free places available for BOKU students !

Visit of the BOKU doctoral school ABCM at three Japanese universities

17 PhD students of the BOKU doctorate school ABCM ("Advanced Biorefineries - Chemistry and Materials") visited three internationally leading Japanese institutions in this field during a ten-day excursion: Shinshu University (fiber science), Kyoto University (chemistry of lignocellulosics) and Kyoto University - Uji Campus (nanocelluloses and composites).

95th Birthday of Anton Krapfenbauer

BOKU-Professor Anton Krapfenbauer celebrates his 95th birthday with an exhibition of his paintings.

Invited Chair Position for Bioeconomy and Biorefinery

Assoc. Prof. Falk Liebner, Institute for Chemistry of Renewable Resources has accepted a call for an Invited Chair (Full Professor, part-time) Position for Bioeconomy and Biorefinery at the Department of Chemistry, University of Aveiro, Portugal.

LTS with Dr. Jack Stilgoe

Dr. Jack Stilgoe, University College London (UCL), will be giving a lecture on "How experiments become futures - Social learning for self-driving cars" as part of the LunchTimeSeries on Law, Technology and Society (LTS). The lecture will take place at Guttenberghaus (Ground floor, meeting Seminar Room SR 02) on 27 June 2019 from 12.00 - 1.30 pm. The event is open to all and participation is free of charge. Please register in advance at: law(at)boku.ac.at until 25 June 2019 as lunch will be provided.

ClimateLaunchpad Finale 19th of June 2019

13 teams present their sustainable business ideas against climate change

Rethinking land degradation and sustainable management

Symposium on the occasion of the World Day to Combat Desertification

Monday, June 17, 2019

Inter-university project DiLaAG offers 7 PhD positions

The project "DiLaAg - Digitalization and Innovation Laboratory in Agricultural Sciences" pursues the objective of establishing a scientific nucleus in the field of digitalization in agriculture and creating a platform for research, development, training and consulting, which is also open to the public. Within this project, 7 PhD positions are offered. Deadline for submission is the 26th of June 2019.