Honesty about Human Consequences as a Political Strategy to Control Global Warming

Dimensionen Europas - Lunch Lectures im Wintersemester 2025/26

Reiz-Thema

Die Erde heizt sich auf. Gleichzeitig aber wächst die Zahl derer, die nichts mehr davon hören wollen. Was könnte sie umstimmen? Hermine Mitter untersucht Anreize zu klimafreundlichem Verhalten.

Human Rights, Security and National Adaptation Plans Nexus

A Holistic Approach to Women and Human Mobility on Monday, June 28th 16:00-17:30 online

Circular Bioengineering: FWF Cluster of Excellence aims to revolutionise the product cycle

Take a renewable raw material from nature – wood, for example – break it down into its building blocks and use them to create a functional material, such as a water-repellent surface coating, with the help of green chemistry. Once this has served its purpose, break it down again into its chemical components and use them to build something new. This idea is set to revolutionise the production and life cycle of materials and goods. The Cluster of Excellence "Circular Bioengineering", funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is researching how to produce products from biomass, develop sustainable methods for the production process, and open options for returning products that have reached the end of their lifetime back into a cycle. The University of Graz is a partner in this Cluster of Excellence, for which the FWF is providing 18 million euros. Including its own funds, the total volume of the project is 27 million euros. The lead is with the BOKU University in Vienna.