economy

  • DANUBE4all

    • Helmut Habersack
    • BOKU University
    • Am Brigittenauer Sporn 3
    • +43 1 47654-81901, 81911
    • Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
    • Project link: https://www.danube4allproject.eu/
    • Topic: Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Geology, Traffic, Water, Waste, Living together
    • Location: Europe, Austria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Vienna
    DANUBE4all is an EU project with the main task of developing a comprehensive action plan for the renaturation of river stretches in the Danube River Basin (DRB). To this end, a collaborative stakeholder process is being developed that actively incorporates the interests of citizens. The action plan is intended to contribute to the improvement of the ecological status, biodiversity and river connectivity of the Danube ecosystems and thus supports the EU mission OCEAN ‘Mission Healthy Oceans...

  • ServeToPe

    • Katrin Karner and Martin Schönhart
    • Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU University
    • Feistmantelstraße 4, 1180 Wien
    • +43 1 47654-73125
    • Activity: photography, locating, observing
    • Project link: https://servetope.boku.ac.at/
    • Topic: Food, Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Water
    • Location: Lower Austria, Vienna
    Better governance of ecosystem services at local scales in the Wienerwald region A joint research project of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU) and the University of Vienna. What is ServeToPe studying and what are its goals?Society uses a variety of services that natural ecosystems provide, such as clean water, an attractive landscape for recreational purposes, food, or renewable energy sources. Many of these so-called ecosystem services (ESS) are...

  • Recycling Heroes

    • Munir Merdan
    • bee produced GmbH
    • Julius-Tandler-Platz 7/11, 1090 Wien
    • +43 1 34 60 708‬
    • Activity: measuring, identifying, rating
    • Project link: https://www.recyclingheroes.at/
    • Topic: Economy, Waste
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    The sale of electrical and electronic equipment is constantly increasing and accordingly e-waste has already become the fastest growing waste stream in the world. Our society needs to face this challenge without delay, so the Recycling Heroes project aims to raise awareness about e-waste, especially among students but also in society in general, by combining the principles of the circular economy with citizen science methods.ParticipationAs citizen scientists, the students develop a...

  • Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau

    The research project Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau is focused on the settlement process as a workshop situation for social innovations in housing and urban development, with the aim of fostering sustainable development and creating good neighbourhoods.As an applied research project, "Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau" (Co-creation Neu Leopoldau) accompanies the settlement process of the IBA quarter in Vienna's 21st district. The phase of residents' and users' arrival in the neighbourhood is explored, which...

  • Homegrown

    “Homegrown - There is nothing like a homegarden”Project descriptionWith their variety of plant species and the experience of the gardeners, rural home gardens constitute an integral component of the cultivated landscape in the Lienz district, East Tyrol. Together with pupils of the BG/BRG Lienz school (and biology, math/physics and English teachers), scientists are investigating rural home gardens, including stocks of plant species and the use of plants. These results will be compared with...

  • Fire Database

    • Harald Vacik
    • Institute of Silviculture, BOKU University
    • Peter-Jordan-Str. 82, 1190 Wien
    • +43-1-47654-91318
    • Activity: photography, locating, observing
    • Project link: https://fire.boku.ac.at/firedb/en/
    • https://apps.apple.com/at/app/spotfire-citizen-science/id6462456297
    • https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spotteron.spotfire&hl=de_AT&pli=1
    • Topic: Plants, Weather, Disasters, Economy, Land use
    • Location: Austria, Burgenland, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol, Vorarlberg, Vienna, Styria
    Since 2008, the Institute of Silviculture at BOKU University, Vienna, has been analyzing the occurrence, distribution, causes and characteristics of forest fires in Austria as part of various research projects. The data series spans several decades and includes around 8000 fires, of which around 7000 are forest fires. The last 20 years are the best documented. The Institute of Silviculture has created the web GIS platform “Fire Database”, which is freely accessible and allows interested...

  • Nan-O-Style

    • Martin Himly
    • +43 662 8044 5884
    • Activity: measuring, discussing, experimenting
    • Project link: https://www.uni-salzburg.at/index.php?id=210662
    • Topic: Health, Economy
    • Location: Salzburg
    Nan-O-Style is a research and education project by the University of Salzburg, Department of Biosciences.What is Nan-O-Style researching?Nan-O-Style researches the complex topic of nanotechnology. Together with Austrian schools, we want to discover new and previously unknown interactions between modern lifestyle products and nanomaterials. Are there undesirable interactions and do these change the properties of the product? Everyone encounters nanotechnology in day-to-day life. But how...

  • Update Social

    Update Social
    • Patricia Stark / Moritz König
    • Linz Institute for Transformative Change (LIFT_C) der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz
    • Altenberger Straße 69, 4040 Linz
    • Activity: identifying, discussing, writing, taking care, observing, translating, experimenting
    • Project link: https://updatesocial.org
    • Topic: Health, Disasters, Politics, Economy, Media, Language
    • Location: Upper Austria
    With your ideas towards a innovative social sector for all Our society is facing numerous social challenges and the public administration, charities & social service providers, civil society and (social) enterprises are already working to solve them. In the face of increasingly complex challenges, there is a need for more collaboration and dialogue across sectors. Together we can achieve more! UpdateSocial is designed to provide the framework for collaboration!In all sectors of our...