land use

Climate Ready Schools

Thermal image of a school class in front of the school building

Project lead: Martin Schneider
AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH
Address: Giefinggasse 4, 1210 Wien
Telephone: 066478588203
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Topic: Plants, Weather, Politics, Land use, Living together
Activity: Offline participation
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://climatereadyschools.at/

The impacts of rising heat are becoming increasingly noticeable in the school context as well. To enable Austrian schools to adapt to future climate conditions, the project ‘Climate Ready Schools’ is researching ways to increase their climate resilience. What are the aims of the project? In Climate Ready Schools, students, teachers, and school administrations from six partner schools are actively involved in the scientific work as...

GEO Wiki

Project lead: Steffen Fritz
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Address: Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg
Telephone: (+43) 2236 / 807353
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Topic: Land use
Activity: Online game, photography, locating
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.geo-wiki.org/

On Geo-Wiki.org you can participate in global environmental monitoring and help to observe and document the earth and what happens on it on a large scale. Whether it is deforestation, the varying size of fields in agriculture or the fast and precise evaluation of hurricane damage - your contribution is important to evaluate satellite images or to check the automatic evaluation of satellite images and existing maps of land use. In this way, you help scientists to create reliable information...

FotoQuest Go

Project lead: Steffen Fritz
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Address: Schlossplatz 1 2361 Laxenburg
Telephone: (+43) 2236 / 807353
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Topic: Land use
Activity: Online game, photography, locating
Participation: Open participation
Project link: http://fotoquest-go.org
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“Explore the European landscape and help science to protect the climate and the environment!”Do you like to be out in the fresh air? Would you like to make a concrete contribution to protect the environment and the climate and earn something in addition? With the FotoQuestGo app, you can use your free time to help science improve important data sets for research into landscape changes in Europe. The app works very simply: with the help of your smartphone's GPS, it navigates you to the place...

Homegrown

Project lead: Christian R. Vogl
Institut für Ökologischen Landbau Universität für Bodenkultur Wien
Address: Institut für Ökologischen Landbau, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien Gregor Mendel Straße 33 1180 Wien
Telephone: +43 (0)1 47654 93312
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Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://boku.ac.at/nas/ifoel/arbeitsgruppen/ag-wissenssysteme-und-innovationen-agwi/projekte/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...

Looking for Cowslips

Project lead: Sabrina Träger
Department of Biology / Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
Telephone: +49 345 55 26412
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Topic: Plants, Land use
Activity: photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://cowslip.science/

In spring, scientists invite everybody around Europe to take part in the biggest cowslip observation campaign “Looking for Cowslips”. The aim of the project is to examine the patterns of flower morphological traits (i. e. heterostyly) in cowslip populations all across Europe using a citizen science approach. The citizen science project “Looking for Cowslips” was carried out already in 2019 and 2020 in Estonia and Latvia. Within the frames of this campaign, we obtained heterostyly data from...

Werkstatt Neu Leopoldau

Project lead: Christian Peer
future.lab Research Center, TU Wien
Address: Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien
Telephone: +43 681 2013 6273
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Topic: Politics, Economy, Land use, Culture, Traffic
Activity: identifying, rating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/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...

United by Crisis?

Project lead: Jakob Maurer
Universität für Weiterbildung Krems (Zentrum für Museale Sammlungswissenschaften)
Address: c/o Landessammlungen Niederösterreich, Schloss Asparn/Zaya, Schlossgasse 1, A-2151 Asparn/Zaya
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Topic: History, Disasters, Land use, Culture
Activity: measuring, counting, identifying, locating, observing, Offline participation
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.united-by-crisis.at/en/

Participate in archaeological field surveys and/or in cleaning, documenting & interpreting archaeological finds.A transdisciplinary look at the early Neolithic communities in the Schletz settlement clusterThe project aims to explore the surroundings of the famous Neolithic settlement of Asparn/Schletz (Lower Austria). Numerous human remains suggest a violent attack on this site in the Late Linear Pottery Culture, approx. 7.000 years ago. Due to its size and earthworks...

Aquirufa

Project lead: Alexandra Pitt
Universität Innsbruck, Forschungsinstitut für Limnologie, Mondsee
Address: 5310 Mondsee, Mondseestr. 9
Telephone: +43(0)512507 50245
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Topic: Land use, Water
Activity: measuring, discussing, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://sparklingbacteria.com/

Biodiversity and ecology of freshwater bacteriaThe bacterial genus Aquirufa, which was discovered and scientifically described in cooperation with pupils, is the eponym and focus of the research project. The aim is to research the ecology, biodiversity and distribution of Aquirufa in water bodies through the active and creative participation of citizen scientists in the entire research process.Many people only know bacteria as pathogens, although only a small proportion of...

Market garden centres

Project lead: Martin Stadlbauer
Bio Austria Oberösterreich
Address: Theresianumgasse 11, 1040 Wien
Telephone: +43 676 842 214-212
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Topic: Food, Plants, Land use
Activity: photography, discussing, taking care, observing, experimenting
Participation: Closed participation
Project link: https://www.marktgärtnerei.info/

Innovation to strengthen the Austrian fresh vegetable supplyMarket garden centres work according to so-called bio-intensive methods. This means utilising the maximum possible natural yield potential on the land. This yield potential results from the respective location, the climatic conditions (temperature, precipitation, wind, etc.), the production methods and, to a large extent, the soil itself. Beside the type of soil and texture, the thickness of the individual...

Frog in a drop of water

Project lead: Corinna Wallinger
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Zoology
Address: Technikerstraße 25, 6020 Innsbruck
Telephone: +43 512 507 51888
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Topic: Animals, Land use, Water
Activity: photography, taking care, observing, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.uibk.ac.at/projects/frosch-im-wassertropfen/

State-of-the-art DNA technology and citizen science - "Frog in a drop of water" unleashes new prospects for amphibian researchDetective work for amphibian protection - for the first time, amphibian screening is being carried out throughout Austria by detecting their DNA traces in water - and everyone can take part. Amphibians - including frogs, toads, toads, salamanders and newts - are strictly protected in Austria. Nevertheless, populations are continuously and in some cases...

Restore4Life

Project lead: Gabriele Weigelhofer
BOKU University
Address: Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Vienna
Telephone: +436764414590
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Topic: Plants, Animals, Land use, Water
Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, taking care, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://restore4life.eu/citizen-science/

What can we do to protect our wetlands and floodplains in Europe? What does the water management need to implement measure for the benefit of both the environment and the human society?The Horizon Europe project Restore4Life aims at offering an online system that supports the restoration of wetlands in Europe. One important aspect is the development of easily applicable and meaningful methods to assess the state and functionality of wetlands before and after the...

U3Green

Project lead: Sabine Hennig
Fachbereich für Geoinformatik - Z_GIS - Universität Salzburg
Address: Schillerstraße 30, 5020 Salzburg, Österreich
Telephone: +43 (0)662 8044-7590
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Topic: Media, Land use
Activity: locating, rating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://u3green-zgis.hub.arcgis.com/

Promotion of child and youth-friendly urban landscapes through participatory research on urban green The development of child- and youth-friendly cities is becoming increasingly important due to the deteriorating quality of life in urban areas. An important contribution to this relates to the provision of urban green suitable for young people and their involvement in the future design of urban landscapes. However, it must be taken into account that children and the youth make demands on urban...

AmphiBiom

Project lead: Lukas Landler
Institute of Zoology, BOKU University
Address: Gregor-Mendel-Straße 33, 1180 Wien
Telephone: +43 1 47654-83334
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Topic: Animals, Land use, Water
Activity: photography, taking care, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.amphi.at
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The AmphiBiom project is focused on the study of the European green toad in Austria. With the support of Citizen Scientists, we investigate the distribution of this endangered amphibian species, which, as a typical pioneer species, can quickly colonize newly emerging water bodies.Therefore, the European green toad is an ideal species for projects to investigate the distribution status through call monitoring and the installation of small water bodies with the support of the...

Stories of Post-extractive F*utures

Project lead: Karin Reisinger
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien
Address: Karl-Schweighofer-Gasse 3, 1070 Wien
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Topic: History, Politics, Land use, Culture, Gender, Living together
Activity: photography, identifying, locating, rating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.mountains-of-ore.org/de/pef/practice/

The shrinking town of Eisenerz lies at the foot of the Erzberg mountain, Austria’s largest and best-known site of extraction of iron ore. The post-industrial town is experiencing a rural exodus, which concerns women in particular. The spatial practices of mining areas have been under-researched using inclusive methods. Mining is predominantly narrated in male, heroic narratives, while counter-narratives of repair, care, reproduction and maintenance are mostly overlooked. Within this complex...

ServeToPe

Project lead: Katrin Karner and Martin Schönhart
Institute for Sustainable Economic Development, BOKU University
Address: Feistmantelstraße 4, 1180 Wien
Telephone: +43 1 47654-73125
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Topic: Food, Plants, Animals, Economy, Land use, Water
Activity: photography, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://servetope.boku.ac.at/

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...

GUMPI

Project lead: Tamara Bauer and Sebastian Harnacker
TU Wien future.lab Research Center and TU Wien Bibliothek
Address: Resselgasse 4, 1040 Wien
Telephone: +43 1 58801 44032
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Topic: Politics, Land use, Traffic, Living together
Activity: locating, rating, discussing, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/gumpi_forschung

Youth and single parents doing urban research About the projectThe climate crisis repeatedly exposes existing weaknesses in democratic practice. On the one hand, groups that are most affected by the consequences of climate change are often underrepresented in the prevailing political and planning practice (participation crisis). On the other hand, social inequality and the exclusion of people from political decision-making processes increases the loss of trust in political decision-makers and...

Urban Heat Stories

Project lead: Helena Bernhardt (TU Wien future.lab Research Center), Sebastian Harnacker (TU Wien Bibliothek)
TU Wien future.lab Research Center, TU Wien Library
Address: Resselgasse 5/15, 1040 Wien
Telephone: 01 58801 44032
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Topic: Weather, Health, Land use, Water, Living together
Activity: measuring, identifying, discussing, writing, experimenting
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://futurelab.tuwien.ac.at/research-center/soziale-infrastruktur/urban-heat-stories

What are Urban Heat Stories?It will get hotter and hotter in the city over the next few years. The impact of heat can vary greatly from neighborhood to neighborhood. It depends not only on the building density or the degree of sealing in the city, but also on the age and state of health of the people and their immediate living environment.The Urban Heat Stories research project therefore collects individual heat experiences of vulnerable groups in Vienna. The aim is to make the diverse...

Invasive Plants in View

Project lead: Lilia Schmalzl, Urosh Grabner
FH Kärnten (UNESCO Chair on Sustainable Management of Conservation Areas), EVTZ Geopark Karawanken mbH
Address: Europastraße 4, 9524 Villach, St. Magdalen
Telephone: +43 676 890 159 903
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Topic: Plants, Land use
Activity: photography, identifying, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/invasive-alien-species-geopark-karawanken-karavanke

Monitoring in the Karawanken UNESCO Global Geopark Together we can limit the spread of invasive species and protect the biodiversity of our mountain regions!Project descriptionOur Citizen Science project is dedicated to the spread of Invasive Alien Species (IAS) in the Geopark Karawanken. Invasive species are plants or animals that are mostly introduced by human activity into regions where they do not originally occur, for example through intercontinental trade. While most...

SoilBlitz

Project lead: Sophia Götzinger
AGES - Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety
Address: Spargelfeldstraße 191, 1220 Wien
Telephone: +43(0)50555-34134
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Topic: Food, Plants, Land use, Soil
Activity: measuring, photography, counting, identifying, locating, observing
Participation: Open participation
Project link: https://www.ages.at/soilblitz

A snapshot of soil healthWith the SoilBlitz, Citizen Scientists independently carried out tests to determine local soil health, collect important data and become aware of the importance of healthy soils.What are the aims of the project?In a so-called ‘SoilBlitz’, five uncomplicated and fast tests were carried out to determine soil indicators such as soil texture and colour, water infiltration rate, earthworm occurrence and vegetation cover. The measurement results for these...

Documentation of historical floods in Lower Austria prior to instrumental hydrographic records

The picture shows flooded houses in the parish of Kilb.

Project lead: Gertrud Haidvogl
Institute of Hydrobiology and Water Management, BOKU University
Address: Gregor-Mendelstraße 33, 1180 Wien
Telephone: 01 47654/81204
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Topic: Weather, History, Disasters, Land use, Water
Activity: measuring, photography, identifying, locating, transcribing
Participation: Open participation

In this project, citizen scientists are researching material on historical floods along the Danube tributaries in Lower Austria prior to 1960. This information is intended to help expand existing water level data and improve our understanding of flooding. What are the aims of the project? One of the project’s objectives is to collect and analyse information on historical floods on the Danube’s tributaries in Lower Austria from...