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Rudolphina

Can we learn from history?

Democracies are in crisis, wars are raging and the right-wing AfD party recently became the second-strongest party in Germany. Shouldn't we know better? We ask historian Walter Pohl why we hardly learn from history.

23.04.2025 | [more]

Rudolphina

Do Arctic roads lead to war or peace?

Peter Schweitzer came to the far north to study the Arctic’s transport infrastructure, but what he found was an increased number of militarised zones.

17.04.2025 | [more]

University

Nadiia Gumerova and Annette Rompel among the Top 10 of the S&B Award 2025

The project “Polyoxometalates as transmembrane carriers” has been selected for the final round of the Science & Business Award 2025.

14.04.2025 | [more]

Universität

University of Vienna takes leading role in MEDem

On April 8, 2025, MEDem (Monitoring Electoral Democracy) took a major next step toward shaping the future of Democracy Research in Europe: it officially submitted its application for inclusion on the ESFRI Roadmap 2026.

10.04.2025 | [more]

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