Sparkling Science Goes Citizen Science

Sparkling Science goes Citizen Science

Stephan Endlicher 1804 - 1849 Bust in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna 2015

http://www.sparklingscience.at/en Sparkling Science > Science linking with School School linking with Science

Science and research are important pillars of a modern knowledge and industrial society and the support of young budding researchers is of special concern to me as minister in charge of science and research. The research programme “Sparkling Science” has successfully been linking innovative research and pre-university promotion of young researchers in an unconventional way since 2007. This initiative, which is unique in Europe, allows children and teenagers to immerse themselves in the enthralling field of science and research at an early age and also enables them to collaborate in the solution of current research questions.

Dr. Reinhold Mitterlehner Federal Minister of Science, Research and the Economy ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Editor and Publisher: Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) | Contributors: Petra Siegele (Head), Melanie Mayrhofer (Programme Office) | OeAD-GmbH | Ebendorferstraße 7 | 1010 Vienna | www.sparklingscience.at | Photos: Cover: Stephan Endlicher 1804 - 1849 Bust in the Arkadenhof of the University of Vienna, Photo p. 3: Hans Ringhofer, the copyright of all other photos is owned by the relevant projects | Graphic Concept: Smetana Design | Nussdorferstraße 6/14 | 1090 Vienna | www.ateliersmetana.at

3 Contents

Sparkling Science > Science linking with School School linking with Science Preface 3

Programme description 6

Examples of projects:

Computer Sciences Sparkling Games 8 Designing educational games together with pupils

Medicine and Health FEM_BREATH 9 Development of breath tests for personalised medicine

Natural Sciences Traisen.w3 10 WhatHowWhy? Identifying and perceiving of river landscape functions and understanding of catchment processes on the example of the river Traisen

Social Sciences BreadTime 11 Lesachtal bread in an intergenerational dialogue

Technology Valuable Wood 12 Big shrubs and small trees as a valuable and sustainable resource of wood

Humanities Doing World Heritage - Grasping World Heritage 13 Objects and narratives in the context of prehistoric pile dwellings

Learning and Instruction digital MUSICIANship 14 New ways of making music in class

Sparkling Science goes Citizen Science 15

All projects of the 1st – 5th Call 20

4 5 Mapping of river landscapes, game- innovation philosophy Variety oftopicsandopen tific conferences. schools, universities and even at scien the scientists and present the results in data, interpret this data together with cepts and implementing studies, collect proaches, participate in preparing con creative suggestions to research ap work independently. They contribute gage in fields of research in which they research questions. They actively en forces with scientists to work on topical funded so far students are joining In the 260 projects whichhave been activities. own contributions to these research institutions and schools and make their ucation cooperations between research the framework within of research – ed involved in authentic research projects jects inwhichyoungsters are actively a very early age. It only supports pro with access to science and research at 2007, providing childrenand teenagers moting young budding researchers since has been extremely successful in pro of Science, Research and Economy. It blished by the Austrian Federal Ministry Sparkling Science is a programme esta When it clicksbetween schools and science Sparkling Science based learning,music-making digital School linking withScience Science linking withSchool Sparkling Science > ------6 research goals. The contributions made tributions to the achievement of the young people provides important con view of scientific questions by the The newand unconventional outside well as the concept of Open Innovation. technologies play an important part as of scientific knowledge are funded. New dings that go beyond the current state count and elaborate on innovative fin the relevant fields of research into ac that take the latest scientific findings in ence is open to alltopics.Onlyprojects gy. Funding provided by Sparkling Sci breath tests tounderwater archaeolo broad one and ranges from medical in class–the spectrum of topics isa In Austria the first few Young Citizen tegrated into current research projects. and other interested youngsters are in mework Science of pupils Young Citizen and more importance. Within the fra Austria Citizen Science also gains more citizens of all age groups in science. In search concept which actively involves Science is a Citizen promisingnewre Citizen Science Sparkling Sciencegoes fic qualitystandards. that the project results meet all scienti methodical standards in order to ensure search process according to the current by the students are integrated in the re

found onpages15ff. of A list these pilot projects can be all overAustria. participation of interested schools from special open participation zones for the For this purpose they have established to take part directly sinceOctober 2015! lot projects have offered the possibility public to take part directly. All eight pi were expanded to enable the general motion programme “Sparkling Science” text some projects of the research pro at the beginning of 2015. In thiscon search and Economy (BMWFW), started the Federal Ministry of Science, Re Science projects, which are funded by 12% 12% 6 % MEDIZIN UND GESUNDHEIT UND MEDIZIN % 6 % GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTEN 9 INFORMATIK % 12 12 %LEHR-LERNFORSCHUNG TECHNIK % 13 SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN % 20 29 %NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN 6% 9% 12% 12% 13% 20% 29% FORSCHUNGSFELDER Research Fields 9% Technology Medicine andHealth Humanities Learning andInstruction Computer Sciences Social Sciences Natural Sciences 13% 6%

http://www.sparklingscience.at/en education 174 researchinstitutions,consistingof: partners 140 partners frombusiness &society, 450 schoolsandschoolcentres Institutions involved 1,538 teachersandtrainee teachers 1,550 scientistsandparticipatingstudents 74,347 pupils,consistingof: Persons involved Financial support:total29,2millionEuros School researchprojects:54 Strategic projects:4 Fellowship projects:4 Research projects:198 proposals for calls five first the on figures Key Programme duration: Current asofJune2015 Facts &Figures university collegesof teacher 10 11 96 55 of which6wereinternational 52,226 indirectlyinvolved pupils 22,121 directlyinvolved pupils 3 © Project: “Indian Summer in Tyrol” other institutions 3 fromabroad universities ofappliedsciences, institutions, 14fromabroad non-university research universities, 34from abroad 2007to2017

Sparkling Games FEM_BREATH Designing educational games together with pupils Development of breath tests for personalised medicine

The FEMBREATH project intends to “The Sparkling Games project develop a personalised, safe and effec- offers us the unique opportunity tive medical drug therapy for cardio- to let the actual target group of vascular diseases by means of a breath educational games, i.e. youngsters, test. In this way the optimal individual design them themselves”. dose of a drug can be determined in the future. The FEM_BREATH project Dr. Fares Kayali lessons encourage the youngsters to study in an independent and research- oriented way. They carry out scientific which types of games and which game research as well as sophisticated ana- mechanics the target group prefers. lytical breath gas measurements, they Youngsters will for example get infor- work in the clinical environment, they mation about topics such as copyright analyse biostatistical data and inter- and intellectual property, privacy, pret it. In this way they get in insight surveillance as well as social media. into an emergent research field and experience an enthralling collaboration Participating institutions: Project leader: Vienna University of with researchers and youngsters from Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck Technology, Institute of Design and abroad. (Tyrol); BG Dornbirn (Vorarlberg); This project hypothesises that young Assessment of Technology. BRG Adolf Pichler-Platz, Innsbruck people will learn more when they Project leader: University of (Tyrol); BRG In der Au, Innsbruck develop games themselves and put Participating institutions: Innsbruck, Breath Research Institute (T) (Tyrol); Gymnazium Jura Hronca them into practice than by just pla- BFI Margareten (Vienna), GRG Berta Bratislava (Slovakia); Gymnazium ying them. Within the framework of von Suttner (school ship) (Vienna); Grösslingova Bratislava (Slovakia); “Sparkling Games” youngsters deve- HTBLuVA Spengergasse (Vienna); “FEM_BREATH offers pupils the II Liceum Ogolnoksztalcace Torun lop educational games related to University of Vienna, Department of chance to work together actively (Poland); Vorarlberg University of the topics of society and computer Communication; GameCity (Vienna) with researchers in a medical Applied Sciences; Medical University sciences, which can be used both in research project. In this way Innsbruck, Women‘s Health Centre computer sciences classes and other Duration: March 1st, 2015 – Sparkling Science opens up career and University Hospital for Anaesthesia subjects. For this purpose the pupils February 28th, 2017 paths to natural sciences and and Intensive Care (Tyrol); Tiroler research (educational) games which medical studies for them.” Landeskrankenanstalten GmbH; Slovak they are interested in. Based on this www.sparklingscience.at/en/Sparkling- Academy of Sciences, Bratislava they develop their own games. In this games-en.html Dr. Vera Ruzsanyi (Slovakia) way researchers will get an insight into Duration: October 1st, 2014 – September 30th, 2016

www.sparklingscience.at/en/FEM- BREATH-en.html

8 9 One example out of 76 projects from the field of Natural Sciences One example out of 52 projects from the field of Social Sciences

Traisen.w3 BreadTime Traisen. WhatHowWhy? – Identifying and perceiving of Lesachtal Bread in an intergenerational dialogue river landscape functions and understanding of catchment processes on the example of the river Traisen How is grain cultivated, harvested and milled? How is bread made? Together with pupils an interdisciplinary scientific team consisting of researchers from “It is important that young people the fields of sociology, educational sci- become aware of the necessity of ences, history and landscape planning a sustainable development of river explores how local grain cultivation and landscapes and that they support bread baking techniques were passed sustainable planning and measures. on from one generation to the next in In Traisen.w³ they work both the past. Young people will get to know directly at the river and in a virtual the numerous agricultural and skilled way with geodata and an educa- activities related to the cultivation and tion software in order to create an processing of grain and the production understanding at system level of of bread. They explore the traditions processes in river landscapes.” related to the immaterial cultural heri- Project leader: University of tage of the “Lesachtal Bread”, which Klagenfurt-Wien-Graz, Department for Intervention Research and Cultural Dr. Michaela Poppe are still alive. In this way the present knowledge, which results from long- Sustainability (W) What importance does the river term experience, can be passed on to Traisen have for the local people? Do the younger generation and the regional Participating institutions: HLW Project leader: University of Natural plants and animals that are worthy of identity of the pupils can be Hermagor (Carinthia); NMS Lesachtal Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, protection live there? Can you bath, strengthened. (Carinthia); University of Klagenfurt, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic walk or fish there? What effects does Department for Education and School Ecosystem Management human intervention have on the river Development as well as Institute of Science Communication and Higher landscape? These are the questions “Bread is a central component of Participating institutions: BG/BRG Education Research (Carinthia); that youngsters explore together with regional food culture, the prac- Josefstraße, St. Pölten (Lower Austria); University of Vienna, Department of researchers. By means of questi- tices and significance of which are University of Natural Resources and Life Social and Economic History; Andres onnaires, digital maps and field studies changing massively today. In the Sciences, Vienna, Division of Analytical Gonzales Grafik Design (Vienna); the ecological achievements, such as Lesachtal in Carinthia, however, Chemistry; Land Niederösterreich, Brot- und Dorfverein Liesing (Carinthia); intact river meadows and sustainable local bread traditions have been Abteilung Wasserwirtschaft (WA2) Forum Synergies; Gemeinde Lesachtal flood protection, as well as cultural preserved in a sustainable way. (Lower Austria) (Carinthia); Kärntner Medienzentrum achievements, such as leisure and ‘BreadTime’ investigates traditions für Bildung und Unterricht (Carinthia); recreation possibilities of the river st related to bread together with Duration: October 1 , 2014 – Kulturlandschaftsverein Lesachtal landscapes are explored. In this way th schools of the region and explores September 30 , 2016 (Carinthia); Kultur- und Mühlenverein the understanding of ecological corre- their importance in the inter-gene- lations and processes will be improved Maria Luggau (Carinthia); Austrian www.sparklingscience.at/en/Traisen-en. rational dialogue.” and the natural sciences skills of the UNESCO Commission (Vienna) html pupils will be developed. Ao.Prof. Dr. Gerhard Strohmeier Duration: January 1st, 2015 – December 31st, 2016

www.sparklingscience.at/en/BreadTime- en.html

10 11 One example out of 33 projects from the field of Technology One example out of 21 projects from the field of Humanities

Valuable Wood Doing World Heritage - Grasping World Heritage Big shrubs and small trees as a valuable and Objects and narratives in the context of prehistoric sustainable resource of wood pile dwellings

In numerous Upper Austrian and “Big shrubs and small trees have Carinthian lakes remains of prehistoric a potential for modern and techno- pile dwellings from the Neolithic and logically interesting areas of appli- the Bronze Ages can be found. These cation. In order to use this in the settlements are up to 6000 years old best possible way it is necessary and are hidden below the surface of the to examine the properties of these lakes. Therefore it is not easy to see woody plants and to make this them and very difficult to explore them. information accessible.” The finds from these underwater settlements, however, are very important in DI Dr. Johannes Konnerth order to give people an understanding of this UNESCO World Heritage and to understand its importance. In the course Project leader: University of Natural of the project the youngsters carry out Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, interviews with people from the region Project leader: Natural History Museum Institute of Wood Technology and about prehistoric artefacts such as fish- Vienna, Prehistory Department Renewable Materials, Tulln (Lower hooks, needles or tools. In this way they Not long ago almost all equipment and Austria) intensively study objects from the pile Participating institutions: NMS tools for daily routines were made out of dwellings and learn to treat the world Seewalchen (Upper Austria); UNESCO wood – especially in rural areas. In this Participating institutions: HBLA heritage with respect. Moreover, they NMS Mondsee (Upper Austria); VS process different parts of the tools were für Forstwirtschaft Bruck an der will get to know and use techniques Keutschach am See (Carinthia); University subjected to different strains. Therefore Mur (Styria); HTL Mödling (Lower for the recording and redesign of the of Salzburg, Department of Communication the types of wood used were as varied Austria); Mendel University of Brno archaeological finds with modern tech- Studies, Transcultural Communication as its uses. Austrian farmers used (Czech Republic); Forstbetrieb nologies such as laser scan and Unit (Salzburg); University of Vienna, almost 50 different species of wood. The Esterházy (Burgenland); Forstamt 3D printing. Department of European Ethnology youngsters collect these wood species, und Landwirtschaftsbetrieb der Stadt (Vienna); Atterwiki (Upper Austria); which are no longer used today, and Wien (MA 49); Wiener Stadtgartenamt examine them by means of modern Heimathaus Schörfling (Upper Austria); (MA42) “Especially in archaeology it is methods. In this way data regarding Heimathaus Vöcklabruck (Upper Austria); worthwhile to include young people Kuratorium Pfahlbauten (Vienna); wood density, strength, shrinkage, etc. Duration: October 1st, 2014 – in the study and development of University of Vienna Children’s Office; can be determined. On one hand stu- September 30th, 2016 dents will perform standard tests and history. This is not only fun but also Landesmuseum Kärnten; OTELO eGen increases their positive awareness on the other hand they will develop www.sparklingscience.at/en/Valuable- (Upper Austria); Oberösterreichisches of our regional cultural heritage.” and use new, creative testing methods Wood-en.html Landesmuseum; Pfahlbaumuseum Mondsee (e.g. scratch resistance). Moreover, they (Upper Austria) will describe the uses of the collected HR Dr. Anton Kern woods. Duration: November 1st, 2014 – October 31st, 2016

www.sparklingscience.at/en/Doing-World- Heritage-en.html

12 13 One example out of 32 projects from the field of Learning and Instruction

digital MUSICIANship New Ways of Making Music in Class

“I find it extremely thrilling that pupils get the opportunity to put their own research results into practice.”

Mag. Dr. Johannes Steiner

types of digital music-making in music laboratories and compare them with traditional methods of playing music. They will try out themselves how these forms of music can be taught. In a second step the pupils will develop a musical performance together with artists and researchers. The findings form the basis for further music didac- tical research on digital music-making in groups. Sparkling Science Goes Citizen Science Project leader: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Vienna) Take part in research! Citizen Science integrated into current research pro- Participating institutions: is a research concept which actively jects. Here you can find a short list BG/BRG Wels (Upper Austria) involves interested citizens in scientific of the eight Young Citizen Science projects. By volunteering they contri- pilot projects. Making music with digital instruments Duration: October 1st, 2014 – bute essentially to science. Within the offers new possibilities, which can also September 30th, 2016 framework of Young Citizen Science For details of the projects and informa- be used in school classes. The project – the first eight pilot projects, which tion about how to take part please see explores how digital music-making in www.sparklingscience.at/en/digital- are funded by the Federal Ministry http://www.youngscience.at/project_ groups can be applied in music edu- MUSICIANship-en.html of Science, Research and Economy overview_en cation and subsequently develops new (BMWFW), started at the beginning concepts for music education. Within of 2015 – it is in particular pupils and the framework of the project the stu- other interested youngsters who are dents will experiment with different

14 15 QuakeWatch Austria Wasser schafft Young Adults‘ Political Hedgehogs on their way! Experience Sampling Punks in our gardens The basic project „Schools & Quakes“ In the basic project “PowerStreams” investigates seismological activities of the impact of nutrient contamination Over the past decades young people’s The basic project “Nature in your the Mürz Valley and the Vienna Basin, and water regulations on the efficiency motivation to participate in the politi- Backyard” explores wildlife gardens, involving teenagers in the optimisation and sustainability of the self-purification cal process has constantly decreased. parks and other green areas which of measuring systems, expansion of capacity of streams is investigated. In However, political participation in particu- play an important role as refugia for the network of seismic stations as well this way it becomes possible to quantify lar among the young generation is crucial species which are on a decline in the as communication and analysis of the the effect of human influence on the to a functioning democracy. modern agricultural landscapes which seismic data. Other pupils and tea- mass balance of watercourses in order The Sparkling Science basic project have been stripped of all shrubs. The chers are involved in the description to identify possibilities for action for the “FacePolitics” explores in which way poli- Young Citizen Science pilot project, and quantitative recording of impacts management of watercourses. tics address young people via Facebook which is based on this project, is dedi- of earthquakes in the Young Citizen The Young Citizen Science pilot project and whether or not this target group cated to hedgehogs, which are com- Science pilot project “QuakeWatch “Wasser schafft“, which is based on can be interested in political topics and mon in Austrian gardens. By means Austria” via smartphone app and easy- the “PowerStreams” project, analy- participation in this way. In the Young of placing simple hedgehog tunnels to-use low cost sensors. The aim is a ses with the support of the population Citizen Science pilot project “YAPES”, in as many different gardens as pos- quicker and more precise registration what effects changes in the character which is based on that project, young sible the prevalence of hedgehogs in of earthquake sensations and effects of of watercourses have on the water people are invited to record their politi- gardens can be tracked in cooperation earthquakes in Austria. This informa- and sediment quality of streams with cal experiences via WhatsApp on a daily with hedgehog lovers amongst pupils tion will also facilitate a better assess- different degrees of contamination. basis as citizen scientists. Everything that and teachers. In this way data about ment of the future earthquake risk. Participants collect water quality data is politically interesting and relevant for the presence of hedgehogs is collected according to a protocol. This data will them can be photographed, documented all over Austria for the first time and Project leader: Zentralanstalt für be made available for further scientific and posted in a quick and simple way. In the project results are used for the Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG), analysis and publication. The aim is to this way it is investigated which political preparation of recommendations for Geophysics Department (W) create a basis for Austria for working out topics young people are interested in in hedgehog-friendly gardening. proposals for the management of multi- their everyday lives and how they want www.youngscience.at/quake_watch_en polluted streams in intensively exploited to be addressed on the part of politics. Project leader: University of Natural areas. Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Project leader: University of Vienna, Institute of Integrative Nature Project leader: WasserCluster Department of Communication Conservation Research Lunz (NÖ) www.youngscience.at/yapes_en www.youngscience.at/hedgehogs_en www.youngscience.at/wasser_schafft_en

16 17 Online-Labs4All Who Cares? ALRAUNE Phenology is moving

Online laboratories enable self-directed To answer the question of “Who will The “Alraune” project deals with the Phenology investigates the relationship and investigative learning and they are care for whom in the future?” seems to causes for the development of all- between the seasonal cycle of plants ready for use around the clock all over be a challenge. Care, understood in the ergies. The research focuses on the and animals and the seasonal weather the world. They offer the possibility to context of everyday practice, concerns investigation of the correlations bet- conditions. Since plants are very sen- carry out experiments via the Internet all of us. Taking care of ourselves and ween allergen strain, allergisation and sitive they react directly to the tempe- with real laboratory equipment and to others determines our basic wellbeing. lifestyle. Five hundred pupils from rature shifts of the last decades with try out theoretical concepts. The novel Specific situations, such as living with ill- Salzburg already took part in the pro- an increasingly earlier start of the blos- environment facilitates collaborative ness, in need of care, or also living with ject and collected valuable data. soming and fruit ripening seasons. In working and enables exchange of expe- young children, increase the dependency Within the framework of the Young the basic project “Phenology is moving” riences with other institutions. on others. The Sparkling Science basic Citizen Science pilot project other youngsters research the effects of The Sparkling Science basic project aims project therefore investigates how and interested people can contribute inputs weather and climate on the phenology at developing adaptive and reusable under which conditions care can work on the topics of “allergy” and “que- of domestic wild shrubs and agricultu- interfaces for online laboratories. The in specific life situations: Who partici- stionnaire” in an online platform to ral plants. This data is collected from aim is to integrate laboratory tests into pates in it? Which support networks are document the emergence of allergy hedges and agricultural crops with are a global cloud on the basis of the novel helpful? And what can a fair future care symptoms and the diagnosis and the- specifically planted on trial sites for interfaces which are to be developed, culture look like? In the Young Citizen rapy of allergies in the population in an this project. and to evaluate their utilisation. In the Science element, which is based on even more comprehensive way. Within the Young Citizen Science pilot framework of the Young Citizen Science this project, pupils, teachers and other project pupils all over Austria obser- element external partners can partici- interested people are invited to write Project leader: University of ve plants and send pictures of their pate in the online Labs4All Cloud. Via down their “care and nursing stories”. Salzburg, Department of Molecular observations to the Zentralanstalt für the project website they can give feed- Biology Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG) back to the developers of the laborato- Project leader: University of via app. In this way the participating ries, carry out scientific experiments and Klagenfurt, Institute of Palliative Care www.youngscience.at/alraune_en pupils support for example the study of communicate ideas and information. and Organisational Ethics, IFF Vienna the autumnal colouring of the leaves.

Project leader: Carinthia University www.youngscience.at/who_cares_en Project leader: Zentralanstalt für of Applied Sciences Meteorologie und Geodynamik (W) www.youngscience.at/online_labs_en www.youngscience.at/farb_verrueckt_en

18 19 Sparkling Science research projects funded so far vioural differences of male and female Greylag geese (Anser anser) from different social categories; PL: Konrad Lorenz Research Centre for Ethology Precipitation – Forests – Wine in the Weinviertel: Variability of precipitation and the influence Natural Sciences on forests and agricultural yield in the Weinviertel in the past, present and future; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Wood Climate Change: The Impact on Native Bird Life: The impact of climatic para- Research Birds as Biological Indicators: Long-term (international) large-scale meters on the behaviour and reproduction of native bird species; Project leader (PL): collection of bird data serving as indicators for environmental changes; PL: University Austrian Academy of Sciences, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology (KLIVV) of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology Why should I “Green Chemistry“ – Sustainable Strategies in Science: Sustainable chemical care about Atmospheric Particulate Matter?: Characterisation of ambient and processes including organic, inorganic, and physical chemistry as well as biochemi- indoor atmospheric particulate matter samples from emission monitoring and indoor stry, analytics and polymer sciences; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Faculty for spaces with regard to their aerosol sources and their role as triggers for “oxidative Technical Chemistry, Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry. Top-Klima- stress “; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Chemical Technologies and Science: Hydrologic balance and global change: Future prospects for mountain Analytics. Alpine Salamanders: A survey of the distribution of alpine and fire areas in the face of changes in land use and climate change; PL: University of salamanders in Salzburg; PL: University of Salzburg, Molecular Biology GrassClim: Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology Alien Invaders – Renaturation of River Banks Interactive effects of climate change and management on the yield and carbon dio- and Neophytes. A neglected problem: An investigation into renaturation options xide source/sink strength of grasslands; PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute of and opportunities for creating renaturated spaces in areas populated by neophytes; Ecology Forest Check: Forests in Focus – Geoinformation technology for small- PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute of Botany Enerkids: Students research scale forest assessments and inventories; PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute of energetic(al) solutions; PL: University College of Teacher Education Vienna Ecology TriPolar: Microbial life in the atmosphere – an extreme habitat as an WASsERLEBEN: The development of natural spaces in Mödlingbach (Lower analogue to exoplanets; PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology Human Austria), Krotenbach (Lower Austria) and Schlandraunbach (South Tyrol) after their Attitudes towards Wolves and Dogs: Attitudes of different segments of people reconstruction; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, living in Eastern Austria towards wolves and dogs; a questionnaire and behavioural Institute of Soil Bioengineering and Landscape Construction Science Backstage survey; PL: Wolf Science Center Ernstbrunn (WSC) Alpine Salamanders II: – Explore How Physics Work and What Physicists Do: High school students Alpine and fire salamanders in Austria and Europe; review of the current situation examine how physics research works at the Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, and protective measures; PL: University of Salzburg, Organismic Biology Viel- what research methods are used as well as how scientific communities co-operate. Falter (Butterfly Diversity): Development and evaluation of a survey system for The research groups involved in this course include quantum optics, nano materials butterfly habitats situated close to human settlements; PL: University of Innsbruck, and nuclear physics; PL: University of Vienna, AECC Physik (Austrian Educational Institute of Ecology AlmWaal: Irrigation of Meadows and Pastures in the Alpine Competence Centre Physics) The Rottenburg – A hstorically important Cultivated Landscapes – Importance of an ancient cultivation technique for biodiver- fortress from an interdisciplinary point of view: The Rottenburg: its historical sity and mountain pasture; PL: eb&p Umweltbüro GmbH, Klagenfurt ON THE importance, the origins of the building materials used and the history of its construc- ROAD: Young people travelling through the world of science and everyday life; PL: tion– an interdisciplinary project bringing together the fields of natural sciences, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute for Transport humanities and building research with active participation of schools; PL: University Studies, Pollen Allergies and (Atmospheric) Particulate Matter: Pollen and of Innsbruck, Department of Archaeologies WESPe: Wetlands, Environment, particulate matter – joint allergy triggers?; PL: University of Graz, Institute of Society and Pressures: Effects of environmental changes on the ecological and social Molecular Biosciences ALRAUNE: Allergy Research in Rural, Alpine, and Urban functions of riverine wetlands; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Networks; PL: University of Salzburg, Molecular Biology FlussAu:WOW!: Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management Black C: Identifying and understanding river landscape processes based on innovative geo- Butterfly Caterpillar Research: Research on butterfly larvae hibernating in the data; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of spring meadows of the Lainzer Tiergarten recreation area and their contribution to Hydrobiology and Aquatic Ecosystem Management McKyoto: Biocultural diversity, biodiversity and population dynamics; PL: Austrian Research Centre for Forests climate relevance and health impacts of young people‘s eating habits; PL: University Regeneration of Free-Living Flatworms: Comparative studies on the regene- of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Division of Organic Farming, Working rative capacity of free-living freshwater flatworms in Tyrol; PL: University of Group Knowledge Systems & Innovation Functional Food for Cows – Added- Innsbruck, Institute of Zoology, Department of Ultrastructure Research and Evolution value as nutritional value: Scientists and students working together to enhance Biology meteoPICS: Students develop the photographic foundations for an archi- the functional properties of grains fed to dairy cows; PL: University of Veterinary ve on extreme weather phenomena; PL: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Medicine, Vienna, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds Geodynamik, Customer Service for Salzburg and Upper Austria RECYCLING THE Sparkling Geomagnetic Field: Geomagnetic variations during the upcoming GREEN – or „How & where does the chlorophyll disappear?“: In search of solar maximum: Causes and regional consequences; PL: Zentralanstalt für traces of the green leaf pigment: An investigation of the autumnal turning of leaves Meteorologie und Geodynamik, Conrad Observatory INDIAN SUMMER IN TYROL and its concurrent chlorophyll breakdown in local plants; PL: University of Innsbruck, – The turning of autumn leaves in Tyrol‘s Alpine regions: Students look for Institute of Organic Chemistry The Year of the Greylag Geese: Seasonal beha- different types and forms of aging processes in Tyrol‘s Alpine flora; PL: University of

20 21 Innsbruck, Institute of Organic Chemistry CAVE.LIFE: Ice caves as glacial refuges PL: WasserCluster Lunz Schools & Quakes: Schools extend our knowledge of local for microorganisms and their non-invasive investigation; PL: University of Innsbruck, earthquakes; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Department of Geodesy and Institute of Ecology Chemical Defences in the Animal Kingdom: Common Geoinformation SOLARbrunn – powering the future with the sun?: Pupils, Toads: The use of skin gland secretions for biochemical defence against predators scientists and regional stakeholders develop a concept for the implementation of the among common toads (Bufo bufo) – Plasticity and costs in the light of climate chan- vision „green community“ Hollabrunn with a focus on photovoltaics; PL: University of ge; PL: University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology Vienna, Faculty of Physics Social alliances and flying area in Northern Bald Wood for Salt: The prehistoric Hallstatt salt mine and its work routines; PL: Ibis (Geronticus eremita): Quo volis Geronticus eremita? Monitoring the social Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistory Department Forest – Timber – Raw alliances and the flying area in the Northern Bald Ibis (Geronticus eremita) colony in Material: Analyses of the historical wood utilization with the help of objects from the Grünau; PL: University of Vienna, Core facility KLF for Behavioural and Cognition Austrian Open Air Museum Stübing; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Biology Traisen.w³: Identifying and perceiving of river landscape functions and Sciences, Vienna, Department of Wood Research Pech gehabt! – Investigations understanding of catchment processes on the example of the river Traisen; PL: on Pinus nigra with and without tapping: Natural and anthropogenic effects on University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Hydrobiology wood properties; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, and Aquatic Ecosystem Management Wood from the „Waldviertel“ region: Department of Wood Research AiR: Trace gas Analysis in an Inner-Alpine Region; Wooden buildings in the Waldviertel-region – 500 years of know-how for the future; PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute for Ion Physics and Applied Physics PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Wood Amphibians and Reptiles in Human Areas of Settlement: Survey of the situ- Science and Technology water@school: Development of a water safety plan and ation of endangered domestic amphibian and reptilian populations in human settle- determination of the water balance in a school building taking into consideration ment areas of Southern Styria; PL: Universalmuseum Joanneum, Centre of Natural seasonal usage patterns; PL: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Woody History, Zoology BIO KoSMoS: Allergy vaccines and ink for BioArt: Proteins for Woodpecker: Wood-anatomical analyses of conifers at the alpine timberline; PL: artistic and medical applications will be generated by scholars together with resear- University of Innsbruck, Institute of Botany chers, using biotechnology; PL: University of Salzburg, Molecular Biology COVER. UP: Blanking over glacial surfaces with industrial fleece to reduce melt rates. Technology Economic blessing or scientific curse? A socio-political and scientific symbiosis; PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology CSI: TRACE your FOOD!: Engineer Your Sound! (EYS): Participatory technological design using the Determination of provenance of food from regional production in Austria on the basis example of music; participation of secondary school students in the development of multi-element and isotopic fingerprinting; PL: University of Natural Resources and of didactic concepts of an interdisciplinary technical training; PL: Inter-University Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Chemistry, Division of Analytical Chemistry, Research Centre for Technology, Work and Culture (IFZ) Young Researchers: VIRIS Laboratory A New Rainforest: Understanding trees to protect climate and Traffic & Safety: Survey and scientific analysis of traffic- and safety-related para- biodiversity; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute meters by students; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Mechanics and of Botany A Sweet Treat for Cows: A sweet treat for cows? Investigation of a Mechatronics. Virtual Product Development: Cooperative mechatronic product healthy and sustainable feeding strategy; PL: University of Veterinary Medicine development in schools and universities using a PDM system; PL: Vienna University Vienna, Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds ELWIRA: of Technology, Institute for Engineering Design and Logistics Engineering. (IKL) Plants, wood, steel, concrete – a lifecycle as construction materials; PL: University of Ecoproduct for Youth: Development of a method for the sustainable assess- Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Soil Bioengineering and ment of products for young people; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute Landscape Construction EMMA: Experimentation with mathematical algorithms; for Engineering Design and Logistics Engineering, Research area Ecodesign PL: University of Salzburg, Department of Mathematics Glaciolive: How are the Intelligent Mobility Support – Mobile Motion Advisor: Development of techno- glaciers? Development of a near-real-time information system of the current state of logical methods and their practical use for supporting the individual physical fitness the glaciers in the Sonnblick area; PL: Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und of adolescents in school and leisure-time athletic activities; PL: University of Vienna, Geodynamik Small animals also need dung!: Small animals also need dung! The Centre for Sports Science and University Sports, Department for Biomechanics, effect of different fertilisation types on invertebrates and plants in cereal fields; PL: Kinesiology and Applied Computer Science Production of Multi-Channel- University of Innsbruck, Institute of Ecology Nature in your Backyard – Citizen Capillary Membranes: Development and assembly of units for the production of Science for Schools: Enjoy, explore and protect biodiversity; PL: University of multi-channel-capillary membranes for improved product separation and cost red- Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Integrative Nature uction; PL: MCI – Management Center Innsbruck GEOSOL: Success factors for Conservation Research Phenology is moving: Impact of weather and climate on solar micro-heat grids with seasonal geothermal heat storage; PL: Vienna University the phenology of indigenous woody plants and arable crops; PL: Zentralanstalt für of Technology, Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, Energy Economics Meteorologie und Geodynamik, KS Klima Ost Fruit & Tree: Biodiversity and Local Group PDM-UP – Expansion and sustainable establishment of a Product Knowledge in Traditional Orchards; PL: Arche Noah association Pollen Allergy and Data Management platform developed and implemented in the course of Particulate Matter 2: Pollen and particulate matter – joint allergy triggers?; PL: its predecessor project: A product data management platform as an IT system to University of Graz, Institute of Molecular Biosciences PowerStreams: The self- support education at HTLs as an interdisciplinary field for cross-school collaboration; purification capacity of streams under the pressure of increasing nutrient pollution; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Engineering Design SCWTEX –

22 23 Cutting and Welding of Textiles by Means of a Laser: Simultaneous cutting and Development of a mobile gaming application for young people in the field of welding of textiles – Development of a combined cutting-welding process of textiles location-based gaming; PL: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Study area by use of a laser; PL: Vienna University of Technology, IFT Institute for Production Geoinformation Sparkling Fingers: Development of a haptic e-learning instru- Engineering and Laser Technology Pulsed Lasers: Development and construc- ment in cooperation with blind and severely visually impaired students; PL: Vienna tion of a pulsed laser for the marking and cutting of various materials; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Design and Assessment of Technology trans. University of Technology, Institute for Production Engineering and Laser Technology, eco.compare: Development of an interactive learning tool for an ecological and Laboratory for Laser Technology and Forming Technology Mobile Motion Advisor economical comparison of different modes of goods transport; PL: University of 2.1: Accompanying project of “Intelligent Mobility Support – Mobile Motion Advisor” Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Production and Logistics focusing on adaptation for practicable application in school sports; PL: University of XINU-Control: eXcellent Interface for nonhaptic use; PL: Vienna University of Vienna, Institute of Sports Science, Department of Biomechanics, Kinesiology and Technology, Institute of Computer Technology QUASSUMM: Quality Assessment Applied Computer Science FRANC – Field Robot for Advanced Navigation and Enhancement of User-Generated Mobile Multimedia Content; PL: University of in Bio Crops: Development of a field robot with an advanced navigation system Vienna, Faculty of Computer Science, Entertainment Computing Research Group for organic farming; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Automation Sparkling Fingers 2.0: User-participatory development of an audio-tactile-learning and Control Hybrid Wood Constructions: Development of timber-steel-hybrid tool for blind and severely visually impaired students based on an open framework elements for economically and ecologically sustainable mixed timber structures for extensible by modules for the generation and utilisation of collaboratively prepa- compact construction in urban areas; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute red online content; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Design and of Architectural Sciences, Structural Design and Timber Engineering RoboConT- Assessment of Technology GeoWeb: Geographic information systems based on Terminal: Development of an interactive robot container terminal model to make OpenStreetMap and Google Maps-API; PL: Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, infrastructures of sustainable intermodal goods transport come alive and compre- degree programmes Information Technology & Systems Management (ITS) and hensible; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Forest Products Technology & Timber Construction (HTB) Sensors4All: Acquisition Production and Logistics RIO+20 anniversary project: RIOSOLAR: Students of micro-climatic data for the area of Villach with special emphasis on the sustai- develop milestones for Austrian solar thermal energy and photovoltaic research and nable correction of raw data supported by open-source software and standards; explore fields of development for solar technologies until 2030 as a contribution to PL: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences AAS Endurance – Robotic Sailing sustainable development processes as defined by RIO+20; PL: Vienna University Boat: A robotic sailing boat for marine mammal research; PL: INNOC – Austrian of Technology, Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, Energy Economics Society for Innovative Computer Sciences DISBOTICS – Disassembly Robotics: Group (EEG) Wood-based hybrid ribbed slabs: Development of timer-steel Distributed and intelligent disassembly of products using mobile robots; PL: Vienna hybrid elements for economically and ecologically sustainable mixed timber struc- University of Technology, Institute of Automation and Control (ACIN) OpenPOI: tures for compact construction in urban areas; PL: Vienna University of Technology, A web-based portal to collect and reuse free points-of-interest data; PL: Carinthia Department of Architectural Sciences: Structural Design and Timber Engineering University of Applied Sciences Games4School – Researchers develop games FEMTOLAS: Shorter than the blink of an eye – Simulation of femtosecond lasers together with, and for, school children: Following the principle of user-centred for material processing; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute for Production design, school children develop mini games with new interaction possibilities in coo- Engineering and Laser Technology. Online-Labs4All: Adaptive Interfaces for a glo- peration with researchers and teachers; PL: University of Salzburg, ICT&S Center bal iLab Cloud; PL: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Systems Engineering ACTO: Evaluation of Modular Actuated Tangible User Interfaces; PL: Vienna – Innovative products through integrative education and training concepts: University of Technology, Institute of Software Technology and Interactive Systems Systems Engineering as an integrative approach to the methodological design and IT Speech Synthesis of Audio Textbooks for Blind Students – SALB: PL: support of interdisciplinary processes for the development and design of innovative Telecommunications Research Center Vienna 4 W Information Integration: products; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Mechanical Engineering Informatics What We Want To Know: Collaborative information integration supported by intelli- Valuable Wood: Big shrubs and small trees as a valuable and sustainable resource gent software; PL: Graz University of Technology, Institute for Information Systems of wood; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of and Computer Media BlindBits: An accessible level editor and player for creating Wood Technology and Renewable Materials orientation training games for blind students; PL: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH Informatics – Child‘s play?!: PL: University of Klagenfurt, Department Computer Sciences for Informatics Systems Sparkling Games: Designing educational games related to computer sciences and society; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of FUNSET Science (Future Network-Based Semantic Technologies): Concepts Design and Assessment of Technology. The Profiler: Development of a profiling for the application of semantic and software agent technologies in small- and tool to describe persons based on acquisition and content-based analysis of personal medium-scale enterprises to create network organizations; PL: Vienna University online images to improve media skills of 10- to 15-year-olds; PL: Vienna University of Technology, Institute of Automation and Control fe|male: Students design of Technology, Institute of Computer-Aided Automation, Computer Vision Lab technology-supported learning scenarios; PL: University of Krems, Department of Interactive Media and Educational Technologies “Applications on the Move”:

24 25 Medicine and Health ceptions of young people in culturally heterogeneous school classes; PL: Democracy Centre Vienna Tricks of the Trade. Social field research with young resear- Searching for Carbon Footprints in the Classroom Atmosphere: High school chers: Young researchers and scientists research places of learning and knowledge students, teachers, and scientists investigate climate conditions in classrooms together; PL: Science Communications Research Wien Youth@Risk: Perception of looking for correlations between heat and student performance; PL: University of risk by adolescents – risks from the perspectives of adolescents, science, and media; Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Department of Water – Atmosphere – PL: Institute for Pharmaeconomic Research, Vienna (IPF) Cross-Cultural Environment, Institute of Meteorology (BOKU-Met) Physical activity catches on: Competence: Promotion of cross-cultural competence in high schools providing Immunological and metabolic profile of students with regard to their physical activity vocational education in Austria; PL: University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, and levels of performance; PL: University of Vienna, Centre for Sports Science and Intercultural Centre at the Global Sales Management degree programme My University Sports, Sport and Exercise Physiology FIT, NOT FAT: Cooperatively Featured Space 2025: Young researchers in the Alps-Adriatic Region analyse and developing and implementing a project designed to survey the state of health and to design their future living spaces in rural regions using networked methods; PL: eb&p promote health awareness of Viennese high school students based on an intervention Umweltbüro GmbH Picture.it: Young people develop and design gender-sensitive study in co-operation with the hospital of Hietzing; PL: Karl Landsteiner Institute for images of people and technology. A participatory technology research project to Metabolic diseases and Nephrology, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna Handball: Physical compile a non-sexist image database; PL: IFZ Inter-University Research Centre for stresses caused by jump shots in handball – a biomechanical analysis; PL: University Technology, Work and Culture, Graz MY LIFE – MY STYLE – MY FUTURE: of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Working Group for Motion Analysis FEM_TRACE: Sustainable lifestyles and adolescent life realities; PL: Austrian Institute for Development of trace gas analysis screening tests; PL: Austrian Academy of Sustainable Development, ÖIN e.V. Media Garden – BAKIP Meets Science: Sciences, Breath Research Institute JiBB: Jugend is(s)t berichtend in Bewegung – Qualitative media research conducted by future kindergarten teachers in their prac- Health reports prepared by students for students; PL: University of Applied Sciences tice kindergartens; PL: University of Vienna, Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Joanneum Graz My Heart and I – Healthy Together!: Evaluation of a cardiovas- Department of Education Diversity of Cultures – Unequal City: A transdiscipli- cular health promotion pilot project by the Fonds Gesundes Österreich in community nary research project on urban development, social cohesion, and transculturality; and school settings for a cooperative development of capacity building and the imple- PL: KommEnt, Paulo Freire Center for Transdisciplinary Development Research and mentation of school health promotion interventions at the ECOLE-HBLW Güssing; Dialogical Education GEOKOM-PEP: Geo-visualisation and communication in par- PL: FH Burgenland University of Applied Sciences Give me a break, please!: ticipatory decision processes; PL: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Reloading my batteries: Adolescents document and investigate locations for resto- GIScience Lifelong Learning – Students’ and Scientists’ Joint Perspectives: ring their cognitive abilities; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Lifelong Learning – Young researchers and scientists discussing lifelong learning Vienna, Institute of Landscape Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning (LLL): Developing questionnaires, collecting data, and formulating recommendations FEM_PERS: Development of personalised medical breath tests for women; PL: for promotion activities; PL: University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, Department University of Innsbruck, Breath Research Institute FEM_BREATH: Breath tests of Applied Psychology: Work, Education and Economy Women and Competition: for personalized medicine; PL: University of Innsbruck, Breath Research Institute Experimental studies of the discrimination of women during their careers; PL: Tendon Regeneration versus Tendon Repair: Tendon injuries – scarring repair University of Innsbruck, Institute of Financial Studies GLO-PART: Youth participa- and scar-less regeneration; PL: University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Equine tion in local politics. Adolescent perceptions of, and interventions in, Europeanized University Clinic, Clinical Unit of Equine Surgery Tendon Engineering: The Elastic and globalized politics; PL: University of Vienna, Department of Political Science Tendon: Development of a novel tissue bioreactor for the cultivation of tendons; PL: Peer Violence – Teenagers‘ perception of youth violence: Teenagers‘ percep- Paracelsus Private Medical University Tendons and Nutrition: The influence of tion toward youth violence and violence interventions and its dependency on gender diet on the musculoskeletal system; PL: Paracelsus Private Medical University and migration background; PL: University of Applied Sciences Campus Wien, Competence Centre for Social Work GmbH (KOSAR) Racism in Online Forums Social Sciences Discussing Migration and Education: migration.macht.schule; PL: University of Vienna, Department of Linguistics JuMuW [You move]: Youth research workshop (Un)Doing Gender as a Living Principle of Education: Language – Politics – on multicultural Vienna. An interdisciplinary research project on intercultural learning Performance: How gender relations and roles are constructed, designed and lived – and multicultural environments for teenagers and by teenagers in Vienna; PL: an investigation of young researchers and teachers in the context of German classes; University of Vienna, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology YouTest – PL: University of Vienna, Gender Research Office and Centre for German Language Young People and Genetic Testing: Young people participating in technological Teaching, Department of German Studies MeTeOr: The influence of new media impact assessments: Direct-to-consumer genetic analyses as an example; PL: and technologies on the value orientation of adolescents; PL: University of Applied dialog<>gentechnik Nano Materials – Chances and Risks of a New Sciences Upper Austria SKY: Self-Confidence and Competence for the Young Dimension: Nano materials, their inherent opportunities and risks focusing on People!: A systematic study of e-interventions in the context of self-assurance trai- research of, and with, young people including gender aspects; PL: Environment ning; PL: Komm-Mit-Ment association Investigating intercultural backgrounds: Agency Austria LIFE eQuality?: Teenagers researching quality of life – A compa- Young researchers research migration history/ies: An investigation of historical per- rative interregional study; PL: University of Innsbruck, Institute of Geography

26 27 ABLE YOUTH: SustainABLE energy YOUTHers – Active research for a more sustai- facing in the digital environment; PL: Vienna University of Economics and Business, nable energy use; PL: Austrian Institute for Sustainable Development Catch me if IT|IP Law Group Who cares?: Scenarios for a trendsetting culture of care; PL: you can: Shoplifting by children and juveniles – Determinants and prevention; PL: University of Klagenfurt, Institute of Palliative Care and Organisational Ethics, IFF University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria (Do) students develop school!?: Vienna The Art of Sustainable Living: Discover – understand – re-design new Students and student representatives as co-actors of school development and sys- concepts of sustainable living; PL: IDRV – Institute of Design Research Vienna tem reform; PL: University of Linz, Institute of Education and Psychology, Department of Education Science and Education Psychology I AM HERE!: Participatory Humanities approaches to analyse the behaviour of adolescents in urban environments; PL: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Landscape Mrs. Munde‘s Deadly Sins: Topicality and history of the Tyrolian popular Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning Migration(s) in Textbooks: drama on the example of the Exl-Bühne and the Tiroler Volksschauspiele Telfs; PL: A critical analysis by students, teachers and researchers; PL: Ludwig Boltzmann University of Innsbruck, Research Institute Brenner Archives The Heilandskirche Institute for European History and Public Spheres “A Right to Human Rights in Graz 1938 to 1945: The Heilandskirche in Graz during National Socialism with Education!“ – Qualitative evaluation of human rights education in grammar schools a special focus on its members persecuted as Jews; PL: University of Graz, Centre (AHS); PL: European Training and Research Centre for Human Rights and Democracy for Jewish Studies Right in the Middle of Vienna‘s Second District – The (ETC) Re-Thinking and Advancing Education Together: Learning through past and present seen from a student point of view: Students from the second research in elementary pedagogics training and practice; PL: University of Graz, district of Vienna investigate the history and present of their school. A historical- Department for Education, Working Group Elementary Education GIVING VOICE cum-empirical comparative analysis of schools of the second district with different – Inclusion through Political Parties?: An intersectional analysis of descriptive cultural and social backgrounds involving students and teachers as researchers; PL: representation based on candidate lists for parliamentary elections in Austria; PL: University of Vienna, Faculty of Philosophy and Education, Department of Education University of Vienna, Department of Political Science Landscape and You-th – An Our Environment Has a History: Young researchers in search for the roots of our oral history project on local knowledge, language and landscape: Interactions environmental problems; PL: University of Klagenfurt, Faculty for Interdisciplinary between people and landscapes on the example of flax cultivation and processing in Research and Further Education, Institute for Social Ecology, Centre for Environmental the Carinthian Lesach Valley; PL: University of Klagenfurt-Wien-Graz, Department of History A Dialogue with Antiquity – Inscriptiones Antiquae: A scientific and Intervention Research and Cultural Sustainability Cross-Border Experiences: didactic review of the largest collection of urban Roman inscriptions in Austria; Field research with students; PL: Science Communications Research The Secret PL: University of Innsbruck, Department for Ancient History and Ancient Oriental Life of the Neighbourhoods: Young researchers write urban history; PL: University Studies Transnational Perceptions of History: “And what does that have to of Vienna, Department of Sociology Paternity leave: Paternity leave – Impacts on do with me, anyway?” Transnational perceptions of the National Socialist past; PL: male careers; PL: Joanneum Research POLICIES KidsAct: Children explore the trafo.K association “Where have all the Jews gone?“: Using St. Pölten as an interactions between car drivers and young road users in street traffic; PL: Factum example. Migration and present times, displacement and memory; PL: Institute for Chaloupka & Risser OG, Vienna BrotZeit: Lesachtal bread in an intergenerational Jewish History in Austria (INJOEST) DESA: A German-English dictionary of social dialogue; PL: University of Klagenfurt-Wien-Graz, Department for Intervention work; PL: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Area of study: Social Work The Research and Cultural Sustainability Critical Science Literacy: Why science isn‘t Jewish Cemetery of Graz: Exploring – Conserving – Remembering: A contribution simply true, what that has to do with you and how you can change it; PL: University to the social and cultural history of the Jewish community of Graz during the 19th and of Vienna, Department of Political Science FacePolitics: Political participation pos- 20th centuries; PL: University of Graz, Centre for Jewish Studies Like Seen on the sibilities for pupils in interactive social media such as Facebook; PL: University of Screen: The media and our environment; PL: Ludwig Boltzmann Society, Institute Vienna, Department of Communication Inclusive Spaces: Students explore their for History and Society, History Cluster ALIENA: A new aesthetisation of medieval school‘s social spaces at ‚new secondary schools‘ in the context of inclusion; PL: literature in the experience space; PL: University of Salzburg, German Language and queraum. cultural and social research Young People Explore Children‘s Rights Literature Looking for Traces – Hall in Motion: Field research and exhibition on (JeKi): A multi-perspective approach to generations, school, vocational education labour migration in the region of Hall in Tyrol (1960s up to today); PL: University of and training and higher education; PL: Carinthia University of Applied Sciences Innsbruck, Department for Contemporary History The End of (my) Childhood?: PEARL: Interns investigate their work and learning: Exemplarily shown for busi- Rescuing Jewish children from Austria 1938 - 1941; PL: Institute for Jewish History ness internships of students at Austrian vocational colleges; PL: University of in Austria (INJOEST) “De-registered?“: The forced displacement of the Jews of Innsbruck, Institute of Organisation and Learning SUSTAINABLE CARE: Nursing St. Pölten to collective flats in Vienna, 1938-42; PL: Institute for Jewish History in students explore potentials for sustainable care; PL: University of Klagenfurt, Austria (INJOEST) Doing World Heritage – Grasping World Heritage: Objects Institute of Palliative Care and Organisational Ethics, IFF Vienna Think Spatial!: and narratives in the context of the UNESCO World Heritage of prehistoric pile dwel- Adolescents develop and test tools for spatial and visual research and learning; PL: lings; PL: Natural History Museum Vienna, Prehistory Department Melting Pot!?: University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, Institute of Landscape Socio-spatial restructuring processes in Ottakring; PL: Kreisky Archive Metropolis Development, Recreation and Conservation Planning From „User-Generated in Transition: Vienna – Budapest 1916-1921; PL: Ludwig Boltzmann Society Content“ to a „User-Generated Copyright“: Requirements a modern copyright is (LBG), Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for European History and Public Spheres My

28 29 Literacies: Approaches to literacies in multimodal and multilingual contexts – The in biological research projects (development and implementation); PL: University view of the child; PL: University of Vienna, Department of Linguistics of Vienna, AECC Biology Cross-Age Peer Tutoring in Physics 2: The school- university interface; PL: University of Vienna, AECC Physics A Net Compass Learning and Instruction for Social Webs: A peer-to-peer information platform for privacy and data protection in social webs; PL: University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, School of Opinion Corner – Your opinion counts (OC): Secondary school students deve- Informatics, Communications and Media, Hagenberg Working materials 2.0 for lop an online panel for young people; PL: University of Linz, Institute of Education and the Medieval Styrian Literature Paths: How to convey medieval texts in a medi- Psychology SCHNAU – Pupils develop natural science study assignments: ally shaped area of tension between spoken language, written language and memo- Secondary school students develop learning assignments for natural sciences in ry; PL: University of Graz, Institute for German Studies digital MUSICIANship: cooperation with subject teachers, especially taking into account the research fields New ways of making music in class; PL: University of Music and Performing Arts “different learning styles” and “gender aspects”; PL: University College of Teacher Vienna, Department of Music Education FAME: Fostering Autonomy and Motivation Education Carinthia – Viktor Frankl College, Centre for Natural Science Teaching by introducing E-Tandems into formal foreign language education; PL: University KiP – Kids‘ Participation in Educational Research: Inquiring learning in life of Vienna, Centre for Teacher Training, Unit for Language Learning and Teaching science research projects – a subject-didactic research and development project; Research InMeLi: Development of a tool for surveying and reflection of media PL: University of Vienna, Austrian Centre for Biology Teaching (AECC-BIO) Cross- literacy and media habitus at schools; PL: University of Vienna, Faculty of Philosophy Age Peer Tutoring in Physics: By studying with junior peers, young researchers and Education Music without frontiers: Multilingualism in music (bi- or multi- investigate their perceptions of physics concepts and adapt their own cognitive musicality) and the understanding of the „other“, the „unfamiliar“; PL: University of structures based on new insights; PL: University of Vienna, Austrian Educational Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Franz Schubert Department Competence Centre Physics, AECC Physik KiP2: Kids’ Participation in Research: Students join scientists to conduct research on selected biological topics and science education; PL: University of Vienna, Austrian Educational Competence Centre Biology, AECC-BIO Facing the Differences: Contradictions and differences as a constitutive moment of professional pedagogic self-images; PL: University of Graz, Department for Educational Sciences eLearning in physical education and physics classes: Development and implementation of a blended learning concept for (competitive) sports-oriented students based on learning objects; PL: University of Vienna, Centre for Sport Science and University Sports, Institute of Sport Science, Department of Biomechanics, Kinesiology and Applied Computer Science Playful Learning: Research of motivational aspects and knowledge transfer in digital educational games for children aged 10 to 14 years; PL: Danube University Krems, Subject area “Applied Game Studies“, Department for Image Science Ethics & Health: Education beyond normalising appreciation; PL: University of Vienna, Department of Philosophy Comprehensive Learning through Concept Cartoons: “Concept cartoons” as a surveying method to identify alternative pre-conceptions in students and as a guide to teaching a student-focussed chemistry class; PL: University of Vienna, Austrian Educational Competence Centre Chemistry (AECC Chemistry) An Educational Toolbox in Conjunction with the ‘Steirische Literaturpfade des Mittelalters´(Styria‘s Literature Paths of the Middle Ages): New concepts and materials for imparting older German texts; PL: University of Graz, Study area: German language and literature of the Middle Ages You feel, I hear, we make music – a dialogue: The development of adequate models for inclusive and integrative contexts for teaching heterogeneous groups; PL: University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Hellmesberger Department Individual – Collective: A reflection on aesthetic/social interactions using the example of an improvised music theatre production of Vinko Globkar‘s score “Individuum – Collectivum” (1979); PL: Mozarteum University Salzburg, Department of Music Education Salzburg Psychomotility in School: Development, application and evaluation of psychomo- tor teaching and learning methods in primary and secondary schools; PL: University of Vienna, Department for Sport Science and University Sports, Sports Sociology division KiP3: Kids’ Participation in Research – Authentic research-based learning

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Head of Program Office Mag. Petra Siegele Austrian Agency for International Cooperation in Education and Research (OeAD-GmbH), Ebendorferstraße 7 1010 Vienna, Tel: 01/53408-430, [email protected]

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