Progress Report 2006–2007 We owe special thanks to the Austrian Science Fond (FWF) for the fi nancial support of numerous projects of the research facilities of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved Copyright © 2007 by Austrian Academy of Sciences Layout: Gerald Reisenbauer, AAS Printed and bound: Paul Gerin Druckerei 3 Table of contents Preface . 5 RESEARCH FACILITIES OF THE SECTION FOR MATHEMATICS AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES Biology and Medicine CeMM – Research Center for Molecular Medicine GmbH . 9 Breath Research Unit, AA . 13 GMI – Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology . 16 IMBA – Institute of Molecular Biotechnology GmbH . 19 Institute for Biomedical Aging Research, IBA . 22 Institute of Biophysics and Nanosystems Research, IBN . 25 Konrad Lorenz Institute for Ethology, KLIVV . 28 Earth Sciences Research Unit for Geographic Information Science, GIScience . 31 Commission for the Palaeontological and Stratigraphical Research of Austria, CPSA . 34 Commission for Geophysical Research . 37 Commission for Basic Research on Mineral Raw Materials . 39 Commission for Quaternary Research, KFQ . 42 Mathematics, Simulation and Metrology Research Unit for Integrated Sensor Systems, FiSS . 45 Acoustics Research Institute, ARI . 48 Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, RICAM . 53 Commission for Scientifi c Visualization, VISKOM . 57 Physics and Materials Sciences Erich-Schmid-Institut für Materialwissenschaft, ESI . 60 Institute for High Energy Physics, HEPHY . 62 Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, IQOQI . 67 Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics, SMI . 71 Environmental Research Institute for Limnology, ILIM . 74 Institute of Technology Assessment, ITA . 77 Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies, KIÖS . 79 Clean Air Commission, CAC . 82 Space Research Space Research Institute, IWF . 84 Commission for Astronomy . 86 Interdepartmental Research Tasks Commission for Scientifi c Co-operation with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Defence . 88 Commission for Development Studies, KEF . 90 Commission for the History of Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Medicine, KGNMM . 93 RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS OF THE SECTION HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Centre for Ancient World Studies (CAWS) Commission for Egypt and the Levant . 99 Commission for Ancient Literature and Latin Tradition . 103 Commission for the History of Ancient Law . 106 4 Table of contents Commission for Editing the Corpus of the Latin Church Fathers . 108 Asia Minor Commission . 111 Institute for Studies of Ancient Culture . 115 Commission for Mycenaean Studies . 119 Numismatic Commission . 122 Prehistoric Commission . 125 Centre for Studies in Asian Cultures and Social Anthropology (CSACSA) Institute for Iranian Studies . 128 Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia . 131 Social Anthropology Research Unit . 134 Centre for Cultural Research (CCR) AAC – Austrian Academy Corpus . 137 Commission for the Edition of a Text Dictionary of “Die Fackel” (FACKELLEX) . 140 Commission for Studies on Culture and the History of Th eatre . 143 Commission for the History of Art . 146 Commission for Music Research . 149 Centre for Medieval Studies (CMS) Institute for Byzantine Studies . 152 Institute for Medieval Research . 155 Institute for the Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period . 158 Commission for Paleography and Codicology of Medieval Manuscripts in Austria . 161 Centre for Research on Modern and Contemporary History (CMC) Commission for the History of the Habsburg Monarchy . 164 Historical Commission . 168 Austrian Biographical Encyclopedia and Biographical Documentation . 172 Commission for Austrian Legal History . 175 Social Sciences Research Centre (SSRC) Vienna Institute of Demography . 178 Institute for European Integration Research (EIF) . 181 Research Unit for European Tort Law . 183 Research Unit Mountain Research: Man and Environment . 186 Commission for Migration and Integration Research . 189 Institute for Urban and Regional Research . 192 Commission for Comparative Media and Communication Studies . 196 Centre for Linguistics and Audiovisual Documentation (LAVD) Commission for Balkan-Studies . 199 Commission for Linguistics and Communication Research . 202 Institute of Lexicography of Austrian Dialects and Names . 205 Phonogrammarchiv . 208 ADMINISTRATION International Relations . ..