Mina Yang’s statement “Beethoven and the Dangers of Hero Discourses”, delivered on 19 August 2020, initiated an animated and critical exchange on the various topics of the postponed isaScience conference, entitled “Heroes, Canons, Cults. Critical Inquiries”.

At Austrian postsecondary institutions, recent months have seen teaching take place mostly online. So how has that worked out? What’s gone well, and what hasn’t? Here’s what members of the mdw teaching staff have to say.

A Pandemic-Adapted Digital Symposium.

Going to a new country to study is exciting, inspiring, and wonderful but also entails lots of questions, challenges, and uncertainties.

This spring, Universities Austria (uniko) launched the online campaign “UNInteressant? – Ideen, die unser Leben verbessern” [UNInteresting? – Ideas that Improve Our Lives].

Since 2005, the Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung – LNF) has provided an Austria-wide opportunity to introduce a broad audience of all ages to research fields and institutions while also providing insight into current research projects.