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Climate research in Greenland: Old data provides new insights

The polar explorer and University of Graz professor Alfred Wegener left behind a unique collection of climate data from Greenland. A research team from the University of Graz is now analysing this 100-year-old treasure trove of data and comparing it with current measurements.

Diversity in nature and science: How we talk about plants and each other

Ginkgo, kiwi, hemp: they exist as male and female plants. Anyone who paid attention in biology class will confirm this. But is this categorisation, established by Carl von Linné almost 300 years ago, still valid today? An interdisciplinary team at the University of Graz is questioning these attributions and using this as a starting point to provide food for thought for gender-sensitive interaction between students, scientific and teaching staff.

Around the world in eight stops: the Long Night of Research at the University of Graz

On 24 April from 5 pm, you can take a short trip around the globe at the University of Graz, discovering pecularities of foreign countries or new local features in the entrance hall of the University Library. The itinerary takes you through introduced animal species, political attitudes and the omnipotence of algorithms. There will also be a programme in the historic reading hall, as well as at the UniGraz@Museum and the University Archive.

Interpreting data: Why studies sometimes get it wrong

Hilmar Brohmer and Ziva Korda from the Institute of Psychology, together with 500 international colleagues, have re-evaluated a hundred scientific publications and have often come to different conclusions.

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Judith Kohlenberger: Migrationspanik

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Birgit Birnbacher: Sie wollen uns erzählen

Research Careers Campus Festival 2026

Ringvorlesung: So ein Theater!

Geschmackslabor: Molekulare Küche - Basis

Florian Klenk: Ausreden. Elfriede Blauensteiner – Ein Bekenntnis

Universitätsmuseen - UniGraz@Museum: Lange Nacht der Forschung 2026

18. Pflanzen-Raritätenmarkt

Karl Kraus: Die letzten Tage der Menschheit gelesen von Franz Schuh und Maria Hofstätter

Ringvorlesung: So ein Theater!

Konrad Paul Liessmann über Richard Strauss‘ Oper: Der Rosenkavalier