If one tries to describe Oliver Hauser's research area in two words, it would probably be inequality and cooperation. But it's not that easy. Oliver Hauser is a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Exeter Business School, has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the University of Innsbruck and a PhD in Biology from Harvard University, where he taught and conducted research. Today he also heads the initiative with the great acronym “BIG Ideas - Behavioral Insights: Gender, Inlusivity, Diversity, Equality and Access” initiative, which is funded through a UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowship. Oliver Hauser conducts research, teaches and publishes beyond the boundaries of his discipline(s). From the point of view of economics, psychology and management, evolutionary biology or environmental sciences, he describes the large and small structures in society and in companies. Game theory is one of his favourite tools. Since the corona pandemic hit the world, he has also dealt with the intensification of inequalities and the possibilities of restructuring society. In 2009 he received an Erasmus scholarship and studied in Romania and from 2007 to 2010 he was scholarship holder of the Mondi Austria Foundation, which was managed by the OeAD.

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AAL_37 Alumni AudioLab with Oliver Hauser

Tigran Keryan grew up in the nearly untouched nature of Armenia. He grew into a life in harmony with nature at an early age, which went hand in hand with his studies of geography and his interest in sustainability issues.After graduating, he worked for several years as a geography teacher and assistant to the principal. During this time he enrolled in his doctoral studies at the Armenian State Pedagogical University. He focuses on sustainable mountain development in Armenia and sustainability since then. In 2017 he came to Vienna and continued his studies at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (Boku). As part of the CaucaSusT project, which was funded by the APPEAR programme, he conducts transdisciplinary research in the context of sustainable tourism development in Georgia and Armenia. Tigran is convinced, that transdisciplinarity in science is the right way to address local challenges.Transdisciplinarity means the cooperation not only between scientists from different disciplines, but also between science, students and the local population. Nevertheless, this approach is still neglected in today's science and funding landscape. This complex, albeit holistic, approach is often in contradiction to long-established frontal teaching and professors who stick to a teacher-student or researcher-researched subject dichotomy.In this podcast he talks about his experience in transdisciplinary research, his career and his doctoral studies, which he successfully graduated from in spring 2021. But he also addresses the ongoing conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh in the Caucasus.

AAL_36 Alumni AudioLab with Tigran Keryan

Das letzte Jahr und der Lockdown haben deutlich gezeigt, wie wichtig digitale Kompetenzen und ein verantwortungsvoller und bewusster Umgang mit digitalen Medien heutzutage sind. Insbesondere für junge Menschen ist die Digitalisierung im Klassenzimmer längst angekommen.Im Schuljahr 2020/21 hat der OeAD mit dem Themenschwerpunkt „More than bytes – Kulturelle Bildung und digitale Medien“ im Bereich Kulturvermittlung mit Schulen, bewusst seine Förderaktivitäten auch in diese Richtung gelenkt. In Workshops und Vorträgen werden Schülerinnen und Schüler aktiv und partizipativ an Kunst und digitale Medien herangeführt und auch Lehrende, Kunstschaffende und -vermittelnde sind eingeladen, sich in kulturellen Projekten mit digitalen Medien und Digitalisierung auseinanderzusetzen.Der Bereich Kulturvermittlung mit Schulen, seit 2020 im OeAD ansässig, steht dabei als Schnittstelle zwischen Schule, Kunst und Kultur.In dieser Sendung berichten eine Musikpädagogin, ein Filmemacher und eine Vertreterin des Programms von ihrem Zugang zum Thema Digitalisierung. Sie diskutieren über digitale Medien im Unterricht, wie sich die Lebensrealität der Jugendlichen im künstlerischen Schaffen manifestiert und inwieweit der Lockdown das Thema positiv oder negativ beeinflusst hat.Gestaltung und Moderation: Doris Obrecht (Verantwortlich für den Sendungsinhalt)Gäste:Stefan Bohun, BA, Regisseur und Filmemacher, Leiter des Vereins „Shoot your short“ (gemeinsam mit Mag. Gregor Centner)Mag. Ulrike Gießner-Bogner, Leiterin des Bereichs Kulturvermittlung mit Schulen im OeADMag. Elisabeth Wieland, Musikpädagogin am Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium Gastein, Chorleiterin, Universitätsassistentin für Musikpädagogik an der Universität Mozarteum in SalzburgMusik: Heifervescent-Destination Altair; Modern Pitch-Where The Wind Blows; The Morning Light-Scars. Nachzuhören auf Jamendo eine Community für freie, legale und unlimitierte Musik, die unter Creative Commons Lizenzen veröffentlicht wurde.

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Vahidin Preljevic focuses in his research on the literature of Viennese modernism and on the role of literature and documents related to the assassination attempt in Sarajevo. This attack led to the First World War. He himself fled the war in Bosnia to Germany in the 1990s. He finished school here and started his German studies at the University of Halle/Saale. But he never intended to stay in Germany, so he quickly returned after the war. Vahidin Preljevic is Germanist, cultural theorist, essayist, literary translator and holder of the chair for German-language literature and cultural studies at the University of Sarajevo.He was also a scholarship holder in the Franz Werfel scholarship program, which enables researchers from abroad to conduct research on topics of Austrian literature in Austria. Once someone has been a “Werfelianer”, he or she will remain in a follow-up programme for many years. From this a network of former Werfel scholarship holders has developed over the years. Even decades later, they meet regularly, organize conferences and exchange their experience.In this podcast, Vahidin Preljevic talks about his experiences in Germany and the role of literature and culture in the eventful history of Bosnia-Herzegovina. He also talks about his forthcoming anthology about Peter Handke's Yugoslavian texts, which are received very critically in several countries, including several former Yugoslav states

AAL_35 Alumni AudioLab with Vahidin Preljevic

Jessica Virginia is conducting research on the degradability of lignin with the help of bacteria and enzymes. Lignin is the substance that is responsible for the strength and fiber structure, especially in wood. It is known that fungi can decompose this substance, but little research has been carried out on bacteria in this framework.Jessica Virginia is working on her doctoral thesis with an Ernst Mach Asea Uninet scholarship at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna. She did her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in biotechnology in her home country Indonesia. She then took part in a research project that dealt with the recycling of residues from palm oil production for several years. After pressing the oil-containing kernels, a substance is left that is called palm kernel meal. By degrading it, it can be used as an animal feed additive.In this episode Jessica talks about her first and current experiences as a young researcher in Austria, about the criticism of palm oil in Europe, about research in times of Covid-19 and national identity in Indonesia.

AAL_34 Alumni AudioLab with Jessica Virginia

If it had been up to his father, Ismail Gbadamosi would have become a doctor. That was the real plan. Ismail chose another way, but the human body became his field of work and research - more precisely the human brain. He is a neuroscientist and currently conducting research for his PhD at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology which is part of the Polish Academy of Sciences. He specializes in neurodegenerational diseases.His academic path began at the University of Ilorin in Nigeria, where he completed his Masters in Human Anatomy. During his student days he already worked as a research assistant. One of his major areas of research was (and still is) the effects of different substances on the brain in Alzheimer’s disease research, including nicotine. His interest is shaped by his grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. It was the whole family's job to take care for her at home.In 2020 he came from Nigeria to Vienna as an OeAD scholarship holder. This was shortly before Austria shutdown public life and travel due to the first lockdown. He stayed for 9 months.In this podcast, Ismail talks about his career, his past and current research and also about his personal passions such as cooking and fitness.

AAL_33 Alumni AudioLab with Ismail Temitayo Gbadamosi

Gerd Micheluzzi - art historian and PhD student at the University of Vienna - visited the art history institute in Florence for two semesters in 2020. His stay – funded by a Marietta Blau scholarship - was interrupted by the pandemic. This started an odyssey that brought him to the University of Hamburg as a research assistant at the end.Micheluzzi did not choose Florence randomly as his research destination. As a PhD candidate he conducts research on the cast shadow in Italian painting of the 14th-15th centuries. The shadow was already an important motive in ancient times, but then it disappeared for centuries – at least in paintings – almost without a trace. In written sources, however, it has been clearly preserved. The natural philosophers of this time also devoted their attention to him.This brings the former Marietta Blau scholarship holder to the edge of his discipline and beyond. Transdisciplinary research is important and necessary in his field. In this podcast he talks about his fascination for shadows, his love for Florence and the challenges of research stays in pandemic times.

AAL_32 Alumni AudioLab with Gerd Micheluzzi

Right during this podcast recording, Dr Sony Baral received the acceptation to be the first woman to take up a position as an associate professor at the Institute for Forestry at Thribhuvan University/Nepal. The OeAD warmly congratulates her!Sony Baral grew up in rural Nepal, an area where forests play a major role for the population. They are the basis of life, living space, provide fuelwood for cooking and heating, and products to sell. On the other hand, especially cooking and heating with fuelwood is responsible for a large part of CO2 emissions in the rural areas of Nepal. Sony Baral has devoted her academic career to these CO2 emissions and the forests in Nepal in general.In 2019 she completed her PhD at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, as a scholarship holder of the. In addition, she has been working repeatedly at the interface between science and policy making for many years. A work that encouraged her to study additionally law since 2018.In this podcast she talks about forest management in Nepal, about the special features of so-called community forests and about the discrepancy between firewood as a necessity on the one hand and as a cause of CO2 emissions on the other hand.

AAL_31 Alumni AudioLab with Sony Baral

Right during this podcast recording, Dr Sony Baral received the acceptation to be the first woman to take up a position as an associate professor at the Institute for Forestry at Thribhuvan University/Nepal. The OeAD warmly congratulates her!Sony Baral grew up in rural Nepal, an area where forests play a major role for the population. They are the basis of life, living space, provide fuelwood for cooking and heating, and products to sell. On the other hand, especially cooking and heating with fuelwood is responsible for a large part of CO2 emissions in the rural areas of Nepal. Sony Baral has devoted her academic career to these CO2 emissions and the forests in Nepal in general.In 2019 she completed her PhD at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna, as a scholarship holder of the APPEAR program. In addition, she has been working repeatedly at the interface between science and policy making for many years. A work that encouraged her to study additionally law since 2018.In this podcast she talks about forest management in Nepal, about the special features of so-called community forests and about the discrepancy between firewood as a necessity on the one hand and as a cause of CO2 emissions on the other hand.

The Eurovision Song Contest was established in 1956 to test whether it is possible to broadcast a TV program live across Europe. It succeeded and since then, 2020 is the first year in which no Eurovision Song Contest took place due to the prevailing circumstances.Dean Vuletic, historian at the University of Vienna, has chosen Eurovision as his main field of research. He conducts research on this big event in particular with regard to its development in Eastern and Southeastern Europe, as well as the role of the Cold War and communism for popular culture.He holds a PhD and a Master’s degree from Columbia University / New York as well as a Master’s degree from Yale University. In 2013 he came to Vienna with an OeAD scholarship. In 2014 Conchita Wurst won the song contest for Austria, which gave Dean Vuletic the opportunity to advance his career in this field. He is currently based at the Research Center for the History of Transformations at the University of ViennaWebsite of Dean Vuletic

AAL_30_Alumni AudioLab with Dean Vuletic

Alumni AudioLab is a monthly podcast series where alumni of the OeAD talk about themselves and their research. The OeAD brings together researchers from all over the world and from different fields of research who spent part of their research career in Austria – some of them have even stayed here. In the Alumni AudioLab they tell their stories, talk about their scientific ambitions, their motivations and their personal backgrounds. It is an open format for all those who are not only interested in science as such but also in the people behind it.

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