4. ERN-Flash Talks: September 2021

The fourth re-iteration of the ERN-Flash Talks was a chance for old and new members of the Environmental Research Network to get to know each other and the research conducted in the network. 10 faculties/centers were represented by speakers from mixed levels and backgrounds, presenting their environmental research and possibilities of interdisciplinary exploration in Pecha Kucha-style talks: 20 images à 20 seconds. Afterwards there was the opportunity to discuss over food and drinks.

When: 23.09.2021, 15-18 o'clock

Where: C2 Hörsaal, Hof 2, Altes AKH, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Wien

 

 

Programme

15:00-15:15: opening speeches by Jean-Robert Tyran, Vice Rector for Research and International Affairs, Thilo Hofmann, Head of the Environmental Research Network, and Judith Mühlbacher, Coordinator of the Environmental Research Network

15:15-16:00:
Pecha Kucha style talks:

Zihao Zhao Life Sciences: Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (PhD) Patterns of microbial cleavage of organic matter in the global ocean
Mathew White Psychology: Environmental Psychology (Senior Scientist) The importance of urban nature for population healthand Human Health
Evelyn Rampler Chemistry: Department of Analytical Chemistry (Senior Scientist, PI) Glycolipidomics to monitor plants as indicators for climate change
Christian Piska Law: Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law (Prof) Smart climate protection
Charlotte Henkel CMESS: Environmental Geosciences (PhD) On microplastics and the leaching of additives

16:00-16:15: short break

16:15-17:00: Pecha Kucha style talks:

Jan Ehmke Business, Economics, and Statistics:  Business Decisions and Analytics / FV Data science (Prof) Green Logistics and Green Routing
Tatiana Konrad Philological and Cultural Studies: Department of English and American Studies (Post-Doc) Climate Crisis and the Environmental Humanities
Aiko Voigt Earth Sciences, Geography, and Astronomy: Metereology & Geophysics (Prof) Clouds and Climate
Anna Preiser Social Sciences: Political Sciences (PhD) Environmental regulation in the Peruvian mining sector as a fig leaf? Advances, challenges and limits
Julia Burkart Physics: Aerosol Physics and Environmental Physics (Post-Doc) Not only pollen: fine particulate emissions from flowering plants

17:00-18:00: open mingling with refreshments

The event in pictures

All photos taken by Johannes Ehrendorfer.

 Opening speech by VR Jean-Robert Tyran