Gruppenfoto: Preisträger:innen 2024: erste Reihe v.li.n.re. M. Hiebl-Fuchs, I. Oliinyk, J. Feldbauer, I. Höppchen, R. Bauer, G. Gella, Ch. Antenhofer, Rektor B. Fügenschuh, J. Paetzold, P. Tschuchnig, H. Attia, B. Füreder, R. Isser | Zweite Reihe v.li.n.re: M. Widmoser, F. Huber, H.Winner, L. Menges, M. Ganser

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Young Investigators Award

Results 2024

EXPLAINING NATURE: NATURAL AND LIFE SCIENCES

1st place: Dr. Georg Stockmaier BSc MSc
Title of the thesis: Oncogenic Hedgehog Pathway Interactions in Skin Cancer and the Spatial Control of the Tumor Immune Microenvironment
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fritz Aberger | Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Jutta Horejs-Hoeck

2nd place: Dr. Elena Fischer BSc MSc
Title of the thesis: The Power of Our Prospection: Measuring Prospection and the Impact of Prospective Coaching on Well-Being 
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anton-Rupert Laireiter | Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Jonas

3rd place: Renate Bauer BSc MSc
Title of the thesis: The role of NLRs in type 2 inflammation
Supervisors: Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Jutta Horejs-Hoeck | Univ-Prof. Mag. Dr. Fatima Ferreira-Briza

3rd place: Thomas Vikoler BSc MSc
Title of the thesis: Assessment and induction of stress in everyday life: The Di-Eu-Stress State Scale and the Salzburg Mobile Stress Induction
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Eva Traut Mattausch | Dr. Mirjam Zanchetta, Msc Msc

EXPLORING LAW, BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

1st place: Mag. Dr. Magdalena Hiebl-Fuchs LLB.oec.
Title of the thesis: Verhaltenssteuerung durch Vertrag – Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Vertragsstrafe
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Kletečka | Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Graf, MA

1st place: Petra Tschuchnig BA MSc
Title of the thesis: Causal Inference and Machine Learning in Health Economics
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Winner | Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Paul Hofmarcher

INVESTIGATING LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND THE ARTS: HUMANITIES

1st place: MMag. Dr. Nora Grundtner
Title of the thesis: Tiere tragen. Fell, Pelz und Körperhaar in der Literatur des Mittelalters
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Kern | Prof. Dr. Astrid Lembke

1st place: Ielizaveta Oliinyk
Title of the thesis: Zeitgenössisches ukrainisches Theater und gesellschaftliche Transformation: Dokumentartheater seit der Maidanrevolution
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Peter Deutschmann | Univ.-Prof. Ulrike Hatzer

2nd place: Dott.ssa. Dr. Erika Capovilla
Title of the thesis: Menschen auf Menschlichkeit aufzurufen. Stefan Zweigs Humanismus-Konstellationen
Supervisors: Dr. Arturo Larcati | Prof. Dr. Elena Polledri (Università degli Studi di Udine)

2nd place: Mag. Dr. Oliver Zimmermann BA
Title of the thesis: Portugal und Spanien im Dialog: Selbstverständnis und reziprokes Fremdbild Portugals und Spaniens in ausgewählter Dialogliteratur des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts (1580–1668)
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christopher F. Laferl | Univ.-Prof. Dr. Arno Strohmeyer

MAKING SENSE: THEOLOGY, PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGION

1st place: Mag. Dr. Julia Maria Feldbauer B.Ed.Univ.
Title of the thesis: Das Land Israel als Spannungsfeldim jüdisch-katholischen Dialog. Eine theologische Analyse des Konzeptes „Land“
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gregor Maria Hoff | Assoz.-Prof. Dr. Martin Rötting

1st place: MMag. Dr. Andrea Maria Schmuck
Title of the thesis: Glaubensraum Dialog. Zur Erkenntnistheorie des jüdisch-christlichen Dialogs
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gregor Maria Hoff | Prof. Dr. René W. Dausner (Hildesheim)

2nd place: Dr. Silvana Pani BA MA
Title of the thesis: Mental Imagery in Action
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christopher Gauker | Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Johannes L. Brandl

Research on the Data Driven: Digital and Analytical World

1st place: Dr. Getachew WorkinehGella
Title of the thesis: Deep Learning for Humanitarian Applications: Spatiotemporal Transferability of Models for Dwelling Extraction in Temporary Settlement Areas
Supervisors: Assoc.-Prof Dr. Stefan Lang | Assoc.-Prof Dr. Dirk Tiede

2nd place: Dipl.-Ing. Manuel Widmoser BEng.
Title of the thesis: Scaling Similarity Queries to Massive Datasets
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Ph.D. Nikolaus Augsten | Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Daniel Kocher BEng.

3rd place: Isabel Höppchen BSc. MSc. 
Title of the thesis: Co-Designing a Digital Technology to Support Patient Pathways from Hospital to Cardiac Rehabilitation
Supervisors: Univ. Prof. DI Dr. Alexander Meschtscherjakov | Dr. Daniela Wurhofer, Dr. Stefan Tino Kulnik

Finalist: Jonas Beck MSc.
Title of the thesis: Combining Stochastic Tendency and Distribution Overlap Towards ImprovedNonparametric Effect Measures and Inference
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Math. Dr. Arne Bathke | Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Trutschnig

UNDERSTANDING SOCIETY: EDUCATION, HISTORY, SOCIAL SCIENCES

1st place: Dr. Ruth Isser MA
Title of the thesis: Eleonore von Schottland zwischen Agency und Wissen. Eine Fürstin im Spiegel ihrer Zeit
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christina Antenhofer | Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Manfred Kern

2nd place: Fatemeh Rezaee
Title of the thesis: The Empowerment Process of Afghan Refugee Women through Non-Formal and Informal Education: Postcolonial Feminist Perspective
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Bütow | Univ.-Prof. Mag. MSc. PhD. Kyoko Shinozaki