For the study, “Public Relations and Education Communication: Is Creativity the Opposite of Knowledge? Effects of Knowledge Transfer on the Mediation of Creativity. An Austrian Empirical Study Comparing Three Education Types”, Astrid Spatzier (IFFB Sport- und Bewegungswissenschaft) and Jessica Breu (Master Graduate KoWi) received the Best Paper Award 2017.

Five new professors were appointed to the University of Salzburg in the winter semester 2017/18: Christoph Kühberger, History; Reinhard Klaushofer and Andras Jakab, both Public Law; John Dunlop, Chemistry and Materials Physics; and Kyoko Shinozaki, Political Science and Sociology. The two well-deserved retired professors, Wolfgang Schuhmacher and Harald Stolzlechner, retired on 30 September, 2017.

In cooperation with the Robert Jungk Library and the Province of Salzburg (Salzburg 2050), PLUS presented its new research network CSRN+ on 6 November. The network, which stands for “Climate Change and Sustainability Research Network PLUS”, has over 50 members whose research focuses on climate change, environmental protection and sustainability.