COMPLEX TOPICS REQUIRE INTERDISCIPLINARITY
Data Science students at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg investigated the effects of climate change on biodiversity. The analysis of complex interrelationships requires cooperation between people in different fields of research. This not only applies to science, but also to research-led teaching.
Beijing Olympics and the PLUS
13 athletes from the Olympic Centre Salzburg Rif will compete at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2022. The Olympic Centre is managed in cooperation with the State of Salzburg and the Paris Lodron University. The athletes have received top-quality mentoring thanks to the state’s financial support as well as the PLUS and its Department of Sport Science and Kinesiology’s know-how and infrastructure.
Österreichische Nationalbank funds “lifelong learning” project of Jörg Paetzold and Klaus Nowotny
Lifelong learning is of increasing importance for many economies facing structural change and rising labor market dynamics. To foster lifelong and adult learning, many advanced economies have introduced leave programs for educational purposes, including Austria (the so-called “Bildungskarenz”). Several reforms have made the Austrian educational leave program one of the most generous and expensive educational leave programs among all OECD countries (OECD 2019).
