A comprehensive structural reform at the Paris Lodron University Salzburg (PLUS) came into force at the beginning of 2022. The PLUS now consists of six faculties. The Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences has been given a new name, as it used to be called the Faculty of Natural Sciences.

An international network of researchers, including Salzburg economists Jörg Paetzold and Hannes Winner, was the first to study the effects of corona vaccines on the transmission of infections, hospitalisations and mutations in a real-life setting.

The project, which will receive 3 million euros in funding from the European Commission, will look at the backlash against feminism and gender equality and its impact on democracy. It examines phenomena such as hate speech in social media, anti-equality debates in political parties and parliaments, and citizens’ attitudes towards democracy and feminism.