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Senator Wittschier Preis 2010 for Matthias Stöckl

December 2011: Matthias Stöckl has been honored with the Senator Wittschier Preis 2010.

Published on 17 May 2013

Article presented in “Die Zeit” and “Format”!

August/September 2010: Paper “Evaluating human life using court decisions on damages for pain and suffering” (Leiter, Thöni and Winner) has been presented in weekly newspaper “Die Zeit” and in the austrian economic magazine “Format”.

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Published on 17 May 2013

Research Statement

The European Union faces an ongoing decline in biodiversity partly caused by changes in land-use such as the simultaneous phenomena of extensivation and intensification in agriculture. Legally binding directives (FFH directive, bird directive, water directive, etc.) that aim at implementing global conventions on an EU-scale imply regular reporting and scientific success control obligations for all member states.

Published on 17 May 2013