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Rural Women's Right to Access to Land in North-West Ethiopia: Challenges and Limits

Why do legal land rights not translate into real access for rural women? A joint Ethiopian-Austrian research project combined field studies, legal review and stakeholder dialogue to uncover the barriers women face in North-West Ethiopia.

3 min read · 29. January 2026
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Event Summary: 15th S-DHG Forum 2025

Around 60 participants from funding agencies and organisations across Europe and around the world came together for the 15th S-DHG Forum 2025 – the Forum of the Cooperation for Sustainable Development in Higher Education Group (S-DHG), which took place in November 2025 at OeAD in Vienna. The meeting focused on a central challenge: how to communicate the value of higher education cooperation with the Global South during a time of increasing global uncertainty, shrinking budgets, and shifting political priorities.

3 min read · 01. January 2026
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Jetzt einreichen: Young‑Science‑Gütesiegel für Forschungspartnerschulen!

Bereits 80 Schulen erfüllten in den ersten sieben Ausschreibungen die Bewertungskriterien und wurden dafür mit dem Young-Science-Gütesiegel für Forschungspartnerschulen ausgezeichnet. Nun schreiben das BMFWF und der OeAD das Siegel erneut aus und laden ALLE Schulen in Österreich ein, noch bis 23. Februar ihre Forschungskooperationen und -aktivitäten vorzuweisen und einzureichen. Voraussichtlich im Juni werden die von einer Jury ausgewählten Forschungspartnerschulen 2026 im Zuge einer festlichen Verleihung mit einer Urkunde und einer Plakette für die Schulwand ausgezeichnet. Das Siegel wird für die Dauer von zwei Jahren verliehen.

1 min read · 15. December 2025
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MedUni Innsbruck joins European university alliance NeurotechEU

The Medical University of Innsbruck is the first Austrian university to join the Europe-wide network for neurotechnology.

1 min read · 26. November 2025
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Austria’s First Doctoral College in Computational Sustainability

TU Wien and JKU Linz have established a joint doctoral college to advance research at the intersection of computer science and sustainability.

1 min read · 19. November 2025
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Report on the kick-off meeting of REVITAL-MU-ADU

In July 2025, Mekelle University, in partnership with Adigrat University and international collaborators, inaugurated the REVITAL-MU-ADU Project under the theme “Revitalizing Mekelle and Adigrat Universities’ Academic Capacity Post-Conflict: Introducing Peri-Urban Agroforestry for Climate Resilience, Forest Restoration, and Women’s Livelihood Enhancement.”

2 min read · 18. September 2025
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Österreichische Erfolge in den Erasmus+ zentralen Aktionen 2025

Die Europäische Kommission hat die Ergebnisse des Aufrufs 2025 zu den in Brüssel zentral verwalteten Hochschulaktionen veröffentlicht.

1 min read · 02. September 2025
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Japan Science Day Returns to TU Wien

Following last year’s success, the Japan Science Day @TU Wien will return on Friday, November 7, 2025.

1 min read · 22. August 2025
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Japan Science Day Returns to TU Wien

Following last year’s success, the Japan Science Day @TU Wien will return on Friday, November 7, 2025.

1 min read · 22. August 2025
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BioGold | Report on the 1st project year

The project aims to combine biosorption and chemical remediation techniques to treat contaminated wastewater and tailings, and rehabilitate contaminated soils, thereby safeguarding vulnerable ecosystems around artisanal gold mining (ASGM) areas in Uganda. The biochar composites will be developed from locally available biomass to make them suitable for remediation of the soils for agricultural purposes.

2 min read · 06. August 2025
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GIRT | Report on the 3rd project year

GIRT’s third project year was dedicated to analysing the qualitative research phase in Ethiopia and Mozambique. Once interviewing was completed at all four study sites, a preliminary assessment of the data was conducted. Altogether, more than 400 interviews with female and male residents in informal settlements and slums had been conducted by researchers, as well as PhD students and research associates affiliated with the project. In a joint effort, the project team conceived a master plan for transcribing, translating and coding all interviews.

3 min read · 05. August 2025
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14 new KoEF projects selected for funding

The Cooperation Development Research (KoEF) programme continues to foster international partnerships between Austrian higher education institutions and research partners in the Global South. In its 5th call for proposals, the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Science and Research (BMFWF) has approved 14 new projects for funding.

3 min read · 05. August 2025