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Current research projects

As part of the 1st “Sparkling Science 2.0” call, 34 citizen science projects have been funded with a total of 11.5 million euros since fall 2022. The 27 funded projects in the 2nd call will start in the 2024/25 school year. 
The funded projects cover various scientific disciplines and are thematically diverse: from contemporary history and migration research to ecology and microbiology to climate change education and sustainability research. 

61 projects found

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  • Some young people are sitting in a circle on a blanket on the grass around some small pictures that are lying on the blanket, some of them are holding round objects in their hands.
    © Andrea Möller
    BiodiverCITY-Island Hopping
    Creating and exploring biodiversity islands in the city for action-oriented learning
  • A wall with graffiti with the slogan ‘Your voice is stronger than you think’ written on it in German.
    © Brigitte Temel
    CHANGE
    Students research social inequality
  • Zwei Schüler vermessen einen Baum
    © Rainer Reiter
    City–Tree–Soil
    Effects of Urban Environment on Treegrowth and Soil Carbon
  • Drei Kinder sitzen vor dem PC
    © Bernd Resch
    Climate Agents
    Planet A in a Digital World
  • Einige Jugendliche und Erwachsene stehen auf einer Dachterrasse, auf der sich einige Stapel Holzpfosten und Bretter sowie eine aus Pfosten und Brettern zusammengebaute Konstruktion befinden. Im Hintergrund sind einige Altbauten sowie rechts ein neues Gebäude zu sehen.
    © TU Wien/ Azra Korjenic
    Climate Ready Schools
    Investigating microclimate of school grounds and co-creative development of measures to enhance climate resilience in Austrian schools
  • Zeichnung Menschen turnen
    © Sarah Fichtinger
    Daring Emotions
    Exploring feelings in education and teacher professionalization
  • Mädchen schaut in Laptop
    © Gerd Altmann/Pixabay
    Daten*bilden
    Creatively developing and promoting careful data practices in schools
  • Eine Person in Labormantel und Laborhandschuhen, von der man nur die Arme und Hände sieht, füllt mit einem dünnen violetten Röhrchen etwas in eine eckige Glasflsche. Auf dem Tisch vor dieser Person stehen weitere Behälter.
    © Gabriele Gadermaier
    DIAG_NOSE
    Diagnostic improvement of allergies using nasal fluid and saliva
  • Krebszellen unter dem Mikroskop
    © Iva Brcic
    DigiPath Cancer Fight
    Fighting cancer with digital pathology
  • Personen sitzen rund um einen Tisch mit verschiedenen digitalen Geräten
    © Alexander Preisinger
    Digital GameBase/d Learning
    Contextualising, curating and annotating with a video game database
  • Fibroblasten
    © Michael Mildner
    Flower-Power
    Plant Extracts and Their Influence on Scar Formation
  • Frau spaziert mit Kopfhörern durch den Wald
    © Gianordoli / KI
    Forest Groove
    Forest biodiversity in tune
  • Four young people are sitting together at a table in a classroom in front of laptops. At the front of the room there is a large screen displaying a website.
    © Jonas Leutgeb/HAK Zwettl
    HybridLearningSpaces@School
    Pedagogical, technical and cooperation-related conditions for success of hybrid learning spaces across school sites
  • ein auf Karton geschriebener Slogan für eine Demonstration
    © Markus Spiske / Pexels
    Klagenfurt goes climate-neutral
    Participation and Justice in the City of the Future
  • Schneebedeckte Berge mit einer Warntafel
    © Wikimedia Commons Root5.5
    Laser4Snow
    Laser-assisted in-situ snow cover measurement
  • MatheConnect-Logo
    © Sandra Friederike Wieser/MatheConnect
    MathConnect
    Cross-curricular topics for the mathematics classroom, that matter to 21st century learners
  • Sinnvoll Aktiv-Logo
    © Philipp Kornfeind
    Meaningfully Active
    Development of assistance systems to promote physical activity of elderly persons with visual impairment and blindness
  • A girl is writing with ChatGPT, Asian characters are visible on the computer monitor.
    © Paulina Wagner
    MultilinguA.I.
    Artificial intelligence in the foreign language classroom
  • Four children are standing together, each holding a smartphone and looking at it.
    © iStock/Kerkez
    NoFakeFacts
    Young citizen science project to promote media literacy and scientific literacy among adolescents
  • ein Mädchen steht vor einer Pinwand, auf der Zeichnungen von Kindern aufgehängt sind und schaut sich die Zeichnungen an
    © UNIVIE/Zartler
    Researching families differently with children (MiKA)
    Children's concepts of family diversity
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© Congerdesign/Pixabay
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