The IHG is participating in this year's #LongNightOfResearch, with the station 'Wo balgen sich Algen und was stört den Stör?' 📅 May 24, 2024 ⏰ 5 pm to 11 pm. More info: langenachtderforschung.at/station/4063 CDL MERI BOKU University

Unser eindringlicher Appell an die Landeshauptleute: das #EU #Renaturierungsgesetz nicht weiter blockieren! Die Verbesserung und Wiederherstellung geschädigter Ökosysteme zählt zu den dringlichsten Aufgaben unserer Generation. @wwfAustria Netzwerk Biodiversität Österreich science.orf.at/stories/322479…

Today we put our science work onto the walls: 53 SCI publications in 2023 and already 10 out this year. Thank you to a great team! 🙏 BOKU University

Exiting news! Martin Tschikof successfully defended his PhD yesterday, exploring floodplain restoration's impact on nutrient retention and multifunctionality. Congratulations on this outstanding achievement! 🎓🎉

🌊💧 Artists, ready to make an impact in water management? Apply now for one of 20 residencies - each with a 40.000 € budget - and turn your ideas into impactful artworks. Deadline: June 26, 2024. starts.eu/starts4waterII… #STARTS4WATERII #ArtResidency #Sustainability #Innovation

Great to have the first paper of Johannes! BIGERScience and #HR21 BOKU Doctoral School. BOKU University

There is also a second option to apply for to address the Danube as living space ! CDL MERI

Eine aktuelle Aussendung zum EU Renaturierungsgesetz - ots.at/presseaussendu… renaturierungsgesetz.at

New paper about our Doctoral School Hr21 hr21.boku.ac.at and the new FWF doc.funds project doi.org/10.1007/s00506… Institute of Social Ecology Vienna SoPhy BOKU BOKU University

Discover the excitement of our Ecology of Algae course, brought to you by dedicated members of the BIGER working group. Experience the joy and enthusiasm of BOKU students as they explore the wonderful world of algae!

The BOKU_IHG institute joined the Long Night of Research (Lange Nacht der Forschung), an event attracting ten thousand visitors in Vienna. Attendees learned about groundbreaking research from the CDL MERI and LIFE-Boat4Sturgeon projects

An impressive poster by Severin Hohensinner about the Danube River and its past and current conditions at the 13th Annual Forum of the EUSDR BOKU University

We are happy to announce that Praise Ainomugisha successfully defended her master thesis about river floodplain ecosystem services on the Austrian Danube. Praise is another successful alumna of our international master program LWM. Congratulations Praise 🎉🎓

Praise AINOMUGISHA successfully defended her Msc thesis "QUANTIFYING RIVER FLOODPLAIN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES OF THE AUSTRIAN DANUBE AND ITS TWO TRIBUTARIES; TRAISEN AND MORAVA" VERBUND AG viadonau & Österr. Bundesforste BOKU_IHG

Our team member Olena Bilous represented our BIGER team at BOKU BIOBLIZ, highlighting global biodiversity with stunning algae photos from Türkenschanzpark lakes. We look forward to more contributions to the EU biodiversity citizen science platform observation.org/bioblitz/uni-o…

Our latest scientific article from the i-CONN Network project in collaboration with Durham University is out! Sonia Recinos & Shubham Tiwari explore network-based approaches for understanding water connectivity in drylands and floodplains onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

We share a new publication about the effect of climate change on biodiversity, published by Olena our team member: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Congrats Olena 👏🏽 🎉

Konsumdialoge: Wasser: Von Trinkwasser über Hochwasser bis Wasserkraft via APA-OTS ots.at/presseaussendu… Zusammenarbeit der BOKU Wasserinstitute beim Konsumdialog Wasser mit Beteiligung unserer DocSchool HR21 - hr21.boku.ac.at BOKU University

We started with the first day of our working group retreat at the biological station Illmitz in Neusiedler See. On this occasion we explored future plans and collaborations.

Our BIGER Science group is proud to be part of it with several team members! Analysing connectivity changes, food web changes in large rivers, species distribution in river networks, wetlands as NbS and the effects of infrastructure development.