MUSIG   Multi-sensor Information Generation to Support Crisis Management and Prevention   B Background Mass movements and activities in public space increasingly pose major challenges to authorities and responders in terms of (1) availability and use of current and small-scale collective movement data for situational awareness and assessment, (2) analysis of data in near [...]

  A sharing platform for nature and culture objects built by teens in Lungau   B Background While the central region of Salzburg has a wide range of extracurricular STEM education programs, the programs in the district of Tamsweg are more sparse and have little reference to the regional context due to their supraregional orientation. [...]

DEGENET   Threats to democracy on the net   B Background In addition to the undisputed benefits of digital media for social cohesion, which are also desirable in terms of democratic policy, anti-democratic and anti-constitutional dynamics such as fake news, hate speech, conspiracy narratives, calls for violence and breaches of the constitution are increasingly [...]

Ensuring Humanitarian Safety through Real-time Situational Awareness for Efficient Management of Migration Movements

Science Communication - Human Sensors   How user-generated data can be used for citizen-centric urban planning     B Background Participatory, citizen-centered planning processes are a necessary, but still less acknowledged approach in the development of urban and spatial planning. The proactive involvement of citizens, coupled with the latest technological processes, in these planning activities [...]

Twitter Geo-Epidemiological Feasibility Study   Improving epidemiological models by adding spatial and semantic information derived from social media data     M Methods Extracting Twitter posts that mention influenza, yellow fever, cholera, Ebola, and other diseases for 12 countries in Africa. Creating basic statistics like the number of tweets per capita per week per country [...]

  integrated Digital Earth Applications and Science lab     B Background The iDEAS:lab is an interactive laboratory for research-based learning at all levels, geoinformatics experiments and the general public. Equipped with innovative Digital Earth technologies, the focus is on the interface between real and virtual worlds. The iDEAS:lab offers modules that make Digital Earth [...]

    B Background Women and men still differ greatly in their in their employment biographies and in their choice of occupational occupational fields: STEM-related training paths and especially branches with technical and digital content are still chosen by a majority of male candidates. This situation is due to the persistent existence of traditional role [...]

  MINT:labs MINT:labs for the Science City Itzling   B Background In recent years, Science City Itzling has developed into a nationally recognized location in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials research, computer science, human-computer interaction, data science and geoinformatics, with strengths both in basic research and in applications. The aggregation of important institutions from [...]