Our society faces many social challenges. Public administration, charities & social service providers, civil society and (social) enterprises are already working to solve them. In the face of increasingly complex challenges, there is a need for more cooperation and dialogue across the individual sectors. In the Update Social project at Johannes Kepler University Linz, you can become part of the community of doers and actively participate in shaping the future. Of course, you can find out exactly how this works here at Österreich forscht! Join the research!

We are pleased to welcome the project Writing History: Letters 1914-1919, the first project of the Vienna Library in the City Hall (Wienbibliothek im Rathaus) on Österreich forscht. You can find out how to participate in this exciting contemporary history project on the project website!

This week is all about the Austrian Citizen Science Conference 2023 at JKU Linz. We are looking forward to seeing many colleagues again and to meeting new people!

We are happy to welcome another new project on Österreich forscht! SoilPlastic is a citizen science project that collects data on plastic in soils. You can find out why this is important and how exactly you can participate on the project page.

Wissen macht Leute, our monthly podcast, is celebrating its first birthday! We're celebrating with a very special episode in which only citizen scientists have their say. Give it a listen!

We are pleased to welcome another new project on Österreich forscht! The Phänoflex project of the Österreichisches Kuratorium für Landtechnik und Landentwicklung is investigating together with farmers to what extent flowering events of widespread plants can be used to flexibly adapt mowing regimes to climatic conditions. Take a look!

Next month our podcast will already be 1 year old, and of course we have prepared something special for it. If you would like to listen to the previous year's episodes (only available in German), you can find them on the Podcast page on Österreich forscht. We are also currently conducting a short survey (available only in German) to find out what our listeners like and what they would like to hear less often. We would be very happy to receive further feedback in this survey.

The new project Hero from the Ludwig Boltzmann Society is looking for your help. You want to know how you can be a hero? Then check out the project on Österreich forscht!

The latest episode of our monthly podcast went on air yesterday on Radio Orange and is now available on the Österreich forscht blog under the title Tiere unter Rädern - das Projekt Roadkill. Listen in, it's really exciting!

We are pleased to welcome another new project on Österreich forscht: Aquirufa explores the ecology, biodiversity and distribution of Aquirufa (freshwater bacteria) in water bodies through the active and creative participation of citizen scientists throughout the research process. Check it out and become part of this exciting project!