Federal Minister Karoline Edtstadler, together with Vice-Rector Martin Weichbold, welcomed Professor Willem Smelik, who will be researching and teaching as a distinguished fellow at the Paris Lodron University of Salzburg (PLUS).

It has long been known that very old rocks exist in the Bohemian Massif, which stretches into northern Austria with the Daube carving out its lower boundary. The working group, led by Professor Fritz Finger from the Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials at the University of Salzburg, has been researching these ancient crystalline rocks for many years. They have now succeeded in identifying the oldest rock ever found in Austria in the Waldviertel.

How do people’s values and attitudes change over the course of a pandemic? Salzburg sociologists have played a major role in a worldwide longitudinal study on this matter. A year on, findings depict an increase of conservatism in Austria.