THE OLDEST ROCK OF AUSTRIA – DISCOVERED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG
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.
CHANGING VALUES. THE RISE IN CONSERVATISM IN THE CORONA CRISIS
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.
SALZBURG INTERNATIONAL TEMPLAR STUDIES NETWORK – ON THE TRAIL OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
At the end of April 2021, the “Salzburg International Templar Studies Network” was founded at the Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Interfaculty Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Neuropsychiatry at the University of Salzburg by Prof. J. M. Rainer, Prof. F. Monticelli, Assoz. Prof. Jan Cemper Kiesslich and PD Daniele Mattiangeli.
