“Glamour and celebration, unconditional and not preceded by delivering conference papers, is precisely what the scientific community needs today. Scientists spend an increasing amount of time competing with their peers, collecting publishing points, filling out bureaucratic forms, applying for prestigious grants, indulging in petty institutional politics, complaining about the global neoliberal restructuring of universities and isolating themselves in their offices. Continue reading Tereza Kuldova →

“Physically, one can easily describe, why the Vienna Ball of Sciences is one of the most fascinating happenings of the season: Students and researchers, well-established scholars and those to be interact as one matter through space – the Vienna City Hall. This interplay is highly promising in terms of energy to be released, which guarantees innovation and development. Continue reading Werner Gruber →