No energy transition without metallic minerals: Research project investigates trade in critical raw materials in times of political unrest

The war between Russia and Ukraine, for example, does not only affect the trade in gas and oil, but also the market for metallic minerals, which Europe urgently needs to boost the energy transition. A research project from the field of economics is investigating how trade in mineral commodities is linked to geopolitical risks.

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Self-fulfilling prophecies: What causes a bank to fail?

We talk about self-fulfilling prophecies when something we have predicted comes true as a result of our conscious and unconscious actions. Jack Bryson, university assistant in the Ada Lovelace Programme, is using modelling and simulations to find out which social science phenomena can cause banks to fail.

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“The range of courses offered immediately appealed to me”

“I first developed an interest in business topics while I was still at school at HAK International in Klagenfurt, which is where I completed my secondary education,” Miriam Wiltsche recounts. After graduating from high school, she opted to further expand her knowledge in the field of economics with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Innsbruck and subsequently pursued her Master’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Klagenfurt. “From the very beginning, it was clear to me that a Bachelor’s degree would mainly teach me the basics, while a Master’s degree would allow for deeper specialisation,” she explains.

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On “here” and “elsewhere” in literature in Senegal and Austria

The Senegalese literary scholar Mbagnick Sene discovered the works of Franz Innerhofer, Thomas Mann, Peter Handke, Arthur Schnitzler, Franz Kafka, Josef Winkler and Thomas Bernhard in his home country. Today, he is fascinated by identity, politics and the relationship between Africa and Europe in his research on transcultural literary studies.

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