Here is this year’s selection of Other Christmas Charols. I do not own the rights to any of these songs. Go and buy them. Last years‘ lists can be found here. The tracks can also be found on the YouTube playlist
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17|11|11: Operation Tubetop
The Canadian-born, Vienna- and Moscow-raised Tova Marr runs – among a myriad of other things like an incredibly busy social life – the very entertaining podcast „Operation Tubetop“. In 2016, Tova was the social media correspondent of the Vienna Ball of Sciences. To mark the begin of the carneval season she invited me to talk about what it was like to grow up in Vienna in the 1970s (dull), how to organize a ball in the 2010s (fun) and which historical period in Vienna I would like to have encountered (you will never guess). For all this and more check out Tova’s podcast page.
17|03|13: Thomas König on ERC history
Yesterday, I had the pleasure to welcome Thomas König to the Special Colloquium at IST Austria. Here is my introduction:
„If there is one single number which explains IST Austria, its organization and its scientific success to politicians, entrepreneurs, bureaucrats and journalists in Austria and abroad it is the number of ERC grants as fraction of the faculty. This number impresses non-scientists like no other, this number is quoted most frequently. Currently (as of March 10, 2017) this number is at 33 ERC grants (for 28 ERC grantees) out of a faculty of 46. Weiterlesen
16|11|12: Other Christmas Carols 2016
Here is this year’s selection of Other Christmas Charols. Enjoy the samples. I do not own the rights to any of these songs. Go and buy them. Last years‘ lists can be found here. Weiterlesen
16|06|16: Summer Songs 2016
Some summer songs. As usual a random selection of inspiring and reflective tunes. I do not own the rights to any of these songs. Go and buy the music. Lists from the past can be found here. For videos see tracks on YouTube playlist
16|03|20: Lehmann im EUSJA-Vorstand
Eine Meldung in eigener Sache. Am Samstag, den 19.03.2016, wurde ich in den Vorstand der EUSJA gewählt. Hier die entsprechende Pressemitteilung:
Lehmann neuer Honorary Secretary von EUSJA
Der Vertreter des österreichischen Klubs der Bildungs- und WissenschaftsjournalistInnen wurde in den Vorstand des Dachverbands der europäischen WissenschaftsjournalistInnen gewählt. Weiterlesen
16|03|14: For Helmut Veith (1971-2016)
“I have this idea”
My friend Helmut Veith passed away on Saturday, 12 March 2016, from the effects of a pulmonary embolism after an operation on his leg. He was 45 years old. Helmut is survived by his wife Anna, their son Nikita, and his mother Herta. Our thoughts are with them. I leave it to others to honour his pioneering achievements in the field of computer science. With this text I intend to recognize his outstanding abilities as science communicator. Weiterlesen
16|02|14: Why I am standing for the position of Honorary Secretary
The election committee for the 2016 EUSJA board elections–Mercè Piqueras, Jesper Madsen and István Palugyai–asked each nominee to send a short CV, a photo and his (her) short view on EUSJA, the European Union of Science Journalists‘ Associations. The list of candidates with this information will be sent to all National Associations at least a month before the next General Assembly on March 19, 2016, in Strasbourg (France) to give each association time for discussion beforehand. Here is my presentation, in a slightly extended version then actually requested: Weiterlesen
16|02|15: Going Public
On February 9, 2016, I had the pleasure to host a panel discussion of the Austrian Association of Education and Science Journalists with Norbert Bischofberger and Josef Penninger at the Presseclub Concordia. This is how I presented the event to the club members:
16|02|12: Turning Vienna into a City of Science
Known to the world as a metropolis of music, Vienna’s scientific research does not receive the international recognition it deserves. Changing this would require a new mindset, Pavel Kabat (IIASA) and Thomas Henzinger (IST Austria) agree when I interviewed them on January 7, 2016, for the Ball Magazine 2016.