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New commentary in the Austrian newspaper DER STANDARD: Why a national Green Deal is needed right now!

Franz Essl wrote a commentary piece on why the extreme heat and drought wave that has hit Austria in the last months also offers opportunities for national...

31.08.2026

Publication

New Publication – The Influence of Resurvey Plot Location on Observed Vegetation Change

Long-term vegetation study through resurveys is essential for quantifying how biodiversity changes over time. The accuracy of resurvey data is influenced...

17.08.2026

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Stefan M. Gergely Fellowship for biodiversity research

The Stefan M. Gergely Prizes and Fellowships of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) were awarded in 2026 to two researchers and three journalists. One of...

02.06.2026

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New publication – Shining a Light on “Dark Extinctions” – undocumented extinctions are the rule rather than the exception

Species loss is accelerating and has surpassed historic extinction rates. But how well do we actually capture extinctions and do we know how many species...

11.05.2026

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New publication – European colonialism still threatens biodiversity and languages worldwide

Biodiversity and languages are threatened worldwide. The IPBES Global Assessment estimates around 1 Mio. species at risk of extinction and the same holds...

11.05.2026

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Franz Essl has joined Academia Europaea

In April 2026, Franz Essl has been invited to join the European Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea. Academia Europaea is an interdisciplinary scientific...

27.04.2026

Events

MOTIVATE project annual meeting in Vienna

The Vienna BioInvasions team had the pleasure of hosting this year’s annual MOTIVATE project meeting.

02.03.2026

Events

OneSTOP project annual meeting

From 19-22 January, Lisa Tedeschi attended the annual meeting of the EU Horizon project OneSTOP in Almería, Spain.

30.01.2026

E-STEEM Call Open now! 20 Female Post Doc Positions @Uni Vienna

With E-STEEM – empowering women in STEM and Economics, the University of Vienna awards at least 20 four-year and full-time (40h/week) postdoctoral...

30.01.2026

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Tom Vorstenbosch successfully defended his PhD Thesis!

On the 18th of December, Tom Vorstenbosch defended his thesis “Modelling biological invasions in the sub-Antarctic under climate change”, supervised by...

18.12.2025

Publication

New Study Reveals Global Surge in Invasive Mosquito Species

An international research team led by the University of Lisbon and involving the University of Vienna reports a rapid worldwide increase in...

06.11.2025

Media

Franz Essl in conversation on Austrian radio on alien insects and their impacts

On Wednesday 29/10, Franz Essl was a guest in “Punkt 1” on the Austrian Radio Ö1. The broadcast focused on rapidly spreading alien insects in Austria,...

05.11.2025

Latest Publications

Ciarle R., Vaishnav T., Bosher G., & Mologni F. (2026). Integrating functional and trait-based models to explain seed size variation on islands in the New Zealand region. Evolutionary Journal Of The Linnean Society, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/evolinnean/kzag007

Hagr E. A. A., Mohammed E. M. I., Gadallah N. A. H., Hassan T. T., & Omer A. (2026). Dynamics of ecosystem service values under land cover change in the Dinder semi-arid biosphere reserve, Sudan. Ecological Indicators, 185, 114821. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ECOLIND.2026.114821

Dawson W., Blumenthal D., Čuda J., Duncan R. P., Frohlich D., Hejda M., et al. (2026). Cross-border colonists : How naturalised species reshape prairies, Pampas, and savannas. Routledge Handbook Of Grasslands, 232-248. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003394969-18

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