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Alexander Schmid from the Institute for Digital Transformation & Strategy (IDS) demonstrated at the 2026 Annual Procurement Forum of the Austrian Centre for Productivity and Efficiency (ÖPWZ) how raw data can be used to derive valuable insights for procurement and logistics with the help of Artificial Intelligence (AI). The focus was on concrete applications from business practice and the translation… […]Read more on Understanding Data, Gaining Insights: How AI Supports Procurement and Logistics

How can heavily visited destinations benefit from tourism when the quality of life for residents suffers due to the influx of visitors? Cornelia Dlabaja, Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban and Tourism Development at FHWien der WKW, shared research findings from Hallstatt and Venice during an ORF discussion in Dürnstein. […]Read more on Shaping Tourism – Without Letting the Community Become a Backdrop

Using artificial intelligence for text generation seems like a blessing in corporate communications. But experts from FHWien der WKW reveal in a guest commentary for Horizont that the curse behind it is the loss of individuality. […]Read more on Corporate Individuality and AI: Why Everything Suddenly Sounds Kind of the Same

Marian Adolf, Andreas Hess, and Gisela Reiter from the Department of Communication presented a recent study at the European Communications Conference (ECC) 2026 in Brno (Czech Republic) that examines the effects of changing media usage on the democratic resilience of modern societies. […]Read more on Media Transformation as Challenge for Democratic Resilience

In early September, Clemens Löffler from the Competence Center for Business Controlling & Accounting at FHWien der WKW presented the latest research findings on closed-loop supply chains at the International Conference on Operations Research 2026. The discussion centered on the question of whether manufacturers or suppliers should retrieve used products and components. […]Read more on Successful closure of the loop

Since fall 2021, the Research Institute IDS at FHWien der WKW and the startup BOOXit have been collaborating on solutions for more sustainable, digitized, and human-centered logistics. […]Read more on Five Years of Research for the Logistics of Tomorrow

Isabel Rodenas and Patrick Rupprecht from the Institute for Digital Transformation & Strategy (IDS) investigated the impact of different role distributions in the design thinking process on efficiency, workload and human control. They presented their findings at the 18th International Conference on Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies 2026 in Venice. […]Read more on How should humans and generative AI collaborate in the innovation process?

In her recently published academic article “Caring for Cultural Heritage Cities through Regenerative Tourism,” which appeared in the Routledge Handbook on Regenerative Tourism and Hospitality, Endowed Chair Cornelia Dlabaja explores the future of historic tourist cities. The focus is on the concept of regenerative tourism: tourism that not only uses cities as travel destinations but, above all, preserves and further… […]Read more on Supporting Heritage Cities Through Sustainable Tourism

How can cities and tourism destinations cope with social, environmental, and economic crises? And what role do local communities, collaboration, and participation play in this context? These were the questions addressed at the international ATLAS Annual Conference 2026, which took place June 23–26 in Leeds, UK. […]Read more on From Vienna to Leeds: Cornelia Dlabaja as Expert

Experts Christina Schweiger, Cornelia Dlabaja and Marian Adolf analyze the impact of digital technologies in recent media reports. In an interview on Ö1’s “Mittagsjournal”, the Head of the Human Resources & Organization Study Programs, explains how AI is changing the job application process. The Endowed Chair for Sustainable Urban Tourism highlights the impact of short-term tourist rentals as featured in… […]Read more on FHWien Expertise on Digital and Urban Challenges