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Dr. Cornelia Dlabaja has been researching sustainable urban and tourism development at FHWien der WKW as an endowed chair since August 2023. In her inaugural lecture on February 22, 2024, she will present her thematic focus and research methods. It is the first professorship in Austria in the field of urban tourism. […]Read more on “Approaches and challenges of sustainable urban and tourism development”

Ilona Pezenka, Senior Researcher at the Department of Communication at FHWien der WKW, presented recent research results on the relevance of cultural background in tourism advertising videos at the international ENTER conference. The annual conference of the International Federation for Information Technology and Travel and Tourism (IFITT) took place in Izmir (Turkey) in January 2023. […]Read more on Tourism advertising between AI and cultural background

Tilia Stingl de Vasconcelos Guedes wrote a guest article "Of lasers, passion and Nobel Prizes" on "Der Brutkasten". […]Read more on About the world of innovation

In his guest commentary on kurier.at, Marian Adolf, Researcher at the Department of Communication, analyzes why the 'public sphere' is an elusive concept and yet a precious good. […]Read more on “Protection from X-tremists!”

Ann-Christine Schulz from the Institute for Digital Transformation & Strategy (IDS) and Maija Worek from the Management & Entrepreneurship Study Programs present the results of an empirical analysis of 18 European family businesses in the Austrian Management Review […]Read more on Family businesses acquire efficiently, but are not (yet) innovative

Anna-Vera Deinhammer has been an Endowed Professor for Sustainable Real Estate Development in the construction and property industry since June 2023. She is also active in the World Green Building Council on behalf of the ÖGNI (Austrian Society for Sustainable Real Estate Development) and Vice President "Director for Circular Cities and Regions" of the Circular Economy Forum Austria. The expertise… […]Read more on Side visits, discussions, jury member – the expertise of Endowed Professor Anna-Vera Deinhammer is in demand!

Current career starters and employees aged 18 to 39 differ less dramatically from previous generations than one might assume based on current discussions. A study by FHWien der WKW in cooperation with Siemens Energy Austria questions the "differences" of Generation Z in the job market. […]Read more on Will everything stay different? GenZ’s expectations of the job market.

Thanks to a typology developed at the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy (IBES), managers can now take a more targeted approach to managing companies' sustainability strategies. The spectrum of strategic positioning ranges from efficiency gains at company level to extensive systematic transformation. […]Read more on How can sustainability be managed systematically?

Inspired by the Institute for Business Ethics and Sustainable Strategy’s (IBES) current research project “TransformS”, this winter semester’s “Responsible Management Lectures” presented their “Ideas for Better Business” under the heading of “Sustainability Transitions”. The role of corporate leadership On October 25, 2023, Barbara Kump, Associate Professor at the University of Twente, shared insights into her […]Read more on Sustainability Transitions for Better Business

At her inaugural lecture on November 16, 2023, Dr. Anna-Vera Deinhammer presented her focus areas and research methods for the next five years to an audience of students, real estate experts and colleagues. […]Read more on Inaugural lecture by endowed chair Anna-Vera Deinhammer