Projects
Here you can find an overview of ongoing and completed projects by members of our VAN community. Follow the links to learn more about each project and how these inform our research on the Anthropocene.
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Anthropocene Poetics
This projects asks for the aesthetic and poetic implications of the Anthropocene. How can literature narrate and negotiate radically altered modes of existence? And which literary forms does a new understanding of nature call for?
Principal Investigator: Eva Horn
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LANGUAGE of the Anthropocene
This UNESCO project aims to engage new ideas and networks in the development of the Anthropocene concept by cooperating closely with scientists from the Global South to unite and assess global evidence of the Anthropocene.
Principal Investigator: Michael Wagreich
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The Anthropocene Surge
This interdisciplinary research project funded by the WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) aims to explore the growth of the Anthropocene signal in the urban environments of Vienna.
Principal Investigator: Michael Wagreich
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INFRANORTH – Building Arctic Futures
This ERC-funded project explores the role of transport infrastructures in sustaining arctic communities. New large-scale infrastructures change landscapes and local realities, with significant implications for the Arctic in the Anthropocene.
Principal Investigator: Peter Schweitzer
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MARIPOLDATA – The Politics of Marine Biodiversity Data
This ERC-funded project studies science-policy interrelations to identify new forms of power in global environmental politics, with a specific focus on increasing anthropogenic pressures that threaten marine biodiversity.
Principal Investigator: Alice Vadrot
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Twin Politics – Digital Twins for Sustainable Ocean Futures
This ERC-funded project investigates the development of digital twins as a (geo)political phenomenon that could permanently change the interface between science and politics.
Principal Investigator: Alice Vadrot
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NoeSLIDE – Long-term Landslide Monitoring
This long-term monitoring project analyses how landslide processes are influenced by external factors such as rainfall and aims to develop and employ new measuring methods for geomonitoring.
Principal Investigator: Thomas Glade
Stumvoll et al. 2019
Resources on the Anthropocene
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Readings
Curious about the Anthropocene but unsure where to start? Then our list of essential readings is just for you.
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Keywords
Explore key concepts and topics in Anthropocene research through the material we have curated here.
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Videos
In our media library you will find video recordings of past lectures, conferences and workshops.