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Prof. Anthony Di Benedetto, Professor of Marketing and Supply Chain Management at Temple University, is spending this academic year as a Fulbright scholar at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Harvey Goldstein, head of the Department of Public Governance and Management at MODUL University Vienna, and Gunther Maier from WU-Wien have published an article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research that examines whether the subjective value of journals by scholars in the field of planning is related to journal impact factors. Impact factors are based upon incidence of citations of the articles published in a given journal. Goldstein and Maier found that there is no statistical relationship, and urge university administrators to be cautious in using journal impact factors for making personnel decisions and for evaluating the scholarly productivity of academic departments.

The Climate Change Collaboratory (Triple-C) is a two-year research project funded within the Austrian Climate Research Program (ACRP). The introductory expert workshop and public symposium entitled “Climate Change Communication and Collaboration: Translating Awareness into Collective Action” took place on June 16th, 2010 at MODUL University Vienna. Photos of the event as well as the slides of the keynote speakers (see short biographies below) are now available for download:

• David D. Herring, Communications Program Director, U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Climate Program Office
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• Prof. Dr. Helga Kromp-Kolb, Head of the Institute of Meteorology, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences
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• Prof. DDr. Arno Scharl, Vice President and Head of Department, MODUL University Vienna, Department of New Media Technology
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• Dr. David Stainforth, Senior Research Fellow, London School of Economics, Grantham Research Institute
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• Moderator: Thomas E. Bowman, MA, President of the Bowman Design Group and Founder of the Climate Solutions Project
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From March 25th – 28th, the foremost tourism researchers of Europe gathered for the first time in Vienna to attend the annual conference of the Tourist Research Center (http://trc.aiest.org). The „Who‘s Who“ of tourism research came together not only to discuss current research projects but also the forthcoming challenges for tourism especially with consideration of the difficult economic situation faced today.

Once again MODUL University Vienna will host an important international meeting on tourism research. From March 25 to 28, 2010 the members of the Tourist Research Center (TRC) will gather at this center for international education and research on Kahlenberg for their annual meeting. Founded in the mid 1960s, the Tourist Research Center is a reputable association of Europe’s most important researchers and consultants. The members of this association have a background in economics and other social sciences, and have demonstrated significant involvement in research in tourism.

Website: http://trc.aiest.orgThe Tourist Research Center (TRC), in co-operation with MODUL University Vienna, has just launched its new website which aims to foster collaboration among its members in an online environment. TRC and MODUL University Vienna jointly developed and implemented this first online representation to create visibility of the club of tourism researchers and consultants.