Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change

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Graz, Austria

The Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change is an interdisciplinary, internationally oriented research center of the University of Graz (Faculty of Environmental and Regional Sciences and Education, with base institutes also in the Faculties of Natural Sciences and Social and Economic Sciences), which combines the competences of the University in the research areas "Climate, Environmental, and Global Change". The center brings together, in a building close to the University central campus dedicated for that purpose, research teams and scientists from fields such as geophysics and climate physics, meteorology, economics, geography, and regional sciences. At the same time, close links exist and are further developed with many cooperation partners, both nationally and internationally. The research interests extend from monitoring, analysis, modelling and prediction of climate and environmental change via climate impact research to the analysis of the human dimensions of these changes, i.e., the role of humans in causing and being affected by climate and environmental change as well as concerning adaptation and mitigation. The director of the center, hosting about 35 researchers, is the geophysicist Gottfried Kirchengast, the lead partner and deputy director is the economist Karl Steininger.

Contact details

Website:
http://wegcenter.uni-graz.at/en/

Address:
Brandhofgasse 5, 8010 Graz, Austria

Country:
Austria

Sub-region:
Western Europe

Areas of focus

Geographics of focus
Austria
Operating languages
English , German

Organisation details

Business model
University institute/center
Institutional affiliations
University
Year founded
2005
Age (years)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 20
Austria average
 38
Global average
 32
Founded by
Founders: Gottfried Kirchengast
Founder gender: All male
Leadership
Leader(s) (2025): Karl Steininger
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2024): Karl Steininger
Leader gender: Male
Leader(s) (2023): Dr. Andrea Steiner
Leader gender: Female
Staff size
2025
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 16
Austria average
 49
Global average
 87
2024
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 4
2023
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 95
% Female staff
2025
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 44%
Austria average
 52%
Global average
 50%
2024
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 75%
2023
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 36%
% Female researchers
2025
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 32%
Austria average
 49%
Global average
 47%
2019
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 30%

Organisational performance

Publications
2024
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 68
Austria average
 47
Global average
 58
2022
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 3
2020
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 5

Social

Likes (2023)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 30,000
Austria average
 5,051
Global average
 26,974
Subscribers (2025)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 4,810
Austria average
 3,135
Global average
 7,437
Subscribers (2023)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 4,130
Followers (2025)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 23,300
Austria average
 13,801
Global average
 18,648
Followers (2023)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 17,000
Followers (2025)
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change
 57,000
Austria average
 17,452
Global average
 15,869

Data notes

Last updated: 24/02/2025
Rating of data accuracy (find out more) : Authenticated
Data sources consulted: Organisation´s website
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