A network of Academic Chairs at all Circle U. universities has a leading role in Circle U. Academic Chairs are responsible for developing the three thematic priorities and driving them forward by means of innovative courses, seminars and summer schools. The University of Vienna is pleased to announce that Prof. Sabine Pahl, Professor of Urban and Environmental Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology (Climate Change) and Prof. Dorothee Bohle, Professor of Comparative Politics at the Faculty of Social Sciences (Democracy), have been nominated as Academic Chairs at the University of Vienna.

Since October 2020, Elena Furthmayr has been a student at the University of Vienna, studying law at the Juridicum in Vienna. She is now in the second of three sections of law school. She became a member of the VSStÖ (Socialist Student Association in Austria) and started working at the Students Union at the University of Vienna in January 2022. As part of the Office for Sustainability and International Affairs, Elena is responsible for the international part of this office. She works with requests from students, especially regarding Erasmus+ (Incoming and Outgoing) and other opportunities for students to study abroad or for foreign students to study in Austria. Furthermore, she now especially works with and for the Circle U. Alliance and the Circle U. Student Union (CUSU).

Maria Yoveska is currently studying a Master’s program in International Business Administration at the University of Vienna with focus on International Marketing and International Business. She graduated from the Bachelor’s program in International Business Administration at the Vienna University of Economics and Business with a focus on International Marketing Management and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Since November 2021, she has worked as a freelance researcher for the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) on research projects for the European Commission and the Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw). She is writing her master thesis at the Chair of International Business supervised by professor Dr. Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki. Since September 2020, she has been a member of the student party GRAS (green and alternative students) and represents the students’ rights in the Austrian Students’ Union as a mandatary in the University of Vienna’s student parliament.