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An ugly aftertaste

…left by the results of the elections for the Austrian National Council. An unbearable shift to the right, and a collective loss of cognitive abilities, has apparently struck the Austrian population. The results leave me totally dumbstuck, with the right wing FPÖ and BZÖ collectively getting 29%, and together with the moderate-right ÖVP even 55% of [...]

The Madman’s Return

So, this is it… I am back in Austria for good (or for the time being, at least). After driving to Vienna on Sunday with pretty much all of my belongings in the car, I returned to Konstanz on the same day (taking the night train) to arrange the admistriative odds and ends (such as [...]

Coming Home

After almost a year in Konstanz, the time has come to move on… or back, actually. For a variety of reasons (none related to my current job, which I truly enjoyed!) I have resigned from my position at the University of Konstanz, effective August 1, and will move back to Austria by the end of the [...]