Institute Projects

Key focuses

Expectations from apprenticeships

What do young people expect when they start an apprenticeship? Training companies such as STRABAG AG engage with this question.

Industry Hub Tulln

Due to tensions between environmental protection, quality of life and competitiveness, the concept "city" faces major challenges. Are "Smart Cities" the answer to questions about the city as a living ...

Bridging gaps

The project „bridging gaps“ involves (pre)school children in the analysis of bridge lifecycle, cost, planning, periodical inspection and maintenance by taking the age and education level into acco...

Intergenerational assisted living

Examining the need for support services for an intergenerational housing project.

Diagnostics Guide for Relatives

Developing a prototype concept for a standardized counselling interview for relatives of persons with dementia.

Fittest City St. Pölten

Identifying needs and wants of older citizens with regard to the St. Pöltner “Smart City and AAL” concept.

EU Reference Budgets for Social Inclusion

Developing a common methodology for establishing reference budgets and exploring possibilities for creating comparable reference budgets in all EU Member States

AGORA

How can public spaces be designed to promote health for young people and adults?

Living City

We develop an innovative concept linking living and health care, and participative architecture, (partial) city planning, primary healthcare, housing development and community work.

Expectations of primary physician care

Qualitative survey of patients' expectations of "good" primary medical care.