Austrian Biologist Association
The Austrian Biologist Association (ABA), based in Obermallebarn , Lower Austria, is an Austria- wide association that deals with science communication and the networking of biologists and has around 400 members. External communication takes place primarily via the online magazine bioskop and regular newsletters. The ABA is also the only representative of Austrian biologists within the European Countries Biologists Association (ECBA) and a member of the environmental umbrella organization . The incumbent president since 2014 is the biologist Theodora Höger.
history
Association of Austrian biology teachers
The idea of founding an independent biologist association was put into practice in 1994 by biology teachers. Examples of this were the corresponding associations of chemistry and geography teachers in Austria. The initial goals were to improve the situation in biology at the AHS. The biology lessons were not continuous (“7th grade hole”) and compared to the other natural science subjects, biology was worse off in terms of the opening numbers for exercises. A newsletter "VÖBL" was created for more intensive networking and was first published in 1995.
The level of awareness of the association grew rapidly, so that as early as 1997, sections were created for the other types of schools. The magazine was upgraded and was given the name "bioskop" and an ISSN . The bioskop appeared in print until 2011. In 1999 it was decided to join the European Countries Biologists Association (ECBA). ECBA guests from Germany and France attended the meeting. Since only one association is allowed to represent its country in the EU, this accession greatly strengthened the VÖBL's position.
ABA
In 2001 a new board was elected, which not only consisted of biology teachers. In 2002 it was decided to change the name. The “VÖBL” became the “ABA” (Austrian Biologist Association). At the same time, a new mission statement was presented. In addition to the magazine, conferences and excursions have now been organized. The Austrian Biologist Association was networked with other environmental associations in the environmental umbrella organization . This was also followed by cooperation with “dialog gentechnik”, the Christian Doppler Institute in Salzburg and the celebration of the Darwin year together with the VdBiol, the Association of German Biologists (now VBIO ).
In 2010 a young, university team took over the management of the association. Networking via the Internet and to other associations was expanded and contacts to the universities were established via the alumni. In the course of these changes, the newsletter and the conversion of the bioscope from a print to an online medium were created. New advisory boards were won and a regular get-together was introduced, and regional groups were founded in western Austria and Styria. In 2016 the ABA expanded its regional offer and created additional regional groups in Vienna and Salzburg.
Content focus
The main focuses of the Austrian Biologist Association include:
- Public and educational work
- Career information on the subject of biology
- Networking of biologists, biology teachers and people working in related fields
- Promotion of initiatives in nature and environmental protection
- Promote activities to promote health and well-being at social and environmental levels
- Representation of Austria within the European Countries Biologists Association (ECBA)
- Creation of a professional body representing the biological professions at national level
bioscope
Previously available as a print version, the bioskop is now a purely online magazine in blog form , the content of which deals with topics such as science, nature and environmental protection, but also biology at work. A popular series of interviews are the “10 questions for working biologists”, which are intended to sketch images of the everyday work of biologists in a wide variety of disciplines and fields of activity.
The anthropologist Barbara Oberfichtner has been editor-in-chief of bioskop since 2015; The publisher is the President of ABA, Theodora Höger.
Members
The members of the Austrian Biologist Association are made up of biologists, people who work in related fields, biology teachers and students of biology and related fields.
The ABA has regional groups in
- of Styria based in Graz
- Vienna and Lower Austria based in Vienna
- Salzburg based in the city of Salzburg and
- Western Austria based in Innsbruck .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from September 16, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.umweltdachverband.at/lösungen/
- ↑ http://www.austrianbiologist.at/bioskop/2014/12/von-der-voebl-zur-aba-1994-2014-ein-rueckblick-von-dr-bernt-ruttner-gruendungsverbindungen-und-2-vizepraesident /
- ↑ http://www.austrianbiologist.at/bioskop/impressum/
- ↑ http://www.austrianbiologist.at/aba/about
