Kurt Kotrschal

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Kurt Kotrschal (2019)

Kurt Kotrschal (born May 5, 1953 in Linz ) is an Austrian biologist, behavioral scientist and author . He is a professor at the University of Vienna .

Life

Kurt Kotrschal studied biology in Salzburg, graduated in 1979, received his doctorate in 1981 and qualified as a professor in 1987 . From 1981 to 1989 he was assistant professor at the University of Salzburg and from 1989 to 1990 Assistant Visiting Professor at the University of Colorado , Denver ( United States ) on an Erwin Schrödinger fellowship . There he researched and wrote scientific articles on the evolution of fish and the function of the sensory and nervous systems.

Kotrschal is married and has two children.

Researches

Kotrschal holds a professorship at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Behavioral Biology. He deals with hormonal and cognitive aspects of social organization as well as research into the human-animal relationship, in particular the relationship between humans and dogs. Since July 1990, Kotrschal has headed the Konrad Lorenz Research Center in Grünau im Almtal as the successor to Konrad Lorenz .

Kotrschal became known for researching and attributing character traits to animals. In 2008 Kotrschal co-founded the Wolf Science Center , which was initially located in Grünau im Almtal and has been in Ernstbrunn since 2009 .

Kotrschal is also involved in the Wildlife working group of the Science & Environment Forum, which was founded in 2018 . This provides the media and politics with reliable knowledge and information about all those wild animals that are in the crossfire of public reporting in Austria, primarily wolves, otters, bears, lynx and birds of prey. As the spokesman for this working group, Kotrschal wants to "objectify" the discussion because irrational arguments would ultimately have led to the illegal persecution of strictly protected wild animals.

Media presence and public work

Kotrschal is President of the Eurasier Club Austria (ECA).

In addition, Kotrschal works as an expert for the SWR 2 radio program 1000 Responses and was involved in the three-part television program Die Zukunft ist Wild . Kotrschal is the author of a guest commentary "With feathers, skin and hair" that appears regularly every 14 days in the Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse . He has also appeared as an expert on the television programs Planet Knowledge and Fascination Knowledge .

Kotrschal made a special contribution to researching the behavior of wolves. He also does basic research on the intelligence of birds.

On January 10, 2011, Kotrschal was named Scientist of the Year 2010 by the “Club of Education and Science Journalists in Austria” . In 2013, his book Wolf - Hund - Mensch was named Austrian Science Book of the Year .

Fonts (selection)

Kotrschal is the author of more than 60 scientific publications from 2001 to 2011.

  • Dog factor - dog. A socio-economic inventory of dog ownership in Austria. Czernin Verlag, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-7076-0199-4 .
  • United in egoism? Animals and human animals - the new world view of behavioral research. Piper, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-492-03738-0 . New edition. Filander-Verlag, Fürth 2001, ISBN 3-930831-44-9 .
  • Behavioral Research Concepts. Konrad Lorenz and the consequences. Filander Verlag, Fürth 2001, ISBN 3-930831-33-3 .
  • Basic course in behavioral biology. Behavioral exercises for schools and universities , Filander-Verlag, 2000, ISBN 3-930831-34-1
  • Wolf - dog - human. The story of a millennia-old relationship , Brandstätter Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-85033-675-8 ( Science Book of the Year 2013 in the Medicine / Biology category)
  • Simply best friends - Why humans and other animals understand each other , Brandstätter Verlag, 2014, ISBN 978-3850338141
  • Dog & Human - The Secret of Our Soul Kinship , Brandstätter Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3710600548
  • People - where we come from, who we are, where we are going , Brandstätter Verlag, Vienna 2019, ISBN 978-3-7106-0368-6

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b FWF portal of the Erwin Schrödinger scholarship holders ( memento of the original from September 14, 2010 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. (queried on November 24, 2009) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.schroedinger-portal.at
  2. ↑ a b New professorships at the University of Vienna
  3. ↑ a b Czernin Verlag: Biographie - Kurt Kotrschal
  4. ↑ Department of Behavioral Biology at the University of Vienna ( Memento of the original from August 5, 2010 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. (queried on September 5, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.behaviour.univie.ac.at
  5. ↑ Human-Animal Relationship Research Group at the University of Vienna ( Memento of the original from January 17, 2010 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. (queried on September 5, 2010) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / Mensch-tier-verbindungen.univie.ac.at
  6. ↑ Social stress disrupts hormonal harmony In: Der Standard from January 24, 2010
  7. ↑ Behavioral research: “She likes me as I am” In: Die Zeit 53/2009
  8. ↑ The Cooperative Wolf. In: Science@orf.at of July 29, 2010
  9. ^ History of the KLF.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: KLF website accessed on November 24, 2009 (English)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.klf.ac.at  
  10. ↑ a b The fascination of knowledge: like cats and dogs: do animals have character? ( Memento of the original from December 31, 2015 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. In: BR alpha @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / programm.ard.de
  11. ↑ Biology: Quirky lizards, fearful clown fish In: Süddeutsche Zeitung of December 18, 2006
  12. ↑ "About the WSC" ( Memento of the original from December 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. WSC homepage, accessed November 24, 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolfscience.at
  13. ↑ a b "Newton": The true story of the bad wolf ( memento of the original from November 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. orf.at of March 14, 2009: @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / programm.orf.at
  14. ↑ ag-wildtiere.com: Animal welfare in the sense of self-respect and sustainability
  15. ↑ wabel: Wolf, otter, birds of prey - a sober look. Retrieved December 9, 2018 .
  16. ↑ Homepage of the Eurasier Club Austria
  17. ↑ SWR 2: 1000 Answers: Kurt Kotrschal
  18. ↑ Is this our future? In: Hamburger Abendblatt from March 25, 2003
  19. ↑ Online archive of the daily newspaper “Die Presse”. Search for author Kotrschal
  20. ↑ Clever Animals In: Planet-Wissen broadcast on August 5, 2010
  21. ↑ Planet Wissen: Wolves and their relatives - About dogs, jackals and desert foxes  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: SR Fernsehen on September 30, 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.sr-online.de  
  22. ↑ Marvel at the wisdom of wolves. In: The Standard
  23. ↑ Parrots and ravens think differently . In: The Standard from February 2010
  24. ↑ Beatrix Karl congratulates "Scientist of the Year 2010" Kurt Kotrschal. Federal Ministry for Science and Research
  25. ^ Scientist of the year 2010: Kurt Kotrschal. Education and Science Journalists Club
  26. ↑ Wolf researcher Kotrschal is "Scientist of the Year". In: The Standard
  27. ↑ Wolf - dog - human. The story of a millennia-old relationship at Wissenschaftsbuch.at; Retrieved February 3, 2013
  28. ↑ List of selected publications by Kurt Kotrschal ( Memento of the original from October 14, 2009 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.klf.ac.at
  29. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Kurt M. Kotrschal ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2015 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. . Retrieved May 3, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / klf.univie.ac.at
  30. ↑ Curriculum Vitae Kurt M. Kotrschal ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2015 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. . Retrieved May 3, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wolfscience.at
  31. ↑ Kurt Kotrschal is "Scientist of the Year" from January 10, 2011, accessed on February 25, 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Kotrschal, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian biologist, zoologist, behavioral scientist, author
DATE OF BIRTH May 5th 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz