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Two papers among most-viewed papers in 2025

01. June 2026

Certificate for Margaret Stevenson recognising one of the most-read articles of 2025

Two recent articles received a certificate, stating the articles have ranked within the top 10% of most-viewed papers in the journals Water Resources…

Gold Honorary Badge of ÖWAV awarded to Günter Blöschl

11. May 2026

ÖWAV President Martin Niederhuber presents the Gold Honorary Badge of ÖWAV to Prof. Günter Blöschl — © ÖWAV

At the ÖWAV seminar “Climate Change in Water Management” on 15 April 2026, Günter Blöschl was awarded the Gold Honorary Badge of the Austrian Water…

Prechtl Medal from TU Wien for Günter Blöschl

26. January 2026

Günter Blöschl with the Prechtl medal awarded by Rector Jens Schneider — © Klaus Ranger | TU Wien

By combining basic research and practical application, Günter Blöschl became one of the world's most influential water researchers.

Vienna Catchment Science Symposium 2026

23. December 2025

Main building of the TU Wien — © TU Wien

The 2026 Vienna Catchment Science Symposium will be held on Saturday, May 9th, the day after the EGU meeting in Vienna.

HydroCarpath 2025

09. December 2025

Group of the participants of HydroCarpath on the rooftop in front of Karlskirche — © Borbála Széles

On the 4th of December, this year’s HydroCarpath conference was held at TU Wien in cooperation with the University of Sopron, the Slovak University of…

Open position (m/f/d) of a University Professor for the field of Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Management

24. November 2025

At the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at TU Wien, the position of a University Professor (all genders) in the field of Engineering…

Annual Symposium of the Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resource Systems

17. November 2025

Participant group of the yearly symposium on a boat at Lake Neusiedl — © Dušan Marjanović

In the first week of November the annual symposium of the Vienna Doctoral Programme was held in Mörbisch am See, led by Günter Blöschl, Koen…

PUB Summer School at the TU Wien

13. October 2025

Announcement of the PUB summer school — © Borbála Széles

Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins (PUB), June 22nd – 26th, 2026, TU Wien

“Water Nobel Prize” awarded to Günter Blöschl

01. September 2025

Günter Blöschl in the Golden Hall of the Stockholm City Hall — © Jonas Borg/SWF

During a ceremony on August 27, 2025, Prof. Günter Blöschl was presented with the Stockholm Water Prize by King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

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