PUBLICATIONS BY BENEDIKT MANDL

Academic Publications

PhD Thesis: Diversification of Neuromuscular Networks in Drosophila melanogaster
MSc Thesis: Environmental Impact Assessments in Germany, Austria & the UK

Selection of articles for Die Presse (Vienna, Austria). All articles are also available online at diepresse.com.

"Universities": Degree without value - 14. 12. 2008
Proteins that find cancer and kill it - 1.12.2008
PhD in three terms? - 5. 10. 2008
PISA for Unis: Which ones are the best? - 24. 9. 2008
Agrarian Meteorology: Rice fields in Tyrol? - 9. 9. 2008
Uni-Quotae: Germans could sue - 7. 9. 2008
No Pressure Searching for a Chair for Elite-Uni - 13. 8. 2008
Private Unis of Medicine: Reaching for the "White Gold" - 25. 7. 2008
Political Involvement: Cool Ambitions Instead of Protest - 17. 7. 2008
Single Mandate: Legal Joker for the Parliament - 15. 7. 2008
Voting at Age 16: Parties Target 184,000 First-Time Voters - 11. 7. 2008
Parliament: "Bruno Kreisky Would Rotate in His Grave" - 9. 7. 2008
Adriatic Catches Breath: Oxigen Crisis in the Mediterranean - 9. 7. 2008
Health Reform: "Patients Abused for PR Campaign" - 27. 6. 2008
Education Politics: A Repeated Year Causes More Damage than Good - 19. 6. 2008
Teachers Critical About Educational Standards - 9. 6. 2008

Selection of articles for Spiegel and Spiegel Online (Hamburg, Germany). All articles are available online at spiegel.de. See also all articles of the Spiegel Cambridge feature.

Student migragtion to Eastern Europe - UniSpiegel 5/2008, online 4. 12. 2008
Numerus Clausus: Austria to exclude Germans even more - 25. 11. 2008
Student uncovers Nazi War Criminal - 30. 10. 2008
Why a German student wants to sue Austria - 3. 10. 2008
German Students in Vienna: Some of my best Friends are Austrian - 18. 10. 2007
German Uni-Refugees: Austria allowed to opt out Krauts - 18. 10. 2007
Death by the Danube: Cemeteries of Vienna - 01.08.2007
Travel and Dining: The Emperor’s Tripe - 17.07.2007
Travel and Dining: Nothing but Hot Air - 08.02.2007
Competition of Religions: Studying with God in Cambridge - 05.02.2007
Beer around the Clock: England drinks for a Year - 21.11.2006
Subway in London: The Spooky Tube - 27.10.2006
Rejecting a Career in Cambridge: Linguistics fort he Diaphragm - 23.08.2006
German Uni-Refugees: Krauts smarter than Austrians - 28.07.2006
Honorary Scholarships: Polish for the CV - 01.06.2006
Elite-Uni in Austria: Lighthouse in the Outback - 02.03.2006
Student migration to Austria: Blocking Germans from Med-School - 23.02.2006
New Era in the UK: From now on endless drinking - so what? - 25.11.2005
Desert Palace of: Quatar’s educational Mekka for the Arabic World - 05.09.2005
Summer Schools in Cambridge: Pubertarians of all Countries, unite! - 01.09.2005
German Schools Abroad: Far from Germany, yet German - 17.08.2005
British Universities: Anti-Terror-Centers at Risk - 09.07.2005
Tution Fees in Germany: Minister demands Cash-Back Guarantee - 06.07.2005
US-Unis: Googeling and Surfing in the Admission Tests - 05.07.2005
Mongolia: Dschenghis Khan‘s Heirs seek their Place in the West - 03.07.2005
Exchange Students in Australia: Cheap Degrees for lots of Money - 29.06.2005
Universities in Iraq: Studying in a World of Terror - 28.06.2005

Selection of TV Reports for Zeit im Bild (ZIB) and other national news programs, Austrian National Broadcast ORF (Vienna, Austria). Video samples available online in low resolution. DVD portfolio with some reports available upon request. German excerpts on each report available online.

ZIB 2: Scientific Misery in Austria - 11.10.2007
ZIB 19.30: Nobel Prize in Medicine - 08.10.2007
Heute in Österreich: Fungi and Mould - 05.10.2007
Heute in Österreich: Diabetes - 04.10.2007
ZIB-24: 50 Years Contergan Scandal - 02.10.2007
ZIB 19.30: World Heart Day - 30.09.2007
ZIB 19.30: Panda Baby - 28.09.2007
Heute in Österreich: Intensive Care Medicine explained - 25.09.2007
ZIB 19.30: Use of Energy - 25.09.2007
ZIB-2: 50 Years Sputnik - 24.09.2007
Heute in Österreich: Early Alzheimer Detection - 21.09.2007
ZIB 19.30: Endangered Species - 13.09.2007
ZIB-2: Report Cardiology Meeting - 05.09.2007
Heute in Österreich: Defibrillators tested - 03.09.2007
ZIB-20: Internet Identity Protection - 29.08.2007
ZIB-2: Environmental Problems Beijing - 09.08.2007
Heute in Österreich: Bridges at Risk of Breaking - 02.08.2007
Heute in Österreich: Hit by Lightning - 13.07.2007
ZIB-2: Virtual Vienna in 3D - 03.07.2007
ZIB 19.30: Tooth Implants for Pain Therapy - 16.06.2007
Newton - News from the Science World: Boxing Flies - 04.03.2007