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ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Sylvia Kirchengast
Sylvia Kirchengast
T: +43-1-4277-54712
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/sylvia.kirchengast/
Winter term 2025
300001 VO StEOP: Einführung in die Biologie I - Anthropologie, Ökologie, Botanik und Zoologie
300031 SE Departmentseminar Evolutionäre Anthropologie
300105 VO Human Evolution and Archaeological Science
300185 SE Seminar für MentorInnen der StEOPhase Biologie
300189 PP Projektpraktikum I: Verhaltensbiologie und Life history des Menschen
300231 VO Einführung in die Sozialbiologie des Menschen
300321 VO Human Life History
300440 UE Ausgewählte Kapitel der Human Life history und Osteologie
300719 VO Geschlecht in den Naturwissenschaften - (Gender)
300802 OV Orientierungsveranstaltung Biologie für Studienbeginner*innen - des Bachelorstudiums Biologie/Unterrichtsfach Biologie u. Umweltbildung
Summer term 2025
300001 VO StEOP: Einführung in die Biologie I - Anthropologie, Ökologie, Botanik und Zoologie
300025 VO Sexualbiologie
300090 UE Anthropologisches Grundpraktikum - Einführung in das wissenschaftliche Arbeiten
300151 VO Einführung in die Evolutionsbiologie des Menschen
300184 VU Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten im Bereich Spezielle Human life history
300385 VO Die Frau in den Naturwissenschaften - (Gender)
Winter term 2024
300001 VO StEOP: Einführung in die Biologie I - Anthropologie, Ökologie, Botanik und Zoologie
300031 SE Departmentseminar Evolutionäre Anthropologie
300105 VO Human Evolution and Archaeological Science
300185 SE Seminar für MentorInnen der StEOPhase Biologie
300189 PP Projektpraktikum I: Verhaltensbiologie und Life history des Menschen
300231 VO Einführung in die Sozialbiologie des Menschen
300321 VO Human Life History
300440 UE Ausgewählte Kapitel der Human Life history und Osteologie
300719 VO Geschlecht in den Naturwissenschaften - (Gender)
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Kirchengast, S. (2022). Rising caesarean section rates – an evolutionary approach. In L. J. Salgado (Ed.), A Closer Look at Pregnancy and Childbirth Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
Kirchengast, S., & Hagmann, D. (2022). Spatial differences in childhood and adolescent obesity according to gender and migrant status in Vienna, Austria. Human Biology and Public Health, 1, Article 31. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph2022.1.31
Kirchengast, S., Voracek, M., Kuderer, S., & Rotter, C. (2022). The Handedness Index Practical Task (HI 20 ): An economic behavioural measure for assessing manual preference. Laterality: Asymmetries of Body, Brain and Cognition, 27(3), 273-307. https://doi.org/10.1080/1357650X.2021.1990312
Kirchengast, S., & Molnar, A. (2022). The impact of lifestyle factors and chronic stress on the frequency and intensity of migraine and tension-type headaches among Austrian women. Human Biology and Public Health, 1, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph2022.1.33
Kirchengast, S., & Hartmann, B. W. (2021). Pregnancy Outcome during the First COVID 19 Lockdown in Vienna, Austria. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(7), Article 3782. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18073782
Kirchengast, S., Koger, R., Hartmann, B. W., Weinelt, E., & Syböck, K. (2021). Advanced maternal age and nicotine consumption during pregnancy: additive effects on new-born parameters. Human Biology and Public Health, 1, 1-19.
society of auxology group (2021). Growth during times of fear and emotional stress. Human Biology and Public Health, 2, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v2.15
society of auxology group (2021). Growth, Nutrition and Economy: Proceedings of the 27th Aschauer Soiree, held at Krobielowice, Poland, November 16th 2019. Human Biology and Public Health, 1, Article 1. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v1.1
Kirchengast, S., & Hagmann, D. (2021). "Obesity in the City" – urbanization and rising obesity rates from the viewpoint of human biology and public health. Human Biology and Public Health, 2, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.52905/hbph.v2.11
Kirchengast, S. (2021). Physical activity as a treatment strategy during menopausal transition - an evolutionary approach. In L. Roberts (Ed.), A closer look at women´s health (pp. 191-214). Nova Science Publishers.
Eresheim, R., Schaufler, S., & Kirchengast, S. (2020). Association patterns between 2D:4D ratio and age at menarche: the impact of methodology. Anthropological Review , 83(4), 377-386. https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2020-0026
Kirchengast, S., Dottolo, E., Praxmarer, E.-M., & Huber, J. C. (2020). Low Digit Ratio (2D:4D) is associated with early natural menopause. American Journal of Human Biology, 32(3), Article e23374. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23374
Kirchengast, S., & Hartmann, B. W. (2020). Association patterns of fetal head dimensions, postcranial body growth and neonatal size. Anthropologischer Anzeiger, 77, 173-181.
Kirchengast, S., & Hartmann, B. W. (2020). Caesarean sections are associated with sonographic determined fetal size from the second trimester onwards. Anthropological Review , 83(2), 163-183. https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2020-0012
Kirchengast, S., & Treffner, J. (2020). Cross asymmetry of the Upper and lower limb bones among medieval Avar skeletons from Austria. Folia Antropologica, 16.
Kirchengast, S. (2020). Junge Mutter, alte Mutter – na und? Deutsche Hebammenzeitschrift.
Kirchengast, S. (2020). "Machen Krisen und klein?" zur Bedeutung der Körperhöhe als Indikator für Krisen und Stressphasen. Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 150, 141-158.
Kirchengast, S., Praxmarer, E.-M., & Tutkuviene, J. (2020). Metric and morphological analysis of Pelvic Scars in a historical sample from Lithuania: Associations with Sex, Age, Body Size and Pelvic Dimensions. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 30(5), 629-641. https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2887
Kirchengast, S. (2020). Transnational migration as a risk factor for Syndrome X. In D. Mithun, & K. Bose (Eds.), Ethnicity and Syndrome X Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
Kirchengast, S. (2020). Zur Bedeutung der Begriffe Sex und Gender in der biologischen Anthropologie am Beispiel des Größendimorphismus bei Homo sapiens. In C. Meyer, P. H., C. Kniper, & N. Nicklisch (Eds.), Der Zahn der Zeit: Mensch und Kultur im Spiegel interdisziplinärer Forschung. Festschrift Kurt W. Alt (Vol. 77, pp. 291-296). Landesamt für Archäologie und Denkmalpflege Sachsen-Anhalt.
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How tall are the leaders of the pack? Body height and status among the early medieval Avars

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker), Bühler, B. (Contributor) & Hagmann, D. (Contributor)

23 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Horse-riding as a habitual activity among the Avar-period (7th-8th century AD) population from Wien11-Csokorgasse (Austria): Status, sex/ gender and chronological differences

Bühler, B. (Speaker) & Kirchengast, S. (Contributor)

4 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Zwei Frauen und ein Pferd“ - Die Neuinterpretation einer vermeintlich bajuwarenzeitlichen Doppelbestattung aus dem Gräberfeld Ost von Ovilava/Wels

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker), Kirchengast, N. I. (Speaker), Hagmann, D. (Speaker) & Miglbauer, R. (Speaker)

2 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Sex and Gender - Gender Medicine from an Evolutionary Perspective

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

20 Jun 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Wozu Lebendanthropologie?

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

11 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Leben und Sterben in Ovilava -Ein interdisziplinärer Ansatz zur Analyse des Frauendefizits im römerzeitlichen Gräberfeld Ost

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker) & Hagmann, D. (Speaker)

24 Oct 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Where are the shortest, and where are the tallest Austrians? On regional Trends in the Body Height of Austrian Recruits

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker), Yang, L. (Speaker), Juan, A. (Speaker) & Waldhör, T. (Speaker)

17 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Back in the Saddle? Status, gender and the prevalence of the „horse riding syndrome“ in an Avar-period (7th-8th centuries AD) population from Wien11-Csokorgasse, Austria

Bühler, B. (Speaker) & Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

28 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Born to move - reasons and consequences of a sedentary lifestyle from the perspective of evolutionary anthropology

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

28 Mar 2023 → 1 Apr 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Wie viele Geschlechter brauchen wir? Der Begriff Geschlecht aus Perspektive der Evolutionären Anthropologie"

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

20 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Die Wiener Anthropologische Gesellschaft - Relikt längst vergangener Zeit oder zukunftorientiertes Beispiel interdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

20 Oct 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Sex und Gender in der Bioarchäologie – Überlegungen zum Frauendefizit im römerzeitlichen Gräberfeld Ost von Ovilava, Oberösterreich

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker), Hagmann, D. (Speaker), Ankerl, B. (Contributor), Miglbauer, R. (Contributor) & Greisinger, M. (Contributor)

26 Sept 2022 → 30 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The Dead of Ovilava. Archaeothanatological analysis of Roman burials from the ‘Gräberfeld Ost’

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker), Ankerl, B. (Contributor) & Hagmann, D. (Speaker)

8 Sept 2022 → 11 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Motherhood in a Changing World - the Challenge of Female Reproduction from the Viewpoint of Evolutionary Anthropology

Kirchengast, S. (Keynote speaker)

25 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

My brother makes me tall - fetal growth patterns of male-female twins

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker) & Hartmann, B. W. (Speaker)

19 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Urban habitats and public health -spatial differences in childhood and adolescent obesity in Vienna, Austria

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker) & Hagmann, D. (Contributor)

20 Nov 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Life on Horseback? A study of the „horse riding syndrome“ in an Avar population from Eastern Austria (Wien 11-Csokorgasse; 7th-8th cent. AD)

Bühler, B. (Speaker) & Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

9 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Homo sapiens in der Krise – biologische Parameter als Indikatoren für Krisen und Stressphasen

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

21 Apr 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Pregnancy in Corona times - pregnancy outcome in Vienna from January to July 2020.

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker) & Hartmann, B. W. (Speaker)

20 Nov 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Essen Männer und Frauen anders? zur Evolution von Ernährungsgewohnheiten

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

29 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Delayed motherhood - a current trend and its associations with newborn size and delivery mode

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker) & Hartmann, B. W. (Speaker)

16 Nov 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Ist die Jagd Männersache? eine Analyse von Geschlechterstereotypien aus Perspektive der Evolutionären Anthropologie

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

10 Oct 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

The worldwide trend of rising Caesarean section rates - the impact of recent lifestyle patterns

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

25 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Was können uns alte Knochen alles erzählen?

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

10 Jul 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Gendermedizin.

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

9 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Osteologie - über die Aussagekraft von Knochenfunden im Bereich Forensik, Geschichtsforschung und Hominidenevolution

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

9 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Männlich, Weiblich, divers? Was bedeutet Geschlecht. Eine biologische Perspektive.

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

8 Apr 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Was können uns alte Knochen erzählen?

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

27 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Sexualität - ein Reizthema aus biologischer Perspektive

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

8 Feb 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Ernährungsgewohnheiten von Männern und Frauen aus Perspektive der Evolutionären Anthropologie

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

15 Jan 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Tickt die biologische Uhr nur bei Frauen? –Zur Evolution der Menopause

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

30 Nov 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Ernährungswissenschaft Ernährungsgewohnheiten von Männern und Frauen - aus Perspektive der Evolutionären Anthropologie

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

16 Oct 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Gibt es wirklich Riesen und Zwerge? Von großen und kleinen Menschen

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

19 Jul 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

The ageing planet” - Human senescence in a changing world"

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

5 Jun 2018 → 8 Jun 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Alt und schwach? – Zur Veränderung der Körperzusammensetzung im Alter aus evolutionärer Sicht“

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

22 Mar 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

"Was haben Übergewicht, Geburtsprobleme und die Angst vor Spinnen mit der Evolution des Menschen zu tun?"

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

27 Feb 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

„Mann und Frau verschieden oder doch gleich - Der Kampf der Geschlechter aus Sicht der evolutionären Anthropologie"

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

12 Jan 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Teenage pregnancies - a social problem from the viewpoint of Evolutionary Anthropology

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

17 Nov 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

War in the womb the mother fetus interactions between conflict and cooperation with special respect to teenage mothers

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

19 Sept 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Sind wir mit dem Neandertaler verwandt?

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

10 Jul 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Alt und schwach? zur Veränderungen der Körperzusammensetzung mit steigendem Lebensalter aus Sicht der Evolutionären Anthropologie

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

16 May 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Was haben Dinosaurier, Ötzi, Vogelgrippe und der Regenwald in Costa Rica gemeinsam? Zur Themenvielfalt des Biologiestudiums an der Universität Wien

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

4 Mar 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

"Angst vor Spinnen, Übergewicht und Laktoseintoleranz zur Bedeutung der Evolution für heutige Probleme"

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

2 Mar 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

"Was haben Übergewicht, Geburtsprobleme und die Angst vor Spinnen mit der Evolution des Menschen zu tun?"

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Natürliche Geburt versus Kaiserschnitt - evolutionsbiologische Überlegungen

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

12 Dec 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Human childbirth – the „obstetrical dilemma“ from the viewpoint of evolutionary medicine

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

15 May 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Frauen in den Naturwissenschaften vom Forschungsobjekt zur Forscherin

Kirchengast, S. (Speaker)

26 Jan 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Reference Charts in a Globaliting World: A New Challenge for Anthropologists and Pediatricians?

Kirchengast, S. (Invited speaker)

29 Jun 2009

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 5.141

T: +43-1-4277-54712

sylvia.kirchengast@univie.ac.at