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SCARCE (Sustained Concerns: Administration of Mineral Resource Extraction in Central Europe, 1550-1850) is a project led by Sebastian Felten and supported by the European Research Council (ERC). It aims to better understand how early modern people conceptualised resources, and how modern approaches to the material world are rooted or not in earlier practices of resource management. Hosted by the History Department — part of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna — the project runs from 1 November 2023 until 31 October 2028.
Cover illustration for the 1773 work "Anleitung zu der Bergbaukunst" [A Guide to the Art of Mining]
In September 2025, Claire Sabel (SCARCE) and Gabriele Marcon (ESPRIT FWF) organised a workshop entitled 'Political Economies of Mining in the Early…
Exploring traditional resin harvesting and charcoal burning in Lower Austria.
08.09.2025
Short Reflection
Uncovering Idrija’s rich mercury mining history during a week of research and exploration.
22.07.2025
Short Reflection
Presentation by Sebastian Leitner
D-A-CH-Workshop “Environment and Resources”
University of Bern
Joint Meeting of The History of Science Society and the European Society for the History of Science
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Roundtable Discussion
RECET Festival of Historical and Social Sciences "Transformations of Labor"
University of Vienna
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Funded by the European Union (ERC, SCARCE, Grant number 101076422). Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Council Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
