In 2015, the Wittgenstein Prize, Austria's highest-ranking scientific award, went to Prof. Claudia Rapp from the Dept. for Byzantine Research at IMAFO. Over more then six year, she and her international team analysed aspects of mobility, micro-structures and personal agency during the Byzantine Millennium..
In November 2021, the concluding conference took place at the University of Vienna and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. On this occasion, Prof. Rapp gave interviews to various media, including the science website of the Austrian TV (ORF).