Clear cut in climate policy
How the Austrian government handles a public interest. Another opinion contribution by Kurt Bayer.
Wolfgang Hofkirchner archives
Geoengineering – a tranquilliser pill!
Annette Schlemm who recently was in Vienna to hold two lectures wrote an article in Furche about geoengineering. She had published a book in German on that topic (see here). She was invited by the Club of Vienna to talk…
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Wider den Geist einer geistlosen Zeit, die Macht der Computer und die Zerstörung der Vernunft
Klaus Fuchs-Kittowski, Honorary Member of GSIS and initiator of Emergent Systems, Information and Society as Arbeitskreis at the Leibniz-Sozietät der Wissenschaften zu Berlin – LS – (now also a Special Interest Group at the International Society for the Study of…
On Trump’s tariffs
Kurt Bayer explains why Trump’s tariffs policy is doomed to fail the promises of MAGA for the poor US citizens. It will rather evoke another global economic crisis.
Video on demand!
Der Film “The End Of Humanity” wurde endlich niederschwellig verfügbar gemacht: Dear supporters, friends and colleagues, We are excited to announce that our documentary The End of Humanity is now available as video on demand on Vimeo! We had the privilege of screening it…
Digital authoritarianism – 80 years UN – Degrowth and transformation – journalists and writers between authoring and algorithms
Josef Mühlbauer, GSIS Research Affiliate, announces the following April events he is involved in: 5.4.2025, 18:00 LIVE:What is Digital Authoritarianism? – Sangeeta Mahapatra (237)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMCgt1sOXE 17.4.2025, 18:30 LIVE zu 80 Jahre UN: Themenschwerpunkt der Podiumsdiskussion ist die kritische Analyse des gegenwärtigen Zustands der Vereinten…
Computer professionals for peace and social responsibility
“Ich bin nicht sicher, mit welchen Waffen der dritte Weltkrieg ausgetragen wird, aber im vierten Weltkrieg werden sie mit Stöcken und Steinen kämpfen.” Albert Einstein Das Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung e.V. (FIfF) hat ein Memorandum zu seinem 40-jährigen…
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Regulating the digital space & Decolonizing the future
Two events in the lecture series on Digital Humanism. Stefan Woltran writes: We would like to remind you of next week’s talk in our Lecture Series: Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Summer Time (UTC+2) Topic: “Regulating the…
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Rupert-Riedl-Jubiläumsfeier
On the occasion of outstanding Austrian biologist Rupert Riedl’s 100th birthday our befriended organisation Club of Vienna held a symposium on his work and its importance for today’s science. Riedl lived in Vienna from 1925 to 2005. The talks delivered…
Shaping our digital future
The Vienna association Digital Humanism organises the first “Digital Humanism Conference” from 26-28 May 2025 at MuseumsQuartier, Vienna. Read more