Utopia(s) Conversations on a Convivial Society for All The Islamic Republic of Iran can certainly be considered a byproduct of the Cold War era.In its short history, it has been of interest in the Middle East from the very beginning,…
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The International Academy of Information Studies (IAIS) announces a new dialogue. Pedro C. Marijuan writes: Prof. Michael Levin, Allen Discovery Center, Tufts University (https://allencenter.tufts.edu/our-team/michael-levin/)Prof. William Miller, Bioverse Foundation (https://www.ourbioverse.com/resume/) Title: MIND, LIFE, and MACHINES The session will take place on Friday, March 21st,at 18:00…
GSIS Utopia(s) Conversations on a Sustainable Planet & Meaningful Technology Annette Schlemm Der einst positiv besetzte Begriff «Fortschritt» ist in einer unruhigen Welt zur Projektionsfläche für Zukunftsängste geworden. Tatsächlich gibt es für die Zurückweisung des Fortschrittsbegriffs gute theoretische, aber auch…
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See Kurt Bayer’s commentary on the issue of Industrial Policy in China, USA, EU and Austria here.
Das Heft Nummer 1 des heurigen Jahres der deutschen Zeitschrift Wissenschaft und Frieden beschäftigt sich damit, warum bestimmte Konflikte und Kriege von der Friedens- und Konfliktforschung selber unterschiedlich beachtet werden. Die Begründungen dafür halten kaum einer Überprüfung stand. Kritische Friedensforschung…
The 33rd Interdisciplinary Information Management Talks are scheduled for 3-5 September 2025 again in Hradec Králové, Czech Republic. For conference topics, important dates and contact click here. See the Call for Papers here. The conference is an Austrian-Czech co-operation led by Michael Sonntag…
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The Digital Humanism TU Wien team writes: The Digital Humanism Initiative issued a public statement in support of the EU AI Act in December 2023. Now we think it is time again to support the EU AI Act, as well as the Digital…
We welcome Kurt Bayer’s Commentary as a befriended website of GSIS. Economist Kurt Bayer served as expert at our Utopia(s) Reloaded talks in 2023. Find here his interview on “How can climate justice be executed?” (https://vimeo.com/896184065). Kurt maintains a blog…
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The Digital Humanism TU Wien Lecture Series reminds us of next week’s talk: Tuesday, February 4, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. (17:00) Central European Time (UTC+1) Topic: “Misinformation and Social Media as a Historical Process: Insights from the American Experience”(scroll down for abstract…
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Communication and Capital(ism) Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, 28-30 August 2025Mid-term conference of the European Sociological Association,Research Network 18 – The Sociology of Communications and Media Research The small-scale and focused mid-term conferences of the European Sociological…
