The Club of Vienna invites to an event on the thinking of Ivan Illich. Illich has become famous because of his term “conviviality” used in his 1973 book with the title “Tools for Conviviality” – a criticism of current civilisation.…
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New Explorations journal is a revival of the journal Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, created in 1953 by Marshall McLuhan and Ted Carpenter. The new journal is run by Robert K. Logan, McLuhan expert, information scientist and systems thinker, who is Member…
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The book “Klimasoziale Politik” (climate social politics) takes a critical look at climate and social policy developments in Austria in recent decades. It shows that the climate crisis is also a social crisis: the advancing climatic changes primarily have a…
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On 19 June 2022, a peace event will accompany the 1st UN Conference of the Partner States of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Vienna. This event is organised by the International Peace Bureau (IPB), the Aktionsbündnis…
That’s the title of an online workshop scheduled for 26 August 2022. This event is inspired by the interesting discussion that took place at the IS4SI Summit 2017 (Gothenburg), IS4SI Summit 2019 (Berkeley), IS4SI 2021 (online Japan). Habits and rituals…
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This conference for digitalisation and sustainability is the second one after 2018. It will take place this year from 30 September to 2 October in Berlin. 2,000 people are expected to participate. On panels, in workshops and open spaces, among…
Our befriended organisation Forum Computer Professionals for Peace and Social Responsibility (FIfF) issued its quarterly FIfF-Kommunikation 1, 2022 (March). The title refers to the FIfF-Konferenz 2021.
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The Konzeptwerk Neue Ökonomie, Leipzig, invites to a podium with Sebastian Sevignani on 31 March 2022, 18:00. They write: Die algorithmische Zukunft der Medien – Wie digitale Medien und Algorithmen die Öffentlichkeit neu gestaltenIn dieser Podiumsdiskussion wollen wir der Frage…
Call for papers for the conference on Advanced Research in Technologies, Information, Innovation and Sustainability is open until 5 June 2022. ARTIIS will take place 12-14 September 2022 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. For more information click here.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is, in Austria, mirrored by the Austrian Panel on Climate Change (APCC). The APCC gathers renowned experts from the Austrian climate research community who compile the state of research on climate change prevention…
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