Franz Ofner, retired professor at University of Klagenfurt, Austria (also known as Alpen-Adria-Universität), sociologist, Member of our Institute, did research on the emergence of norms following George Herbert Mead (see here) and Jürgen Habermas. His latest article has been published…
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The book is out. Find it here. Let me announce it: I finished the manuscript of my book before the new cold war turned hot, pushing humanity to the brink of a World War III. The heating of the planet,…
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The befriended Ernst-Bloch-Assoziation held an open conference on the topic of Bloch’s “Naturallianz/Allianztechnik”. Philosopher Bloch coined these terms to call for a new relationship of humans with nature to be practised by a new kind of technology. The venue was…
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End of July 2022, our project to contribute to the APCC Special Report on Structures for climate-friendly living terminated successfully. The final version of Chapter 20 on Media discourses and media structures was delivered to the Austrian Panel on Climate…
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Under this title, some 160 people gathered on 19 June 2022 in Vienna for a peace conference that was convoked to accompany the TPNW (Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons) activities at the UN (see the announcement here). Spiritus…
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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…
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Our project glossaLAB organises an international workshop in Spain, 23-31 May 2022. See the programme here. Besides the project leaders Teresa Guarda and José María Díaz Nafría, our Members Tomáš Sigmund and Modestos Stavrakis are planned with several inputs. Sigmund…
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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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Rebecca and Tahzara have dropped out of school – and they still want to make something of their life. Luka has always been an excellent student, but she wants to learn differently. What they have in common: deregistered from school…
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The Institut für Design Science München invited the fourth time to the annual conference at Leucorea in Wittenberg, Germany, featuring affiliates of GSIS. The core theme was, as always, on structural transformation and public discourse and reflected ongoing research and…
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