The most recent volume of World Scientific Series in Information Studies has been published. It editors are Marcin J. Schroeder and Wolfgang Hofkirchner. This book is a collection of works related to information contributed by multiple authors dedicated to the…
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Mittwoch, 12. März 2025, im RC, Fischerstiege 1-7, 1010 Wien, Beginn: 19 Uhr Es ist Oskar Wilde, der befunden hat: “Eine Weltkarte, auf der Utopia nicht verzeichnet ist, es nicht wert, dass man auch nur einen Blick darauf wirft; denn…
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Our friend Günther Witzany reminds us of a symposium in 1991: “Klein sein oder nicht sein. Für eine Kultur der Selbstbeschränkung”. Experts Leopold Kohr, Erwin Chargaff, Robert Jungk and Peter Cornelius Meyer-Tasch were the speakers. What was said there, sounds…
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On the occasion of the 2025 Summit of the International Society for the Study of Information (IS4SI), our Emergent Systems, Information and Society Research Group – which is also an IS4SI Special Interest Group – invites to an event to…
Wolfgang Hofkirchner was invited to give a talk at the 10th East Lake Forum on Global Governance in Wuhan, China, 16-17 November 2024. The topic of the forum was “Common Security and Global Governance”. The talk was pre-recorded. You can…
The Austrian journal Sozialwissenschaftliche Rundschau has just published a focus issue on the topic of Utopias. It brings together six articles, two of which are written by participants in the GSIS Utopia(s) Reloaded talks a year ago in Vienna…
Frank Adloff from the Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Future of Sustainability” at the University of Hamburg is currently Fellow at the Environment and Climate Research Hub at the University of Vienna. You have now the opportunity to take part…
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GSIS Utopia(s) Conversations on Meaningful Technologies & on a Convivial Society for All GSIS is organising a series of conversations in various formats that tie in with the themes of our Utopia(s) Reloaded Talks in October 2023. Our Utopia(s) Conversations…
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Science, activism and the techno-eco-social transformation Date: 26-28 October 2023 Venue: 4lthangrund, Augasse 2-6, 1090 Wien Organisation GSIS in co-operation with partners:Club of ViennaDegrowth ViennaDFG-Kolleg-Forschungsgruppe “Zukünfte der Nachhaltigkeit”, Universität Hamburg (DFG-KFG)Forum InformatikerInnen für Frieden und gesellschaftliche Verantwortung (FIfF)Fridays for Future…
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Three intense days, over 70 of active participants, guests from all continents: this is the result of UTOPIA(S) RELOADED organised by #GSIS on 26-28 October in Vienna. We aimed to create an inclusive and diverse platform for scholars, experts and…
