The European Forum Alpbach 2016 allowed explorers from the fields of science, business, politics, arts and civil society to find inspiration through dialogue. Armed with sound knowledge, convincing arguments and a great deal of passion, they are on the trail of a “New Enlightenment” and seizing on the unfamiliar in ... More ...
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OECD Regional Well-Being: Austrian regions amongst the top OECD regions in several concerns
How is the job situation in Vienna? How well educated is Styria? And what about the life satisfaction in Vorarlberg? Explore the map to find out how life is across OECD regions on the new OECD Regional Well-Being website. Security, Education and Health: Austrian regions above average The austrian regions are above ... More ...
REN21: 2015 was record breaking year for renewable energy
2015 was a record year for renewable energy installations. Renewable power generating capacity saw its largest increase ever, with an estimated 147 gigawatts (GW) added. Modern renewable heat capacity also continued to rise, and renewables use expanded in the transport sector. Distributed renewable energy is advancing ... More ...
Wendell Berry and Wes Jackson at the 36th Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures
On Saturday October 22nd at 7:00 pm, award winning author Wendell Berry and The Land Institute's co-founder Wes Jackson will share the stage at the historic Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in the heart of Great Barrington, Massachusetts. They will hold a conversation about the 50-Year Farm Bill, their work, and their ... More ...
Vienna Biennale 2015
11.6.-4.10.2015, Vienna/ The Vienna Biennale 2015 will take place from 11 June through 4 October, 2015. It is the first event of its kind to combine art, design, and architecture, with the aim of generating creative ideas and artistic projects to help improve the world. Its category-spanning, interdisciplinary approach ... More ...
Vienna, February 2016 – Conference Announcement: How Constraints Make Us Grow – Society in Transition
The Austrian Federal Ministry of Environment together with more than 20 partner organisations is going to prearrange the conference “How Constraints Make Us Grow – A Society in Transition”. The conference is scheduled to take place from the 22nd until the 24th of February 2016 in Vienna. The conference will ... More ...
Young Economists Conference 2015 – The Challenge of Inequality – Societies in crisis
09/30-10/2/15, Vienna/Inequality was a neglected topic in economic research for decades. The crisis since 2007 has brought the issues of the distribution of wealth, income and work time to the forefront. Established inequality researchers like Piketty, Saez, and Atkinson are now well received by the economics ... More ...
wocomoco
25.-26.6.15, Innsbruck/ The 3rd World Collaborative Mobility Congress „wocomoco“ – THE international platform for all stakeholders of the field of collaborative mobility – takes place on the 25th and 26th June 2015 in Innsbruck. Just like the two years before, the 3rd congress offers a top-class programme with speakers ... More ...
Energy Cities: International Conference 2015
22.-24.4.15, Aberdeen, UK/ This year, Energy Cities’ International Conference will be held in a city of which the economy has long been relying on the oil industry and which has now engaged in the energy transition. That makes Aberdeen an exciting place to welcome city representatives and energy experts from all around ... More ...
Regional Degrowth workshop
24.-25.1.2015, Budapest (HU)/ After Ljubljana in 2013, Zagreb in March, Sofia in May and Leipzig in September 2014, we invite you to our regional Degrowth workshop onDegrowth in postsocialist countries on the 24-25 January 2015. Saturday 24 of January (limited number of place: to ... More ...
1st Vienna Conference on Pluralism in Economics
10.-12.4.2015, Vienna/ The scope of the conference is rooted in the increasing importance of theoretical and methodological pluralism in economics. As the complexity of real world issues regarding economics requires multiple perspectives – to avoid one-sidedness and intellectual stagnation – a renewed understanding of ... More ...
Synthesis report of the Growth in Transition-Policy Papers
The objective of this synthesis report is to summarize the Policy Papers that are currently available and contains the results of the Policy Science Stakeholder Dialogue 2011-2013. More specifically, the following topics are discussed: Life quality Public spending Employment/work Macroeconomic ... More ...
