Current Fellows' research
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Hydropower Infrastructure at the Crossroad of Socialist Development and EU AccessionDragan Đunda's project deals with the political ecology of hydropower infrastructure in Serbia––with its contradictions, path dependency, and alternatives.
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Theory and Practice of HindutvaSubhoranjan Dasgupta is currently working on the book Theory and Practice of Hindutva, focusing on the time of its inception in the 1920s up to the present day.
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Architecture and Emancipation: Specifics and Paradoxes of Socialist Women's Emancipation Using the Example of Women ArchitectsThis project raises the question of how the category of gender and Western feminist theoretical approaches can be used to examine the socialist architectural environment and its inequalities.
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Politik der Fürsorge: Eine vergleichende Perspektive, ausgehend von BelarusOlga Shparaga setzt in diesem Projekt ihre Arbeit an Dokumentation und Analyse jener fürsorglichen Praktiken fort, welche durch Belarus:innen während der Massenproteste 2020 und danach entfaltet wurden und werden - in einer Situation sowohl der verstärkten staatlichen Repression, a
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New Deliberative Institutions as an Antidote to AuthoritarianismCan citizen deliberation and empowered citizens’ assemblies act as an antidote to authoritarianism, and if so, in what ways? To what extent are citizens’ assemblies resilient to potential influence and manipulation (from within or external)?
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The Wise, the Cultured, and the Holy: How Russia Learned to Live with its WarMaxim Trudolyubov is working on a book that aims to study a crisis of humanity involving the transformation of individuals into insensitive “strangers” to the horrors of war, arbitrary rule, and repression. In such circumstances, some do more than just grow thick skin.
News
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New Podcast Season of "Vienna Coffee House Conversations with Ivan Vejvoda"Europe is confronted with the turbulent change in security dynamics triggered by the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the international rules-based order is being questioned and challenged by the actions of…
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New Fellows Starting in MayWe are excited to present the upcoming fellows who will begin their fellowship in May. Explore their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and media-related inquiries…
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Next Tuesday: Omri Boehm Delivers Speech to Europe 2024As part of the Wiener Festwochen 2024, philosopher Omri Boehm will deliver the “Speech to Europe” on 7 May 2024. In the third edition of this event, the focus lies on the impact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
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News
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New Podcast Season of "Vienna Coffee House Conversations with Ivan Vejvoda"Europe is confronted with the turbulent change in security dynamics triggered by the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the international rules-based order is being questioned and challenged by the actions of…
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New Fellows Starting in MayWe are excited to present the upcoming fellows who will begin their fellowship in May. Explore their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests and media-related inquiries…
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Next Tuesday: Omri Boehm Delivers Speech to Europe 2024As part of the Wiener Festwochen 2024, philosopher Omri Boehm will deliver the “Speech to Europe” on 7 May 2024. In the third edition of this event, the focus lies on the impact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict…
Current Fellows' research
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Hydropower Infrastructure at the Crossroad of Socialist Development and EU AccessionDragan Đunda's project deals with the political ecology of hydropower infrastructure in Serbia––with its contradictions, path dependency, and alternatives.
-
Theory and Practice of HindutvaSubhoranjan Dasgupta is currently working on the book Theory and Practice of Hindutva, focusing on the time of its inception in the 1920s up to the present day.
-
Architecture and Emancipation: Specifics and Paradoxes of Socialist Women's Emancipation Using the Example of Women ArchitectsThis project raises the question of how the category of gender and Western feminist theoretical approaches can be used to examine the socialist architectural environment and its inequalities.
-
Politik der Fürsorge: Eine vergleichende Perspektive, ausgehend von BelarusOlga Shparaga setzt in diesem Projekt ihre Arbeit an Dokumentation und Analyse jener fürsorglichen Praktiken fort, welche durch Belarus:innen während der Massenproteste 2020 und danach entfaltet wurden und werden - in einer Situation sowohl der verstärkten staatlichen Repression, a
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New Deliberative Institutions as an Antidote to AuthoritarianismCan citizen deliberation and empowered citizens’ assemblies act as an antidote to authoritarianism, and if so, in what ways? To what extent are citizens’ assemblies resilient to potential influence and manipulation (from within or external)?
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The Wise, the Cultured, and the Holy: How Russia Learned to Live with its WarMaxim Trudolyubov is working on a book that aims to study a crisis of humanity involving the transformation of individuals into insensitive “strangers” to the horrors of war, arbitrary rule, and repression. In such circumstances, some do more than just grow thick skin.
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