Upcoming Events

	Title	Date	Type	Speakers	Register
	Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025	Tue, 02.12.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 02.12.2025, 17:00	Conferences and Workshops	Francis Fukuyama Ivan Krastev James C. O'Brien Lea Ypi Nathalie Tocci Nikola Dimitrov Rosa Balfour Tomáš Sedláček	REGISTER HERE	Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 Tue, 02.12.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 02.12.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Francis Fukuyama Ivan Krastev James C. O'Brien Lea Ypi Nathalie Tocci Nikola Dimitrov Rosa Balfour Tomáš Sedláček Series: Conferences and Workshops Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 is a one-day conference organized by ERSTE Foundation in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) that will address some of Europe’s most pressing challenges. Read more
Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 Tue, 02.12.2025, 09:00 - Tue, 02.12.2025, 17:00 Speakers: Francis Fukuyama Ivan Krastev James C. O'Brien Lea Ypi Nathalie Tocci Nikola Dimitrov Rosa Balfour Tomáš Sedláček Series: Conferences and Workshops Time to Decide Europe Summit 2025 is a one-day conference organized by ERSTE Foundation in cooperation with the Institute for Human Sciences (IWM Vienna) that will address some of Europe’s most pressing challenges. Read more
	Homo Academicus-Homo Politicus. A Biography of Philip E. Mosely	Thu, 04.12.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Maria Todorova Misha Glenny		Homo Academicus-Homo Politicus. A Biography of Philip E. Mosely Fellows' Colloquium with Maria Todorova Thu, 04.12.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Maria Todorova Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows’ Colloquium, Maria Todorova reconsiders Philip E. Mosely as a historical prism through which broader processes of identity, ideological formation, and generation can be understood. Based on extensive archival materials, the project also examines the specificities of biography, the traps of autobiography, and the challenges of the archive. Read more
Homo Academicus-Homo Politicus. A Biography of Philip E. Mosely Fellows' Colloquium with Maria Todorova Thu, 04.12.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Maria Todorova Misha Glenny Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows’ Colloquium, Maria Todorova reconsiders Philip E. Mosely as a historical prism through which broader processes of identity, ideological formation, and generation can be understood. Based on extensive archival materials, the project also examines the specificities of biography, the traps of autobiography, and the challenges of the archive. Read more
	Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski	Tue, 09.12.2025, 18:00	Panels and Discussions	Ivan Krastev Maciej KisilowskiAndreas Treichl, Christian Ultsch	REGISTER HERE	Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski Tue, 09.12.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Maciej KisilowskiAndreas Treichl, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Launched in 2004 in cooperation with the Austrian daily Die Presse, the Political Salons are a platform for open and informed debate on international affairs. The opening event, featuring guest speaker Maciej Kisilowski, will focus on Poland—a country at the center of Europe’s political and economic transformation. The discussion is guided by a trio of renowned interlocutors: Die Presse’s Christian Ultsch, Andreas Treichl from ERSTE Foundation, and IWM’s Albert Hirschman permanent fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
Political Salon with Maciej Kisilowski Tue, 09.12.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Ivan Krastev Maciej KisilowskiAndreas Treichl, Christian Ultsch Series: Panels and Discussions Launched in 2004 in cooperation with the Austrian daily Die Presse, the Political Salons are a platform for open and informed debate on international affairs. The opening event, featuring guest speaker Maciej Kisilowski, will focus on Poland—a country at the center of Europe’s political and economic transformation. The discussion is guided by a trio of renowned interlocutors: Die Presse’s Christian Ultsch, Andreas Treichl from ERSTE Foundation, and IWM’s Albert Hirschman permanent fellow Ivan Krastev. Read more
	What Was Christian Democracy?	Thu, 11.12.2025, 18:00	Lecture	Jan-Werner Müller Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny	Register here	What Was Christian Democracy? Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture Thu, 11.12.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Series: Lecture This year’s Jan Patočka Memorial will be held by Jan-Werner Müller, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His lecture explores the historical development of Christian democracy as an ideology reconciling Catholicism and modern democracy, questioning what remains of it today and how contemporary strands of populism and post-liberalism relate to this tradition. Read more
What Was Christian Democracy? Jan Patočka Memorial Lecture Thu, 11.12.2025, 18:00 Speakers: Jan-Werner Müller Ludger Hagedorn Misha Glenny Series: Lecture This year’s Jan Patočka Memorial will be held by Jan-Werner Müller, Roger Williams Straus Professor of Social Sciences at Princeton University. His lecture explores the historical development of Christian democracy as an ideology reconciling Catholicism and modern democracy, questioning what remains of it today and how contemporary strands of populism and post-liberalism relate to this tradition. Read more
	The Fifth Estate: An Urgent Look at the Sociology of Knowledge	Mon, 15.12.2025, 16:00	Seminars and Colloquia	Misha Glenny Peter B. Kaufman		The Fifth Estate: An Urgent Look at the Sociology of Knowledge Fellows' Colloquium with Peter B. Kaufman Mon, 15.12.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Peter B. Kaufman Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows’ Colloquium, Peter B. Kaufman presents The Fifth Estate: An Urgent Look at the Sociology of Knowledge, exploring what people believe, how they come to believe it, and the interests shaping those beliefs. Drawing on Ludwik Fleck and Karl Mannheim, he calls for a renewed focus on Wissenssoziologie to confront future crises of toxic thinking. Read more
The Fifth Estate: An Urgent Look at the Sociology of Knowledge Fellows' Colloquium with Peter B. Kaufman Mon, 15.12.2025, 16:00 Speakers: Misha Glenny Peter B. Kaufman Series: Seminars and Colloquia In this Fellows’ Colloquium, Peter B. Kaufman presents The Fifth Estate: An Urgent Look at the Sociology of Knowledge, exploring what people believe, how they come to believe it, and the interests shaping those beliefs. Drawing on Ludwik Fleck and Karl Mannheim, he calls for a renewed focus on Wissenssoziologie to confront future crises of toxic thinking. Read more