BBNJ Agreement enters into force
On Saturday, January 17, Agreement under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National
IPW Lecture with Colin Hay on “Homo politicus and the ‘problem of agency’: the missing subject of modern political science” on January 22
We are proud to present Prof. Colin Hay from Sciences Po for our next IPW Lecture at the Department of Political Science. On January 22 at 5 pm he will
Multiple Krisen – Gemeinsame Lösungen: Das IPBES Nexus Assessment für Österreich
Ein Jahr nach dem Erscheinen des IPBES Nexus Assessments veröffentlicht unser Projekt "Biodiversity Austria - International" einen Bericht, der die zentralen Erkenntnisse erstmals systematisch auf den österreichischen Kontext anwendet. Aus
A tale of four treaties – IPW Lecture with Henrik and Noelle Selin
In times when multilateralism appears in retreat and environmental concerns are pushed aside for economic gains, the influence of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) is often considered minuscule. With their new
„Transformativer Wandel neu gedacht“ – Rückblick auf das Symposium der Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW) zur Biodiversität
von Simon J. Fellinger und Margarita Hartlieb (c) Adobe Stock Am 30. Oktober 2025 kamen im Festsaal der ÖAW über 120 Stakeholder:innen aus Wissenschaft, Verwaltung, Wirtschaft und Zivilgesellschaft
IPW Lecture with Henrik and Noelle Selin on November 20
We are excited to invite you to our IPW Lecture with the internationally renowned political scientists Henrik Selin (Boston University) and Noelle Selin (MIT) on November 20.
Workshop with Prof. Colin Hay
We are excited to annouce that the deadline for abstract submissions for the workshop “Discursive and Epistemic Selectivity in Global Environmental Negotiations” with Sciences Po Prof. Dr. Colin Hay and
Transformativer Wandel – Event zur Biodiversität in der ÖAW am 30. Oktober
Ein transformativer Wandel unserer Gesellschaft zur Erreichung globaler Umweltziele wird nicht nur von zahlreichen NGOs gefordert, sondern auch zunehmend von Wissenschafter:innen thematisiert. Doch was bedeutet ein solcher Wandel konkret in
Alice Vadrot receives prestigious Henderlein Prize
We are delighted to announce that Alice Vadrot has been awarded the 2025 Franco-German Henrik Enderlein Prize. The €10,000 research prize recognises outstanding social scientists under the age of 40
