On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Hannah Arendt’s death, the seminar Arendtian Counciliarism: Visions and Care for Democracy will be held from 25 to 27 June 2025 at the University of Verona. This event will bring together scholars… Continue Reading →
Between non-reformist reforms and attainable gains in living standards and equality, or ‘Walking the Tightrope’ International Workshop Summary – Counter-Strategies to Authoritarianism, 4 Oct 2024, University of Vienna. Alexander Kurunczi Day 1 The discussion on the first day envisioned a… Continue Reading →
The continued attack on public space together with the forceful eviction of people from social housing in the name of private capital interests is emblematic for a time marked by the amalgamation of neoliberal market rationality and authoritarian rule. Democratic… Continue Reading →
07.10.2024 Paula Biglieri (Universidad de Buenos Aires) will give an IPW Lecture on 7 October 2024 entitled Milei’s far-right Argentina: two hypotheses and one question. The event will take place in the conference room (NIG, 2nd floor) at 2 pm.
Our partnership with the AHRC culminates in a 2-day convention in 2026, featuring a confirmed keynote lecture by Professor Thomas Piketty internationally renowned expert in public economics whose vision for redistributive policies underpins the economic part of our vision of… Continue Reading →
‘Conceptualising the Wellbeing state.’ This forthcoming international roundtable at the University of Brighton will bring together academics, researchers, third sector organisations and policy makers to cosolidate our shared understanding of what a Wellbeing state could be: We will seek to… Continue Reading →
What is a wellbeing state? How might we move towards a politics of Wellbeing? And how might we use this to counter the global rise of authoritarianism? In Cooperation with PREDEF 4-5 October 2024, Room C424, Neues Institutsgebäude (4th… Continue Reading →
Why does our network focus on the state? Central to this project is the necessary and challenging task of rethinking and critiquing the role and conceptualisation of state, sovereignty, and collective action, in politics today. It maintains that without such… Continue Reading →
Why is our network focusing on Wellbeing? There is increasing concern in political circles, the media, and academia, about the rise of authoritarian populism worldwide and its association with misogyny, racism, and hatred of minorities. Researchers identify that authoritarian populism… Continue Reading →
Welcome to the new Wellbeing State Network. Led by Clare Woodford (University of Brighton) and Viktoria Huegel (University of Vienna) the aim of this network is to not just imagine, but to plan, a better world. Under the moniker ‘the… Continue Reading →
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