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Telemedicine implementation in Austrian correctional facilities: a qualitative interview study with prison staff

New Master’s programme “Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations” launched

The Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

Mitigation deterrence in emissions trading schemes: Managing low quality demand for carbon removal

Save the Dates: Ocean Seminars in winter semester 2026/2027

Between digital sovereignty and trusted connectivity: tensions in EU external digital governance

Unsafe by design? The launch of the Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

Ocean Seminar with Chloé Taillandier

Why justice is not enough: Solidarity and technology in a fragmented world

Liberalism Cannot Save Us Now

Online book presentation: “Capitalism at the Limit”

Green Crime in the Amazon: Drugs, Deforestation, and the Question of Shared Responsibility

Bitcoin as Legal Tender: El Salvador’s Crypto Experiment Revisited

Between extractivisms, militarisation, and the living forest: perspectives and lessons on socio-ecological transformations from the Amazon

All IPW Lectures in the current semester at a glance

Telemedicine implementation in Austrian correctional facilities: a qualitative interview study with prison staff

New Master’s programme “Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations” launched

The Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

Mitigation deterrence in emissions trading schemes: Managing low quality demand for carbon removal

Save the Dates: Ocean Seminars in winter semester 2026/2027

Between digital sovereignty and trusted connectivity: tensions in EU external digital governance

Unsafe by design? The launch of the Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

Ocean Seminar with Chloé Taillandier

Why justice is not enough: Solidarity and technology in a fragmented world

Liberalism Cannot Save Us Now

Online book presentation: “Capitalism at the Limit”

Green Crime in the Amazon: Drugs, Deforestation, and the Question of Shared Responsibility

Bitcoin as Legal Tender: El Salvador’s Crypto Experiment Revisited

Between extractivisms, militarisation, and the living forest: perspectives and lessons on socio-ecological transformations from the Amazon

All IPW Lectures in the current semester at a glance

Contact for media enquiries

Overview for media representatives

Telemedicine implementation in Austrian correctional facilities: a qualitative interview study with prison staff

New Master’s programme “Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations” launched

The Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

Mitigation deterrence in emissions trading schemes: Managing low quality demand for carbon removal

Save the Dates: Ocean Seminars in winter semester 2026/2027

Between digital sovereignty and trusted connectivity: tensions in EU external digital governance

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Unsafe by design? The launch of the Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

Ocean Seminar with Chloé Taillandier

Why justice is not enough: Solidarity and technology in a fragmented world

Liberalism Cannot Save Us Now

Online book presentation: “Capitalism at the Limit”

Green Crime in the Amazon: Drugs, Deforestation, and the Question of Shared Responsibility

Bitcoin as Legal Tender: El Salvador’s Crypto Experiment Revisited

Between extractivisms, militarisation, and the living forest: perspectives and lessons on socio-ecological transformations from the Amazon

All IPW Lectures in the current semester at a glance

Contact for media enquiries

Overview for media representatives

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07.10.2026 Publications

Magdalena Eitenberger, together with colleagues, has published a new article in the journal “BMJ Open” on the telemedicine implementation in Austrian correctional facilities.

05.10.2026 News

Group photo of the participants at the launch of the new Master’s programme "Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations"

On 5 October 2026, the new Master’s programme “Governing Socio-Ecological Transformations” began with 28 highly motivated students.

04.10.2026 Publications

Barbara Prainsack, together with a team of international experts and researchers, has published a new “The Lancet” Series on the digital determinants of health.

28.09.2026 Publications

Alina Brad has published a new article in the journal “Energy Research & Social Science”. The article reviews policy developments in the UK and the EU regarding the integration of carbon dioxide removal into emissions trading schemes, and discusses the risk of mitigation deterrence.

21.09.2026 News

Once again, the team of the ERC project “TwinPolitics” invites international scholars. This new season of the Ocean Seminar series (an official UN Ocean Decade activity) reflects the role of science in multilateral environmental negotiations.

15.09.2026 Publications

A new article by Sebastian Heidebrecht (EIF) in the “Journal of European Integration” demonstrates the complementarities and tensions that arise from combining strategic objectives related to digital technology with traditional goals of international cooperation.

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Webinar with Barbara Prainsack on digital environments and public health.

Online

Digital Transformations for Health Lab, The Lancet

2026-10-05 14:00 - 15:30

External Events

In focus: the side events at the INC negotiations for a global plastics treaty.

Online

Department of Political Science

2026-10-07 17:00

Events

Barbara Prainsack speaks at the opening session for the academic year at the University of Barcelona.

Aula Magna, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Clínic Campus, University of Barcelona, Casanova 143, 08036 Barcelona & Online (YouTube livestream)

University of Barcelona

2026-10-07 17:00

External Events

IPW Lecture with Wendy Brown (Princeton University)

Hörsaal III (Lecture Hall III)

Department of Political Science

2026-10-15 16:00 - 17:30

IPW Lectures

The Brooklyn Institute for Social Research and the New York office of the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation are organising an online presentation of the book “Capitalism at the Limit” with Ulrich Brand.

Online

Brooklyn Institute for Social Research, Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung (New York Office)

2026-10-15 23:00

External Events

The Research Group Latin America invites to a panel discussion at the CEU.

Central European University, Auditorium, Quellenstraße 51, 1100 Vienna

Shattuck Center for Human Rights (CEU), Research Group Latin America (IPW), Amazon Watch

2026-10-16 12:30

Events

Closing event of the research project “The Cultural Political Economy of Bitcoin in the Global South” (BITELSA) with result presentation and panel discussion.

Konferenzraum (Conference Room)

Department of Political Science

2026-10-19 14:30 - 18:00

Events

The Research Group Latin America invites to a lecture with Patricia Gualinga and Raphael Hoetmer.

Hörsaal 1 (Lecture Hall 1, H1)

Department of Political Science

2026-10-22 16:45 - 18:15

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5 Unsafe by design? The launch of the Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

7 Ocean Seminar with Chloé Taillandier Why justice is not enough: Solidarity and technology in a fragmented world

15 Liberalism Cannot Save Us Now Online book presentation: “Capitalism at the Limit”

16 Green Crime in the Amazon: Drugs, Deforestation, and the Question of Shared Responsibility

19 Bitcoin as Legal Tender: El Salvador’s Crypto Experiment Revisited

22 Between extractivisms, militarisation, and the living forest: perspectives and lessons on socio-ecological transformations from the Amazon