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Aerial view of the Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG)

Georg Herder

News

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

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.

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

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.

The Lancet Series on the digital determinants of health

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.

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Events

IPW Lecture with Wendy Brown (Princeton University)

Liberalism Cannot Save Us Now

15.10.2026

16:00 - 17:30

IPW Lectures | Political Theory | Gender & Politics

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 book presentation: “Capitalism at the Limit”

15.10.2026

23:00

External Events | International Politics

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

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

16.10.2026

12:30

Events | Latin America

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