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New Visiting Fellows Starting in April

In April, nine visiting fellows will start their fellowship at the IWM. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. 

In Memoriam Erhard Busek

25.3.1941 - 13.3.2022

New Non-Residential Fellowships to Support Ukrainian Scholars

ERC Mentoring Initiative - Call for Applications

The Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM), Vienna is an independent institute of advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Together with the Polish Academy of Sciences (Polska Akademia Nauk, PAN…
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Latest Podcast Episode Discusses the European Green Deal and its Implications

In this conversation, Ivan Vejvoda talks to Europe's Futures fellow and Carnegie Europe visiting scholar and COP26 attendee Olivia Lazard about the European Green Deal.
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Expanded fellowship opportunities for Ukrainians

The IWM has expanded its fellowship opportunities for Ukrainian scholars, cultural figures, and public intellectuals. Under this new initiative, the Institute has already awarded two emergency fellowships.
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Ukraine Information Hub

A central place to find information and content from the IWM and our community on the war in Ukraine.
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Latest Coffee House Conversation Podcast Episode with Wojciech Przybylski published

This week Ivan Vejvoda is in conversation with Europe's Futures Fellow and Editor-In-Chief of Visegrad Insight, Wojciech Przybylski.
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IWM’s renewed commitment to solidarity with Ukrainian scholars

The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) expresses solidarity with the people of Ukraine. We stand with them and the courageous dissenting voices in Russia and Belarus. Putin’s baseless war of aggression is predicated on a distortion of history and is…
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New IWM Blog: Ukraine in Focus

In solidarity with Ukraine as the country seeks to defend itself against Russian aggression, and in recognition of the need to amplify the voices of intellectuals from Ukraine and abroad who have engaged deeply with the most pressing issues facing…
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Janka Oertel discusses CO₂, China and Economic Competition in Latest Podcast Episode

This week Ivan Vejvoda is in conversation with Europe's Futures Fellow and director of the Asia programme at the European Council on Foreign Relations, Janka Oertel.

New Visiting Fellows Starting in March

In March, twelve visiting fellows will start their fellowship at the IWM. You can learn more about their individual fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names.