News from EcoS

This section compiles all of the news from the EcoS program. You can also see the articles according to the following categories: EcoS up to Date or EcoS in the News.

If you are interested in keeping up-to-date with student-organized events, please make sure to monitor the social media accounts managed by our student representatives

31.01.2025
 

[Vacancy] The Embassy of Japan in Austria is hiring!

The Japanese Embassy is seeking a (full-time) staff member for the Department "International Organizations and Kosovo Section." Application deadline:...

EcoS Updates
27.01.2025
 

[Event] The Economic Situation of North Korea in 2025

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Bernhard Seliger on January 27, 2025.

EcoS Online
26.01.2025
 

[Vacancy] We are hiring! Student Assistant at EcoS

The EcoS Chair is looking for a student assistant in the Summer Semester 2025.

EcoS Updates
21.01.2025
 

[Interview] Discord between President Marcos and Vice-President Duterte of the Philippines (German)

On the Ö1 Mittagsjournal, Alfred Gerstl elaborates on the background of the political unrest within the Philippines' leadership.

EcoS Online
15.01.2025
 

[Event] Cultural Representations of North Koreans in South Korean Popular Culture:The Intersectionality of Gender, Class & the Division System

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Sung Kyung Kim on January 15, 2025.

EcoS Online
15.01.2025
 

[Event] Copyright und Plagiarismus (German)

You are invited to join a lecture on Jan 15, hosted by the university library on the basics of copyright and how to cite correctly.

EcoS Updates
08.01.2025
 

[Event] Reconciling Divided States: A Comparative Perspective on Korea and Ireland

Save the date for an University of Vienna guest lecture by Prof. Dong Jin Kim on January 8, 2025.

EcoS Online
12.12.2024
 

[Article] Die Welt hat gewählt – und jetzt? (German)

Alfred Gerstl and Fabio Wolkenstein review 2024, an election year of records.

EcoS Online
12.12.2024
 

[Op-ed] Seeing red: Yoon’s ‘pro-North Korea forces’ rhetoric evokes authoritarian past

Dan Gudgeon writes about the anti-communist logic behind the martial law declaration in South Korea to root out "anti-state forces."

EcoS Online
10.12.2024
 

[Publication] How peace narratives avoid or invoke ontological insecurity: South Korean language games about building peace with North Korea

Dr. Dan Gudgeon published a peer-reviewed journal article about peace narratives and ontological security.

EcoS Online
09.12.2024
 

[Event] Art of the Deal Redux: Prospects for Diplomacy in the Second Trump-Kim Era

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. John Delury on December 9, 2024.

EcoS Updates
08.12.2024
 

[Interview] Staatsbankett und Streetfood – Wie mit Essen Politik gemacht wird (German)

In an interview with SWR, Martin Mandl discusses cuisine and dining as instruments of diplomacy.

EcoS Online
06.12.2024
 

[Article] The Coup of December 3, 2024, in South Korea: Background and Lessons for Democracy

An assessment by Prof. Rüdiger Frank.

EcoS Online
04.12.2024
 

[EcoS Program] Sneak peek at the Summer Semester 2025

Learn about the courses we are offering in the upcoming semester.

EcoS Updates
02.12.2024
 

[Event] Data Knowledge, and North Korean Scholarship

Save the date for a guest lecture with Prof. Hazel Smith on December 2, 2024.

EcoS Updates