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

13.02.2012
 

Comment on Süddeutsche Zeitung

Prof. Frank explains why the North Korean dictatorship has been this sustainable and calls the attention to current developments within the...

EcoS Online
15.01.2012
 

Workshop Timor-Leste. Youth's Future, Local Politics & Foreign Relations: Challenges and Opportunities in Timor-Leste in the Light of the Upcoming...

EcoS Updates
13.01.2012
 

Special Event

Đại Đạo Tam Kỳ Phổ Đọ (Cao Đài) is one of the six officially recognized religions in today’s Vietnam. Since its inception in 1926, Cao Đài has...

EcoS Updates
12.01.2012
 

Academic Analysis

Kim Jong Il’s death was announced less than three weeks ago. But the world is surprisingly quickly getting used to the new leadership in North Korea,...

EcoS Online
11.01.2012
 

Innovation Cheque: € 5,000

We are proud to announce that the Chair of East Asian Economy and Society in cooperation with Steinkellner China Services received an Innovation...

EcoS Updates
09.01.2012
 

Academic Analysis

Austria is a great country for many reasons, but with just 8.4 million citizens and locked in the center of the European continent, it is hardly a...

EcoS Online
05.01.2012
 

From now on the Chair of East Asian Economy and Society (EcoS) provides recorded lectures to all teaching staff at the University of Vienna.

EcoS Updates
04.01.2012
 

Prof. Adam Fforde, renowned expert on Vietnam and development issues held a special lecture on “Q&A on Vietnam and some related issues: Prof. Adam...

EcoS Updates
12.09.2011
 

Academic Analysis

The Party as the Kingmaker: The Death of Kim Jong-Il and its Consequences for North Korea.

EcoS Online
26.08.2011
 

North Korea’s Strategic Outlook on Northeast Asia: The Syrian Litmus Test

"The Libyan story seems to be over, at least for now. We do not exactly know who is going to rule that country next and with what consequences.

EcoS Online
22.08.2011
 

EXPERT: Herbert Friesacher

The project "Praxis-Link East Asia" of the Chair of East Asian Economy and Society aims to raise the employability of our students, give practical...

EcoS Updates
22.08.2011
 

New Publication

The Vienna Graduate Journal of East Asian Studies is a joint project of the Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Vienna aiming to...

EcoS Updates
19.08.2011
 

Live-Interview for Russia Today Television

North Korea has again shelled waters near the maritime border with South Korea.

EcoS Online
17.08.2011
 

Guest Lecture: Ambassador of Indonesia to Austria

On November 30th, I GUSTI AGUNG WESAKA PUJA, Ambassador of Indonesia to Austria held a guest lecture on "Indonesia - an emerging profile in global...

EcoS Updates
09.08.2011
 

East Asianists and the Job Market

The project "Praxis-Link East Asia" of the Chair of East Asian Economy and Society aims to raise the employability of our students, give practical...

EcoS Updates