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

24.11.2021
 

On the weekend of 6/7 November 2021, the Strategic Gaming on the South China Sea dispute, convened by the EcoS lecturers Alfred Gerstl and Martin...

EcoS Updates
02.11.2021
 

On October 25th, Martin Mandl joined a group of MA-students from the Department of Chinese Studies at Masaryk University Brno for a field trip to...

EcoS Online
27.10.2021
 

Video now available: Soft Power in Taiwan and Japan

Prof. Nissim Otmazgin's u:eastasia lecture on the contesting visions of culture and democracy and their implementation as soft power policies in...

EcoS Updates
19.10.2021
 

In a special issue ASIEN – The German Journal on Contemporary Asia currently highlights the diversity and interdisciplinarity of the current...

EcoS Updates
15.10.2021
 

Why Taiwan Matters? A Video Contest

A video and podcast challenge by the Taipei Representative Office in Vienna is looking for creative answers to the question “why Taiwan matters for...

EcoS Online
12.10.2021
 

The Likelihood of Economic Reforms in North Korea: A Systematic Approach

In his latest article for Global Asia on the likeliness of economic reforms in North Korea, Prof. Frank argues that the current situation in the DPRK...

EcoS Online
12.10.2021
 

Austrian researchers from EcoS and the SINOFON Project at Palacky University Olomouc recently took part in a two day conference on "Current Issues in...

EcoS Online
12.10.2021
 

The Taiwanese Office in Vienna has a job opening for a full time position working in research and coordination of events organized by this office.

EcoS Updates
05.10.2021
 

The Indo-Pacific Region: Main actors and its importance for the EU.

Our sessional lecturer, Alfred Gerstl, has been recenetly interviewed on the Indo-Pacific and the European Union current ties with this region.

EcoS Online
04.10.2021
 

The new semester begins today and we are glad to have you back. Please keep in mind that courses and services in the Campus of the University of...

EcoS Updates
27.09.2021
 

After a year of not being able to meet in person, we want to welcome you all to the new semester with an event where you will be able to interact with...

EcoS Updates
27.09.2021
 

Internship Opportunity at Open Nuclear Network

Open Nuclear Network (ONN), a programme of One Earth Future Foundation, is looking for graduate-level student interns.

EcoS Updates
27.09.2021
 

On September 21 Martin Mandl welcomed Prof. Nissim Otmazgin, incoming Dean of the Faculty of Humanities at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem for a...

EcoS Online
18.08.2021
 

Bubble Tea & Taiwan's Gastro-diplomacy in Vienna

For the Helsinki China Podcast, Martin Mandl is commenting on Taiwan's gastrodiplomacy and the recent return of Bubble Tea to the streets of Vienna.

EcoS Online
22.07.2021
 

Taiwan's 'gastrodiplomacy': food, soft power and diplomacy.

On July 21st, Martin Mandl met with the head of Taiwan's mission in Austria, Ambassador Katharine Chang, to discuss Taiwan's food, its soft power, and...

EcoS Online