13: Truth and Reality: The Importance of Models in Economy, Science and Philosophy
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Hotel Böglerhof
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in deutscher SpracheControversial discussions abound in the fields of natural and social sciences and the humanities about the truth and reality of models. What can economists and mathematicians irrefutably tell us about the world? How do archaeologists construct models of the past? What is the model that quantum physics is based on? And for what purpose, philosophers and religious scholars ask, do we need models anyway? Is reality too complex? Are there alternative approaches? Which of the (virtual) reality models applied will stand the test of practical implementation?
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Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinz W. ENGL
Rector, University of Vienna
| 1977 | Doctoral degree awarded "sub auspiciis praesidentis", University of Linz |
| since 1988 | Full Professor and holder of the Chair for Industrial Mathematics, University of Linz |
| 2003-2011 | Director, RICAM - Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| since 2003 | Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (Corresponding Member since 2000) |
| since 2011 | Rector, University of Vienna |
Dr. Nicole C. KARAFYLLIS
Full Professor for Philosophy, Technische Universität Braunschweig
| 1989-1994 | studies in biology and philosophy, Dipl-Biol 1994, University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany |
| 1995-1998 | PhD-scholarship at the DFG-Graduiertenkolleg "Ethik in den Wissenschaften", IZEW Tübingen |
| 1999 | Dr. rer. nat. with a dissertation on technology assessment of renewable resources (publ. 2000) |
| 1998-2008 | Post-Doc at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Philosophy of Technology, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Ropohl |
| 2006 | habilitation at Stuttgart University, full venia legendi in Philosophy |
| 2007 | Visiting Professor for Applied Philosophy of Science at Vienna University, Austria |
| 2008-2010 | Full Professor of Philosophy at the United Arab Emirates University in Abu Dhabi, UAE |
| since 2010 | W3-Professor of Philosophy at Technische Universität Braunschweig |
Dr. Dalia MARIN
Professor and Chair for International Economics, Department of Economics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
| Dalia Marin holds the Chair in International Economics at the University of Munich | |
| She was Associate Professor at Humboldt University Berlin (1994-1998) | |
| She has been a visiting professor at Harvard University, Stanford University, and the Stern School of Business at New York University. She has also worked for the International Monetary Fund, National Bureau of Economic Research, the European University Institute, and at the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin | |
| She is Senior Research Fellow at Bruegel, Brussels, Fellow of the European Economic Association, Research Fellow of the Centre for | |
| Economic Policy Research (CEPR), London |
Dr. Wolfgang NEUBAUER
Director, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology
| 1984-1993 | Mag. Phil., Prehistoric Archaeology, Archaeometry, Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Vienna |
| 1994-2000 | Dr. Phil., Prehistoric Archaeology: Magnetic Prospecting in Archaeology, University of Vienna |
| since 1994 | Researcher at VIAS-Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science (VB1a/hb), University of Vienna |
| 1995-2008 | Senior Lecturer, Institute for Pre- and Protohistory, University of Vienna |
| 2002 | Visiting researcher: Nara, Japan & Bermuda Maritime Museum |
| Guest Professor, Institute for Ancient History, University of Innsbruck | |
| 2006 | Guest Professor, University of Applied Science, Mainz |
| 2007 | Visiting researcher: Xian - Qianling, China & Bermuda Maritime Museum |
| 2007-2008 | Research Assistant at the Institute for Computer Graphics and Algorithms, Vienna University of Technology |
| since 2009 | Professor at VIAS-Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science, University of Vienna |
| since 2010 | Director of the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Archaeological Prospection and Virtual Archaeology |
| 2012-2013 | Vice Director VIAS-Vienna Institute for Archaeological Science |
Dr. Helmut RAUCH
Professor Emeritus, Institute of Atomic and Subatomic Physics, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna
| 1957-1962 | Study of Technical Physics at the Technical University, Vienna |
| 1962-1966 | Doctoral thesis at the Technical University, Vienna |
| 1962-1972 | University assistant to Prof.Dr.G. Ortner at the Atominstitute of the Austrian Universites, Vienna |
| 1972 | Appointment as a full professor for "Experimental Nuclear Physics" at the Technical University, Vienna |
| 1972-2005 | Director of the Atominstitute of the Austrian Universities, Vienna (jointly with Prof.Dr.G. Eder) |
| 1974-2010 | Visiting Scientist at the Institute Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France |
| 1991-1994 | President of the Austrian Science Foundation |
Mag. iur. MBA M.Sc. Maria Elisabeth STUBITS-WEIDINGER
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Austria to the OECD, Paris
| 1997-2000 | Head of the Cabinet and Special Advisor for International and European Affairs to the Minister for Women´s Affairs and Consumer Protection in the Federal Chancellery, Vienna |
| 2000 | Director for International and European Affairs, Federal Ministry for Social Security and Generations, Vienna |
| 2000-2002 | Head of the Cabinet of the Regional Governor and of a Member of the Regional Government in Eisenstadt |
| 2003-2004 | Expert for EU and IFI in the Division for European Integration and International Financial Institutions in the OeNB, Vienna |
| 2004-2010 | Chief Representative of the OeNB at the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU, Brussels |
| since 2006 | Lecturer for European Law and European Business Laws at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland, Eisenstadt |
| 2011-2013 | Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Austrian Federal Chancellor and Head of the Office of the Secretary of State, |
| Federal Chancellery, Vienna | |
| 2012-2013 | Senior Advisor to the Vice-Governor of the Austrian Central Bank (OeNB) |
| since 2013 | Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Austria to the OECD, Paris |
Mag. DDr. Gabriele AMBROS
President, Forschung Austria; Managing Director, Holzhausen Scientific Publishing, Vienna
| Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre | |
| Studium der Alten Geschichte und Altertumskunde | |
| Geschäftsführerin des Verlages Holzhausen GmbH | |
| seit 2003 | Vorstandsmitglied des Österreichischen Zeitschriften- und Fachmedienverbandes |
| 2009 | Kauf des Verlages Holzhausen und Intensivierung der wissenschaftlichen Publikationen |
| 2009-2017 | Mitglied des Aufsichtsrates der FFG |
| 2009-2015 | Mitglied des Aufsichtsrates der ÖBB PV AG |
| seit 2009 | Präsidentin, Forschung Austria |
| 2010-2015 | Aufsichtsratsmitglied der Rail Cargo Austria |
| Mitglied des Rates für Forschung und Technologieentwicklung | |
| seit 2011 | Vorstandsmitglied in der Funktion der Forschung Austria im Verband der öffentlichen Wirtschaft und Gemeinwirtschaft |
| 2013-2017 | Universitätsrätin Technische Universität Graz |
| seit 2014 | Vorsitzende des FTI Rates Burgenland |
| seit 2015 | Vorsitzende des Aufsichtsrates der Fachhochschule Burgenland |
| seit 2017 | Vorsitzende der Forschung Burgenland Forschungsgesellschaft |
| seit 2019 | Aufsichtsrat des FWF |
| seit 2020 | Kuratoriumsmitglied Albertina |
