Universities in the post-truth world
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in deutscher SprachePost-truth explanations are gradually being incorporated into public opinion and have reached new dimensions through social media. Democratic principles are steadily being replaced by social disintegration and conflict. How can universities tackle this issue – as “pillars of the information society”?
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DDr. Ulrich BERGER
Head, Department for Analytical Macroeconomics, WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business), Vienna
| 1995 | Diploma in Mathematics, University of Vienna |
| 1996-1998 | Research Assistant, Institute of Mathematics, University of Vienna |
| 1998 | Doctorate in Mathematics, University of Vienna |
| 1998-2000 | Research and Teaching Assistant, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2000-2006 | Assistant Professor of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2004 | Doctorate in Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2006 | Habilitation in Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| Substitute-Professor of Economics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich | |
| 2006-2011 | Associate Professor of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 2011 | Professor of Economics, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
Mag. Dr. Elisabeth HOLZLEITHNER
Professor, Philosophy of Law and Legal Gender Studies, University of Vienna, Vienna
| Law studies, University of Vienna | |
| 2006-2007 | Visiting Professor, University of Zurich |
| 2011 | Habilitation, University of Vienna |
| Since 2017 Professor; Institute Director, Institute for Philosophy of Law, University of Vienna | |
| Since 2017 Spokeswoman for the research network Gender & Agency of the University of Vienna |
DDr. Matthias KARMASIN
Professor and Head, Institute for Communication Sciences, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt
| 1990-1999 | Research Assitant, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna |
| 1993-1996 | Faculty Member, IMBA, Vienna University of Economics and Business; University of South Carolina, Columbia |
| 1997-1998 | Consultant; Project Manager, "Wissenschaftler für die Wirtschaft", Nausner&Nausner, Graz |
| 1999-2001 | Professor, Media Management, Institute for Media- and Communications Sciences, University of Ilmenau |
| 2000-2007 | Chairman, Institute for Media- and Communication Sciences, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt |
| since 2009 | President, Avsiory Board for Journalism Founds, Vienna |
Dr. Ulrike TAPPEINER
President, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano
| 1985 | PhD in Biology and Informatics at Innsbruck University |
| 1985-1996 | Assistant Professor, Department of Botany, University of Innsbruck |
| since 1995 | Head of the Institute for Alpine Environment, Eurac Research, Bozen (Italy) |
| 1996-2005 | Associate Professor, Institute of Botany, University of Innsbruck |
| 1994-2004 | Visiting Lecturer and Visisting Professor, University of Bayreuth, University of Trier, University of Evora, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Tbilisi |
| 2005 | Offer to become Full Professor of Ecosystem Research at Univ. Münster, Germany, (declined) |
| since 2005 | Full Professor of Ecosystem Research, Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck |
| since 2006 | Co-ordination of the research centre ‘Ecology of the Alpine Regions’, University of Innsbruck |
| 2006-2012 | Head, Department of Ecology, University of Innsbruck |
| 2012-2018 | Dean, Faculty of Biology, University of Innsbruck |
| since 2018 | President, Free University of Bozen - Bolzano |
Mag.a Bernadette BAYRHAMMER
Editor, Die Presse, Vienna
| since 2009 | : Editor Die Presse (Domestic desk), Vienna |
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