Bringing Ideas to Power: Towards a Democratic Consensus of Tomorrow?
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Liechtenstein-Saal
Plenary
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in englischer SprachePolitical leaders and civil society actors know about the complexity of our world today. But the relationship between the world of power and the world of ideas seems to be deteriorating rather than improving. How can we foster dialogue between established and emerging voices in the political arena and create a connection between innovation and practice?
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Mag. Alexander EGIT
Executive Director, Greenpeace in Central and Eastern Europe, Vienna
| Abgeschlossenes Diplomstudium der Politikwissenschaften, Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaft | |
| Lehramtsstudium der Leibeserziehung, Geschichte und Sozialkunde | |
| Universitätslektor am Institut für Politikwissenschaften der Universität Wien | |
| Trainer für Kampagnen in Europa, Südostasien und Japan | |
| 1986-1995 | Mitglied der Geschäftsführung und Sprecher der Umweltschutzorganisation GLOBAL 2000 |
| bis 1995 | Stellvertretender Präsident der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Umwelt und Technik |
| 1996 | Freiberuflicher Konsulent für Non Profit Organisationen |
| 1996-2004 | Umweltpolitischer Leiter von Greenpeace Österreich |
| 1993-1995 | Vorstandsmitglied des ÖKO-BÜROs, Koordinationsstelle österreichischer Umweltorganisationen |
| 1997-2004 | Vorstandsmitglied des ÖKO-BÜROs, Koordinationsstelle österreichischer Umweltorganisationen |
| 1997-2005 | Vorstandsmitglied der IÖGV - Interessensvertretung Österreichischer Gemeinnütziger Vereine |
| seit 2000 | Aufbau von Greenpeace in Osteuropa |
| 2003-2005 | Aufbau und Teamleiter von Greenpeace Polen |
| 2005-2006 | Beratung des Aufbaus von Greenpeace in China |
| 2006 | Teamleiter Greenpeace Ungarn |
| seit 2006 | Geschäftsführer Greenpeace in Zentral- und Osteuropa |
Dr. Ulrike GUEROT
Head of Department, European Policy and the Study of Democracy, Danube University Krems - University for Continuing Education; Director and Founder, European Democracy Lab, European School of Governance, Krems
| Since 2016 Ulrike Guérot is Professor at Danube-University Krems and head of the department for European Policy and the Study of Democracy. Core activities of the department are both interdisciplinary research and network building. The main goal is to initiate a citizen-oriented and sustainable debate on key issues surrounding today’s Europe. Since September 2017 Ulrike Guérot is holder of Alfred-Grosser visiting professorship at the Goethe-University Frankfurt. Furthermore, she founded the Berlin based think tank "European Democracy Lab. The lab seeks to rethink and redesign European democracy. Currently, the lab is building a campaign platform advocating for both the principle of political equality beyond nation states and the empowerment of regional stakeholders within the EU-setup. | |
| Prior to her work in Krems and Berlin, Ulrike Guérot built up the office and served as Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and lectured at various internationally renowned universities, such as Bucerius Law School Hamburg, John Hopkins University, INSEAD Singapore and Europa University Viadrina in Frankfurt. In addition she conducted research at the Berlin Social Science Center (WZB) on the topics of democracy and democratization. In April 2016 her first book 'Why Europe needs to become a republic! A political utopia' was published by Dietz. The principal idea of the book is the creation of a ‘European Republic’ based on the concept of equality in front of the law in a union of citizens. Her latest work 'The new civil war - the open Europe and its enemies', published by Ullstein is a bestseller in Germany. In this cutting edge pamphlet she describes the great divide throughout the European societies. She has been publishing widely in Germany, English and French on European, transatlantic and global issues in various newspapers, journals and books. In times of turmoil and crisis, Ulrike Guérot aims at creating a sustainable blueprint for Europe in the 21st century, which puts the citizen first. |
Slawomir SIERAKOWSKI
Director, Krytyka Polityczna, Warsaw
| Slawomir Sierakowski is a Polish sociologist and political commentator, who founded and leads Krytyka Polityczna (Political Critique), the biggest eastern European movement of liberal intellectuals, artists and activists, with branches in Ukraine and Russia. He is the director of the Institute for Advanced Study in Warsaw and the president of the Stanislaw Brzozowski Association, overseeing its publishing house; its online daily "Dziennik Opinii"; cultural centres in Warsaw, Gdansk, Lodz and Cieszyn, in Poland, and in Kiev, Ukraine; and 20 local clubs. | |
| Mr. Sierakowski has been awarded fellowships from Yale, Princeton and Harvard and from the Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna. He has written for many journals and newspapers, including The Guardian, ElPaís, Haaretz and die tageszeitung, Dissent, Transit, A2. He contributes a monthly column to the Polish leading daily "Gazeta Wyborcza" and to the international edition of the New York Times. Mr Sierakowski has been ranked as one of the most influential Poles by "Polityka", "Wprost" and"Newsweek". | |
| https://www.opendemocracy.net/author/slawomir-sierakowski |
Jan ZIELONKA
Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow and Professor of European Politics, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
| Jan Zielonka is Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Ralf Dahrendorf Professorial Fellow at St Antony’s College. His previous appointments included posts at the University of Warsaw, Leiden and the European University Institute in Florence. His work oscillates between the field of international relations, comparative politics and political theory. Zielonka has produced seventeen books including "Is the EU doomed?" (2014), and "Europe as Empire". "The Nature of the Enlarged European Union", (2006). His last book - "Counter-revolution. Liberal Europe in Retreat" has been published by Oxford University Press in 2018. Zielonka frequently contributes articles for various European newspapers and online journals. |
Mag.a MA Verena RINGLER
Head of International Department, Stiftung Mercator, Essen
| 2002-2006 | Associate Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine |
| 2006-2009 | Media and Communications Advisor, ICO/EUSR - The International Civilian Office - European Union Special Representative, Pristina |
| since 2005 | EU Strategy Entrepreneur, Vienna, www.europeancommons.eu |
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