sociology

MA Eco-Social Design starts on October. Apply until 8 July

apply now or never — at least not this year. And help to spread the message to interested people and parties. Read more about the Master in Eco-Social Design on its web page, the latest newsletter,  get updates and spread via FB + twitter. Sustainable Greetings Kris >< Krois

10.6. @ unibz: Serge Latouche: Growth is the Problem, not the Solution

Serge Latouche is a fore-thinker of degrowth. The French economist / social scientist / philosopher / activist speaks in at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano on the campus Brixen-Bressanone, next wednesday, 10th of July, 18:00-20:00, Aula Magna If you don’t know Latouche and get a taste: What is degrowth? “By „degrowth“ we understand a downscaling …

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Professorship in Sociology

Preliminary Request for Expressions of Interest*: In 2016 we will  set up a new professorship in Sociology*. We are looking for a sociologist, who wants to engage in transdisciplinary collaborations with designers in the context of eco-social transformation. Teaching will happen in our project-oriented study programs, among others in the Master in Eco-Social Design (Glocal …

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Guest Lecture | 8.5. | unibz: Diverse Economies and Alternative Spaces

8.5. | 10.00 – 12.00 | unibz | Campus Brixen | Aula 1.50 Prof. Giorgos Gritzas & Prof. Karolus Kavoulakis Diverse Economies and Alternative Spaces. An Overview of Approaches and Practices Die beiden griechischen Wissenschaftler befassen sich in Theorie, Forschung und Praxis mit verschiedenen Möglichkeiten und alternativen Formen des Wirtschaftens vor dem Hintergrund der multiplen …

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Glocal Design Spring 2015

March 27–28, Bolzano, Italy / transdisciplinary convention on / transformative actions, design & research \ local developments & global contexts / design as a catalyst of change in preparation of the Master in Glocal Design. with \ Christa Müller / Aral Balkan \ Lucas Evers / Doina Petrescu \ Brave New Alps / Armin Bernhard \ Günter …

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28.5. 16:00 Brixen: Klimawandel in der Alpenregion

Prof. Dr. Cordula Kropp, Umweltsoziologin, München Klimawandel in der Alpenregion – Wie können Gemeinden aktiv werden? Cordula Kropp ist eine der bekanntesten Umweltsoziologinnen im deutschsprachigen Raum. Im Rahmen dieser Veranstaltung stellt sie Ergebnisse von Feldstudien in Bayern, Südtirol und Nordtirol vor. Cordula Kropp orientiert sich in ihrer Forschungs- und Entwicklungsarbeit konsequent an den Leitbildern einer transformativen …

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Marianella Sclavi: E’ come fare la piadina | 01.04. 19:00

Tuesday the 1st of April there will be a new By Design or By Disaster Talk. We will have the chance to talk about facilitation, design and creative co-design with Marianella Sclavi, who studies and teaches Listening as a Craft and Conflicts’ Creative Management. She will talk about these topics from her experiences, on one …

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21.3: Welche Schönheit wird die Welt retten?

Zygmunt Bauman in a conversation with Agnes Heller 21.3. 2014 18.00 Aula Magna Bozen | unibz I found Baumann’s book Liquid Modernity enlightening for its precise and critical observations of contemporary globalized and industrialized society. Not exactly positive. Therefore, i am very curious to hear about the idea how beauty can save the world. Sounds …

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