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Institute for Spatial and Social-Ecological Transformations (ISSET)RSS

ISSET is an interdisciplinary institute at the Department of Socioeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics and Business that unites research from geography, socioeconomics, political ecology, governance, and planning which focus on the contours, challenges and consequences of past, current and future spatial and social-ecological transformations.

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News

[Translate to English:] Public Money for Public Good

Public Money for Public Good

Workshop on 27th and 28th September 2025 hosted by Modern Money Lab and supported by ISSET

[Translate to English:] Mattei_Singh

New IKPS Blog: Fascism and Liberalism - Yesterday and Today

Read the opening article by Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh now!

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Recording available: Public Lecture by Lucas Chancel

The lecture titled "Energy, Inequality, and Democracy" is now available on Youtube