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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:] Vienna city view

Journal article on livability through a human needs lens

New article by ISSET-researcher Simon Grabow together with Tobias Riepl

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"Die Presse"-Gastkommentar

Klimapolitik ist Wirtschaftspolitik – Eine Blockade schadet Österreich

[Translate to English:] ERDgespraeche

01.10.2025: Infoabend ERDgespräche

Wenn Du Lust hast, mehr über die ERDgespräche zu erfahren und Du Dich vielleicht auch engagieren willst: Komm zur Informationsveranstaltung mit Angie Rattay von den ERDgesprächen und Andreas Novy vom…