Sustainable Economics - Book Presentation and Discussion with Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler

With the winter semester 2023/24, the curriculum of the largest Bachelor's programme at WU Vienna will be reformed, featuring also the new study branch "Economy - Environment - Politics". In the course of the reform, the course series "Sustainable Economics" was also revised. The corresponding textbook "Zukunftsfähiges Wirtschaften - Herausforderungen der sozialökologischen Transformation" (Sustainable Economics - Challenges of the Socio-Ecological Transformation) was also republished. The Department of Socioeconomics is pleased to present the new textbook, the course series and the new study branch in detail: As part of the discussion series "WU matters. WU talks.", the authors, Andreas Novy, Richard Bärnthaler and Magdalena Prieler, will first briefly present the textbook, followed by a high-level discussion on the topic of "Sustainable Economics".

• Vice chancellor Werner Kogler - Federal Minister for Arts, Culture, Civil Service and Sport

• Margarethe Rammerstorfer - Vice Rector for Academic Programmes and Student Affairs

• Andreas Novy - Head of the Institute for Multilevel Governance and Development (MLGD)

• Presentation: Karin Heitzmann - Head of the Research institute Economics of Inequality

The event will be held in German. It is an in-person event and will take place on campus, there will be no livestream. Registration is required! More information and registration on the event page of WU Vienna: Towards a Sustainable Economy, featuring Vice chancellor Kogler