BRUNO KREISKY PRIZE FOR THE POLITICAL BOOK 2016
The Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book
has been awarded annually by the Karl Renner Institute and the social democratic educational organisation since 1993. Political books, authors and publishers are honoured in the spirit of Bruno Kreisky's life's work.
Award winners 2016:
Prize for the complete journalistic oeuvre
ARMIN THURNHER, Editor-in-Chief Falter
Special price
INGRID BRODNIG
Hate on the net. What we can do against hate speech, bullying and lies
(Brandstätter, 2016)
Special prize „Worlds of work - worlds of education“
ELKE GRUBER, WERNER LENZ
Adult and continuing education Austria
(wbv, 2016)
Prize for special publishing achievements
new academic press, Vienna
Speaking
ALFRED GUSENBAUER
President of the Karl Renner Institute
MICHAEL LUDWIG
City Councillor for Housing, Housing Construction and Urban Renewal, Chairman of SPÖ Education
SIEGLINDE ROSENBERGER
Professor of Political Science at the University of Vienna
ANDREAS SCHIEDER
Chairman of the Social Democratic Parliamentary Group
HANNES SWOBODA
President of the S&D Group in the EP ret., Jury Chairman
Moderation
SONJA KATO-MAILATH-POKORNY, unikato communications
The lending takes place in the Vienna City Hall, City Senate Meeting Room, Lichtenfelsgasse 2, Feststiege 1 / 1st floor, 1010 Vienna instead.
Written registration until 16 March 2017 here.
The main prize for the political book 2016 to Branko Milanović for „Die ungleiche Welt. Migration, the One Percent and the Future of the Middle Class“, Suhrkamp 2016, was presented at the Vienna Chamber of Labour on 26 January.
The award is made possible by the support of numerous sponsors:
Bank Austria AG, Casinos Austria, Trade Unionists in the SPÖ, Social Democratic Trade Unionists in the Vienna Chamber of Labour, Gewista, PUBA Private Foundation for the Support and Education of Employees, Siemens AG, Social Democratic Business Association Austria, SPÖ Parliamentary Club
We would like to thank Mayor Dr Michael Häupl for his hospitality at Vienna City Hall.