FOCUS
Democracy, Diversity and Social Cohesion
Democracy ensures participation, diversity guarantees better solutions, and social cohesion undermines polarisation. Learning from history means striving to do better: we want to counter the question ‘how could this have happened?’ with new perspectives when it comes to citizens’ participation in decision-making and the protection of the rule of law and justice.
We organise events and forums under the motto: Let’s dare to embrace more democracy, more diversity and more solidarity!
“We must ensure that things do not return to the way they were in the 1930s, when the political parties were at each other’s throats, to the detriment of all Austrians.”
Thursday
7 PM
11 Jun 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
THE GLOBAL RIGHT
Robert Misik in conversation with Marcel Lewandowsky
Panel discussion
Registration
Thursday
7 PM
18 Jun 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
SLANG, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL MEDIA OF THE NEW RIGHT
Cathrin Kahlweit in conversation with Natascha Strobl, Kira Ayyadi
Panel discussion
Registration
Tuesday
7 PM
23 Jun 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
IN THE INTELLECTUAL CIVIL WAR? Thought, ideologies and intellectual history of the radical right
Robert Misik in conversation with Volker Weiß, Gabriela Greilinger
Panel discussion
Registration
PAST EVENTS
Wednesday
7 PM
27 May 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
THE GEN Z ON THE RIGHT COURSE: SOCIAL MEDIA, SEDUCTION AND YOUTH CULTURE
Robert Misik in conversation with Rafid Kabir, Antonie Rietzschel
Panel discussion
The event
Tuesday
7 PM
26 May 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society
with Hendrik Wagenaar, Barbara Prainsack, Donna Andrews
Panel discussion
The event
Tuesday
7 PM
12 May 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
The Courage to be Disagreeable. A Guide to Political Defiance.
Robert Misik in conversation with Monika Mokre, Matthias Meisner
Panel discussion
The event
Tuesday
7 PM
05 May 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
HELLMUT BUTTERWECKS „POSSIBILITIES“
with Rudolf Scholten, Richard Pils, Cornelius Obonya
Panel discussion
The event
Tuesday
6 PM
05 May 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
THE SIX-YEAR PRIMARY SCHOOL – VISION AND REALITY
with Horst Biedermann, Elisabeth Fuchs, Ulrike Greiner
Panel discussion
The event
Monday
7 PM
27 Apr 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
MODERN DISSENTERS
Cathrin Kahlweit in conversation with Michal Hvorecký
Monday
7 PM
13 Apr 2026


Democracy, diversity and cohesion
RESISTANCE, SOLIDARITY AND THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS
Solmaz Khorsand in conversation with Order Tekkal
Panel discussion
The event
Thursday
7 PM
19 Mar 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
Donald Trump and the God Warriors
Robert Misik in conversation with Linda Kreuzer, Wolfgang Palaver
Monday
7 PM
16 Mar 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
The Art of Resistance
Robert Misik in conversation with Robert Misik
Tuesday
7 PM
10 Mar 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
How can one govern today, Mr Schmidt?
Robert Misik in conversation with Wolfgang Schmidt
Wednesday
7 PM
25 Feb 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
Social Psychology of the Authoritarian
Robert Misik in conversation with Markus Brunner, Hans-Jürgen Wirth
Tuesday
7 PM
10 Feb 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
How to Oppose Putin and His War from Exile
Tessa Szyszkowitz in conversation with Leonid Volkov
Tuesday
7 PM
27 Jan 2026

Wednesday
7 PM
14 Jan 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
Dual Homeland, Dual Exile
with Tessa Szyszkowitz in conversation with Alena Jabarine and Tomer Dotan-Dreyfus
Monday
7 PM
12 Jan 2026

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
Is Donald Trump destroying press freedom in the United States?
Raimund Löw in conversation with Reimund Löw in conversation with Gerhard Zeiler, Jonathan Rauch, Katrina vanden Heuvel and Hannelore Veit
Monday
7 PM
22 December 2025

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
Respect is reasonable
Tessa Szyszkowitz in conversation with Carolin Emcke
Tuesday
6 PM
25 November 2025

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
INTERCULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2025 – A DIALOGUE OF GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Panel discussion
The event
Friday
7 PM
14 Nov 2025

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
Destructive urge
Robert Misik in conversation with Oliver Nachtwey
Panel discussion
The event
Wednesday
7 PM
29 October 2025

Democracy, diversity and cohesion
INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE FINANCE IN TIMES OF UNCERTAINTY
Irene Horejs in conversation with Hans Peter-Lankes, John Asafu-Adjaye
Panel discussion
The event
Tuesday
7 PM
21 October 2025
