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The Club of Vienna is an international association of individuals interested in social, scientific, economic and ecological issues who have proven professional expertise in these areas. The Club of Vienna has no party political ties and is exclusively responsible for its decisions. It forms a union of recognised scientists and experts who are able to present reliable, far-sighted expertise on topics of public significance.

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[edit] Areas of Focus

Particular attention is given to intellectual, cultural, ecological and economic potential in the area of conflict between regional and national interests the trend towards globalisation possible scenarios for the city of Vienna.

[edit] Organization

[edit] Founding President

[edit] President and Presidency Members

  • Hermann Knoflacher (Hermann.Knoflacher@tuwien.ac.at): Structural engineer, university professor and director of the Institute for Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering at the Vienna University of Technology.
  • Manfred Sliwka (dr.sliwka@t-online.de ): Expert in business administration, company consultant, Vulkaneifel, Germany
  • Klaus Woltron (woltron@woltron.com): Manager, self-employed businessman, partner in several companies, company consultancy and crisis management

[edit] Management

  • Agnieszka Rosik-Kölbl (agnieszka.rosik@clubofvienna.org ): Germanic philologist, interpreter, journalist and science management

[edit] Members

  • Hans P. Aubauer (hans.peter.aubauer@univie.ac.at): Physicist, head of environmental physics at the Institute of Material Physics, University of Vienna
  • Mathias Binswanger (mathias.binswanger@fhso.ch): Political and environmental economist, professor of political economy at the Technical College Solothurn-Nordwestschweiz, Olten, Switzerland
  • Rudolf Edlinger (Rudolf.Edlinger@pvoe.at): Politician, former city councillor for public housing and urban renewal, retired Federal Minister for Finance, Member of Austrian Parliament
  • Ernst Gehmacher (swsrs@aon.at): Social scientist, former manager of IFES, social scientific consultant, director of the Office for the Organisation of Applied Social Research (BOAS)
  • Helmut Helsper (helmut.helsper@bfa-dozent.bfinv.de): Lawyer, financial expert, official in German Ministry of Finance
  • Hermann Knoflacher (Hermann.Knoflacher@tuwien.ac.at)
  • Peter Kotauczek (Kotauczek@BEKOnet.com): Businessman, IT expert, founder of BEKO Holding, professor of telecommunication
  • Dennis Meadows (Lataillede@aol.com): Management, environmental and economic scientist, director of the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research, University of New Hampshire, Member of the Club of Rome
  • Maria Nicolini (Maria.Nicolini@uni-klu.ac.at ): Musicologist and education theorist, social ecology, mathematics and language, University of Klagenfurt
  • Werner Patzelt (werner_j.patzelt@mailbox.tu-dresden.de): Political scientist, professor at the Department of Political Science, Dresden University of Technology
  • Gregor Schwarz (schwarzgregor@gmx.net ): GP, specialising in system medicine (acupuncture, relaxation techniques, phytotherapy, oneirology), occupational medicine
  • Manfred Sliwka (dr.sliwka@t-online.de )
  • Gerlind Weber (irub@mail.boku.ac.at): Regional planner, professor and director of the Institute of Regional Planning and Rural Development at the University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna, President of the Ecosocial Forum Vienna
  • Klaus Woltron (woltron@woltron.com)

[edit] Extraordinary members

  • Franz Kreuzer: former chief editor and television director, retired Federal Minister for Health and Environmental Protection, journalist and politician

[edit] Current Topics of the Club of Vienna

  • Consequences of migration in Europe: opening of the east, transit, currents of traffic, economic consequences, social issues, culture; advantages and disadvantages
  • Participatory decision-making in democracy
  • Acceleration phenomena
  • Non-material indicators of prosperity
  • The new capitalism
  • Europe in the 21st century – two differing speeds?
  • Slaves and masters in information society
  • Sustainability as an investment principle
  • Examine "The Reasons of Growth"

[edit] Literature

  • Kapitalismus gezähmt? Weltreligionen und Kapitalismus (Hgg H. Knoflacher, K. Woltron, A. Rosik-Kölbl), 2006. Verlag echo media, Wien
  • Wege in den Postkapitalismus (Hgg K. Woltron, H. Knoflacher, A. Rosik-Kölbl), 2004. Verlag edition selene, Wien
  • Die Ursachen des Wachstums. Unsere Chancen zur Umkehr (Hgg R. Riedl, M. Delpos), 1996. Verlag Kremayr und Scheriau: Wien

[edit] Wiener Rupert Riedl Preis

[edit] External links

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