Since the beginning of the millennium, democracy around the world has been confronted with extraordinary challenges. The number of democratic states has been declining since 2005, and even within established democracies, their quality is declining (as observed by Freedom House, 2019). Many countries face anti-democratic, authoritarian tendencies.
The annual report offers an insight into the wide-ranging work of Zentrum polis. The Corona pandemic was and is omnipresent, so in 2021, among other things, a polis aktuell on public health and a dossier on vaccination and compulsory vaccination were published.
In order to develop a democratic culture of teaching and learning in a school, teachers need more than just subject-matter expertise for their subjects. This self-reflection guide is intended to support educators in developing their own competences in relation to a democratic culture and a “democratic professional ethos”.
From October 28, 2021, the conference of the NECE – Networking European Citizenship Education Platform will take place in Brussels and online. Zentrum polis is represented with two sessions: Beyond …
The human rights situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated so dramatically within a very short time that Austria, as a member of the European Union, the Council of Europe and the …
Ö1 Sendung in der Reihe Praxis Religion und Gesellschaft, 17.03.2021, 16:05 h, Interview Thomas Höhne und Hannes Tretter
The Sigmund Freud University is holding a conference on “Democracy and Human Rights during the Corona Crisis. Austria in Comparison”. Our board member, Maria Berger, will be on the panel …
„Kinderrechte sind viel zu wenig im Blick“, Die Furche 24.2.2021, Interview Manfred Nowak
Die Demokratie ist massiv in der Krise” Wiener Zeitung 19.02.2021, Interview Manfred Nowak (in German)
Hannes Tretter, Chairman of the Board of the Vienna Forum, was nominated by mutual agreement by the Federal Minister of Justice and the Federal Ministry of the Interior in December …
