PEN Norway Turkey Indictment Project Report 2021
On 23 March 2022, PEN Norway will hold the launch of the Turkey Indictment Project Final Report 2021. At this event, there are distinguished experts from Europe and Turkey invited …
Resilience Against Anti-Democratic Tendencies through Education.
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.
polis Annual Report 2021
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.
Teacher Reflection Tool
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”.
NECE Conference 2021
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 …
Appeal to the Austrian Federal Government in view of the current situation in Afghanistan
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 …
Interview: Thomas Höhne and Hannes Tretter „Die Auswirkungen der Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Covid 19-Pandemie auf die Menschenrechte in der Gesellschaft“ (in German)
Ö1 Sendung in der Reihe Praxis Religion und Gesellschaft, 17.03.2021, 16:05 h, Interview Thomas Höhne und Hannes Tretter
Conference: “Democracy and Human Rights during the Corona Crisis” 5th March, 2021 (in English)
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 …
Interview Manfred Nowak „Kinderrechte sind viel zu wenig im Blick“, Die Furche 24th Feb 2021 (in German)
„Kinderrechte sind viel zu wenig im Blick“, Die Furche 24.2.2021, Interview Manfred Nowak
Interview: Manfred Nowak “Die Demokratie ist massiv in der Krise” Wiener Zeitung, 19th Feb 2021, (in German)
Die Demokratie ist massiv in der Krise” Wiener Zeitung 19.02.2021, Interview Manfred Nowak (in German)