Climate Change and Climate Crisis
This lecture series is a sequel to the lecture series "Climate change and climate crisis. Interdisciplinary perspectives", "Climate change and climate crisis. Future perspectives and concepts", "Climate change and climate crisis. Transformative concepts and innovation", "Climate change and climate crisis. Staying within planetary boundaries", and "Climate change and climate crisis. Science, Activism and Policy in the Climate Emergency"
It will address current issues of climate change and climate crisis through the lenses of various disciplines, such as climate science, geography, economics, cultural studies, political science, law, finance and more.
All of the national and international speakers are well-known researchers in their respective fields and beyond. Many of them participate in public debates about the probable effects of the current climate crisis and about possible remedies.
LECTURE RECORDINGS
The lecture series is open to all students of the University of Vienna and to the wider public:
290605 VO Climate Change and Climate Crisis: Towards the Eco-Sociological Transformation (2025W)
We are looking forward to many exciting talks and discussions!
Lecture recordings are available to enrolled students on moodle.
Lectures
"Overview on the Second Austrian Assessment Report"
8 October 2025
Daniel Huppmann, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Integrated Assessment and Climate Change, AT
"Potential and risks of marine carbon dioxide removal"
15 October 2025
Gerhard Herndl, University of Vienna, Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, AT
"The transformative capacities loop: unlocking institutional pathways for urban climate adaption"
29 October 2025
Katharina Hölscher, Utrecht University, Human Geography and Spatial Planning, NL
"Promoting sustainable excellence in the life sciences"
05 November 2025
Philipp Weber, European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), DE
"Why are social-ecological transformations so difficult? On the imperial mode of living"
12 November 2025
Ulrich Brand, University of Vienna, Department of Political Studies, AT
"Transformative urban and regional planning"
19 November 2025
Meike Levin-Keitel, University of Vienna, Geography and Regional Research, AT
"Climate change and mechanization - curse or blessing?"
26 November 2025
Ulrike Bechtold, Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Institute of Technology Assessment, AT
"Climate policy and discourse: from crisis to opportunity"
10 December 2025
Katharina Rogenhofer, Kontext Institut, Analysis and Public Outreach, AT
"Exploring the role and agency of planners in urban transformation: insights from swedish urban and regional planning processes"
17 December 2025
Dick Magnussen, Linköping University, Thematic Studies, SE
"Landscape changes and the human-environment interrelationship"
7 January 2026
Adrienne Grêt-Regamev, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH), Spatial and Landscape Development, CH
"Biotechnological processes to combat the climate crisis"
14 January 2026
Simon Rittmann, University of Vienna, Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, AT
"Exploring agency, context and impact towards sustainability transformations in real-world labs"
21 January 2026
Karoline Augenstein, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Political Science, DE
"An Assessment of EU energy and climate policy"Climate change and biodiversity"
28 January 2026
Angela Köppl, Austrian Institute of Economic Research, AT