After successful completion of the course, students are able to analyse the complexity of the current Climate Crisis, its impact on environment and society, and possible soloutions through a wide variety of view angles.The students will gather expertise and learn concepts from a wide variety of disciplines, including natural sciences, technology, (socio-)economics, behavioural sciences, the arts, and many more.
The course "Lectures for Future" is a varied mosaic of lectures addressing the ecological and societal challenges of the current climate crisis. The aim of the course is to view the climate crisis from a wide range of disciplines. "Lectures for future" are supported by the Scientists4Future (https://www.scientists4future.org/) movement.
In winter semester 2019/2020, five Viennese universities (BOKU, TU Wien, VetMed, Die Angewandte, WU) for the first time organise this lecture series. In total, over 75 different lectures are offered by the five universities, each university offering a different programme. The course at TU Wien covers 16 lectures, all given by external experts:
21.10. 17:00 Peter Hietz (BOKU) - Tropical forests and global change (ENG)
21.10. 18:30 Irene Zluwa (BOKU) - Blue/green Infrastructures in Cities (ENG)
28.10. 17:00 Martin Schletterer (BOKU) - Rivers Science and Management (ENG)
28.10. 18:30 Mathias Kirchner (BOKU) - Klimawandelökonomie (ENG)
04.11. 17:00 Wolfgang Woyke (FH Kufstein) - Technik, Anwendung und Potenziale von Wind, PV und Wasserkraft (DEU)
04.11. 18:30 Lisa Bohunovsky (BOKU) - Lernen, lehren und forschen wir richtig? (DEU)
11.11. 17:00 Yasmin Dorfstetter (BOKU) Was Kyoto a success? (ENG/(DEU))
11.11. 18:30 Willi Haas (BOKU) - Eine radikal gedachte Kreislaufwirtschaft (ENG)
18.11. 17:00 Harald Rieder (BOKU) - Klimadynamik Chemie-Klima-Wechselwirkung Extremereignisse (ENG)
18.11. 18:30 Harald Mattenberger (BOKU) - Persönliches Verhalten und Klimaauswirkungen (DEU/ENG)
25.11. 17:00 Gernot Stöglehner (BOKU) - Energieraumplanung als Mittel des Klimaschutzes (DEU)
25.11. 18:30 Peter Weish (BOKU - Ökologie und Technikbewertung (DEU)
02.12. 17:00 Heribert Insam (Uni Innsbruck) - Natürliche Kreisläufe (Kohlenstoff und Stickstoff) (DEU)
02.12. 18:30 Ulrich Brand (Uni Wien) - Von der imperialen zur solidarischen Lebensweise (DEU)
09.12. 17:00 Günter Langergraber (BOKU) - Sustainable Development Goal 6: Sauberes Wasser und Sanitäreinrichtungen (ENG)
09.12. 18:30 Mirko Lieber (WU) - Living responsibly from a quantitative point of view (DEU/ENG)
