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27 Apr 2021
Vienna. Photo: flickr/Pierre Blaché
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give an online lecture organised by Figlhaus in Vienna in cooperation with CIFE (Centre International de Formation Européenne).
He presented ESI’s research…
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30 Apr 2021
Video: NATO Defense College
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give an online lecture on the Western Balkans. He focused on NATO and EU interventions in the region and the possible future roles that both actors could play.
Gerald’s co-lecturer was Marilena Koppa from Panteion University in…
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5 May 2021
Video: Bruno Kreisky Forum
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to participate in an online symposium organised by Bruno Kreisky Forum for international Dialogue in cooperation with the Austrian Society for Exile Research.
Gerald’s presentation focused on the moral responsibility of countries to…
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18 May 2021
Video: Karl-Renner-Institut
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was awarded the Bruno Kreisky Prize recognition award for the Political Book 2020, for his recently published book “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?” on the future of asylum and migration policy.
The prize was also given to Melissa Erkut (Austrian…
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27 May 2021
Linköping. Photo: flickr / Svensmail
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give an online lecture at Linköping University in Sweden for students of the course “European Migration and Asylum Policy.”
Citing the example of Australia, Gerald spoke about the tragedy of…
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31 May 2021
Jean Asselborn, Isabel Schayani, and Gerald Knaus. Photo: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to speak at a panel discussion at lit.Cologne, an annual international literature festival, on “Moria – and then?”
The panel…
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2 Jun 2021
Video: Urania Berlin
ESI’s Gerald Knaus presented his book “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?” on the future of asylum and migration policy at Urania Berlin, a scientific society and centre for dialogue between science and the public.
No other topic has influenced European politics in recent years…
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4 Jun 2021
Vienna. Photo: flickr / Dimitris Karagiorgos
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to give a lecture at the BSA (Federation of Social Democratic Academics) on “International Approaches to Migration Policy and Fighting the Causes of Flight.”
Gerald talked about “progressive…
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7 Jun 2021
Freiburg. Photo: flickr / Katja Hafi
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited by the Freiburger Montagsgesellschaft, an association of politically, economically and culturally engaged citizens, to speak about his book “Welche Grenzen brauchen wir?” on the future of asylum and…
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12 Jun 2021
Video: figurative.film
ESI’s Gerald Knaus was invited to a film screening and public debate for “MY WAY – Die Geschichte von Hussain Hussaini – Einer der überlebte” (“My Way – The story of Hussain Hussaini – one who survived”), directed by Jakob Gatzka.
The documentary traces the perilous…