On this page we provide information about events at the University of Passau that are supported by the PICAIS as part of the PICAIS event funding program.
From 9th - 10th October 2024, the first workshop "Economics and Governance of the Global Bioeconomy " of the research group "Bioeconomy Economics" took place. Scholars from various countries, including Germany, Sweden, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia and Uganda, came together to present their interesting research topics.
Under the theme "Bioeconomy: The Road to Sustainable Development?", the workshop comprised six sessions covering a wide range of bioeconomy topics such as fundamental concepts, the forest-based bioeconomy, residues and agriculture, biodiversity, bioenergy and the potential of alternative proteins.
The program offered two networking sessions and a plenary panel to promote scientific exchange. The participating scholars had the opportunity to present their research results, build valuable connections and discuss the topic of bioeconomy in the context of sustainability from different perspectives.
The event was supported by the Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS) and the University of Passau’s event funding pool.
We would like to thank all participating scholars and speakers for their commitment and valuable contribution to this important topic.
Organizer: Dr. Terese Venus, head of research group "Bioeconomy Economics"
More Information can be found in the event report.
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2th- 6th September 2024
In 1795, the Königsberg philosopher Immanuel Kant laid down fundamental demands for lasting peace between people and states in his essay "On Perpetual Peace". These visionary ideas of a democratic future in Europe and worldwide still raise important questions today: Where do we stand on Kant's thoughts? Can they help us with the political challenges of the present?
The exhibition presented the results of the first Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics (PASSAE), which took place from 2 to 6 September 2024 at the Chair of Applied Ethics at the University of Passau. Visitors had the opportunity to share their own thoughts on the topics of digitalisation, sustainable development and the future of Europe and the world.
PASSAE 2024 was funded by the Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS), the Society for Analytic Philosophy and the Kant Society.
Many thanks to everyone who took part in this exciting exploration of ethical questions and Kant's ideas!
Organiser: Prof. Dr Karoline Reinhardt, Professor of Applied Ethics
More information can be found in the event report.
10th - 11th November, 2023e
An international conference funded by Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS) was held at the University of Passau under the title "À la recherche d'une patrie européenne. Cent ans de représentation de l'Europe dans la revue Europe / Auf der Suche nach einer europäischen Heimat. One hundred years of representing Europe in the magazine Europe".
To mark the 100th anniversary of the French literary magazine, the conference focused on the images and visions of Europe conveyed by the magazine's authors from its beginnings to the present day.
The international conference at the interface between literary and cultural studies, political science, sociology and journalism brought together academics from various European countries and Canada in Passau. It was the second academic conference to make Revue Europe the central subject of research and thus also opened up new research topics.
30th November - 1st December 2023
The German-Ukrainian Round Table taking place on the Global Information Protection Day brings together experts, researchers, and professionals form various fields to exchange knowledge, insights, and ideas on how to enhance online safety in today's rapidly evolving technological landscape and discuss digital security challenges and solutions.
Organisers: Prof. Dr. Oksana Kiriiak, Private Law Department, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University Ukraine & Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schröder, Chair of Public Law, European Law and IT Law
1st February - 3rd February, 2024
The workshop "Platformization, Forms of Authoritarianism, and the Future of Democracy: Perspectives from the Global South" took place from 01 - 03 February at the University of Passau and marked the start of a three-year research project funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation. The workshop - additionally funded by PICAIS - was organized by the Chair of Development Politics at the University of Passau and brought together scholars from different disciplines to explore how the growing influence of platform-based economies is changing the political landscape, particularly in the Global South, and potentially paving the way for authoritarian shifts that challenge the development of democracy.
Organizers: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schaffar, Dr. Fathima Nizaruddin, Dr. Gustavo Robles & Dr. Ülker Sözen
June 28, 2023
The interdisciplinary symposium seeks to establish a critical race and intersectional perspective on the U.S. welfare state.
Applying a CRT approach shifts the traditional debate from how immigrants are incorporated into the host society to questions of how immigrants and their communities are racialized and thus incorporated into a racialized society that determines access and eligibility to welfare benefits.
It thus presents a novel way of looking at how racism works in the presumably race-neutral institution “welfare state” and allows scrutinizing another side of the long-lasting effects of racism.
Three lectures serve as impulses for the following interactive workshop. The workshop will conclude with an interdisciplinary panel discussion.
Organiser: Research Project "Welfare Queens" and "Losers": a Critical Race and Intersectional Perspective on the U.S. American Welfare State | Professorship for American Studies/Cultural and Media Studies
27th - 29th July, 2023
« CHACUN EST UN MONDE EN SOI. CHACUN PORTE EN SOI UN MONDE ENTIER, UN MONDE EN DESORDRE »
The first international conference on Shumona Sinha’s oeuvre takes place in the presence of the author in French and brings together researchers from four continents and ten different countries at the University of Passau.
It includes presentations, public readings and discussions around the ouevre of the contemporary woman writer, on the topics of (female) migration, womanhood and feminism, depictions of refugees and exiles, and memory, geographical and narrative spaces, as well as teaching and translating. By questioning the link between migration literature and politics, as well as the meaning of being a woman author writing across continents, Sinha’s novels create new ways of thinking about the spaces and identities that constitute our world.
A collective volume of the conference will be published in 2024.
Organiser: PICAIS-Fellow Dr. Diana Mistreanu & Prof. Dr. Marina Ortrud Hertrampf (Professorship of Romance Literature and Culture with a focus on France)
18th-19th September, 2023
The 6th German-Taiwanese Symposium on Public Law was held in Passau in September 2023.
Under the theme "Staat und Krise" ("State and Crisis"), 11 professors of public law from all over Germany and Taiwan met to discuss current challenges and possible responses in different crisis scenarios and to compare legal solutions, not only between Taiwan and Germany, but also between different sectors of public law. The symposium comprised presentations of 30 minutes by each participant and several rounds of discussion.
Organiser: Prof. Dr. Meinhard Schröder (Chair of Public Law, European Law and IT Law)
29th - 30th September, 2022
The Chair of Development Economics under Prof. Dr. Grimm, hosted a workshop on 29th and 30th September 2022 focusing on sustainable agriculture in Indonesia.
The symposium was part of a two-day workshop, funded by PICAIS and supported by the Neuburg Discussion Group, on interventions and tools to improve sustainable agricultural practices in Indonesia and beyond. The speakers were researchers from Indonesia as well as scientists from various German universities and institutes.
The Digital Research Magazine of the University of Passau has published an article on this symposium. If you would like to gain insights into the research results of the two-day workshop, you can find the article on this page.
