Youth and Democracy
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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German and English language
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PhD Erik AMNA
Professor of Political Science, Youth & Society, Örebro University
| 1994 | Visiting scholar, School of Public & Environmental Affairs, Indiana University at Bloomington |
| 2002-2006 | Research director at Young Citizen Program, Gothenburg University |
| since 2007 | Professor of Political Science, Örebro University, |
| since 2009 | Coordinator of the multidisciplinary research group 'Youth & Society' (YeS; www.oru.se/yes), Örebro University |
Sebastian KURZ
Federal Chancellor, Republic of Austria, Vienna
| since 2009 | Federal Chairman of the Young ÖVP |
| 2010-2011 | Member of the Vienna Provincial Diet and Vienna City Council, ÖVP, Vienna |
| 2011-2013 | State Secretary for Integration, Federal Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Austria, Vienna |
| 2013-2017 | Austrian Federal Minister for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, Vienna |
| since 2017 | Federal Chancellor, Republic of Austria, Vienna |
Daniel REICHERT
Geschäftsführender Vorsitzender, Liquid Democracy e.V., Berlin
| 2005 | Abschluss des Abendgymnasiums mit Abitur |
| 2005-2006 | Studium (Magister) Philosophie und Politikwissenschaft, Technische Universität Dresden |
| seit 2006 | Studium (Diplom) Politikwissenschaft, Freie Universität Berlin/Otto-Suhr-Institut |
| 2009 | Gründungsmitglied, Liquid Democracy e.V. |
| seit 2009 | Vorstandsvorsitzender, Liquid Democracy e.V. |
| seit 2011 | Geschäftsführer, Liquid Democracy e.V. |
Farid TABARKI
Former Editor-in-Chief, Coolpolitics; Founder and Director, Studio Zeitgeist, Amsterdam
| 2000-2009 | Freelance worker (some highlights): |
| 2004-2007 | Editor-in-chief of Coolpolitics |
| 2005-2008 | Researcher at Science of the Time |
| 2008 | Present founder of Think tank Prospect |
| 2009 | Present founder and director of Studio Zeitgeist |
| since 2010 | Member of the supervisory board at the Netherlands Architecture Institute |
| 2011 | Present founder and director of The Finishing School |
Mag. LL.M Alma ZADIC
Member, Forum Alpbach Network, Vienna; Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna
| 2007-2008 | Junior Legal Researcher, International Organisation for Migration, Vienna |
| 2008 | Legal Intern, International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, The Hague |
| 2008-2009 | Clerk, Federal Appellate Court, Vienna |
| 2010 | Master of Law, Columbia Law School, New York |
| 2010-2011 | Visiting Scholar, The Harriman Institute, Columbia School of international and Public Affairs, New York |
| since 2011 | Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna |
| 2012 | Doctor of Law, Law School University of Vienna |
Dr. Alexandra FÖDERL-SCHMID
Correspondent, Israel and Palestine Territories, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Tel Aviv
| Alexandra Föderl-Schmid, born in 1971, has been with the Süddeutsche Zeitung since September 2017 and reports on Israel and the Palestinian territories. Before that, she was editor-in-chief for ten years and later co-editor of the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard and the news portal derStandard.at. She has studied journalism, political science and history and earned her doctorate on the dual broadcasting system in Germany. Furthermore, she was 2005 Reuters/APA-Geiringer-Fellow in Oxford. She was awarded with the Austrian Kurt-Vorhofer-Prize for politcal journalism, the Constitutional Award and the Ari-Rath-Prize. In addition, she was instrumental in the reestablishment of the Press Council in Austria. |