OHPA Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene

Reminder for our upcoming workshop "War and the Anthropocene" with @dirkmoses.bsky.social

Friday, May 30th, @ Central European University
9.00-17.00: Room D-002

Pre-Register here:
events.ceu.edu/2025-05-30/o...

Announcing our upcoming seminar:
"Climate Policy and Politics in the Democratic South" by Dr. Eduardo Viola of the University of São Paulo

📍May 16, 16:30 Central European University Vienna,
Room B505

Pre-registration here:
events.ceu.edu/2025-05-16/c...

Announcing a re-opening for our CfP for our Special Issue Publication “Climate Disinformation: European and Global Perspectives”

July 2026 release
Deadline for submissions: End of June 2025

Please send to KocsanyA@ceu.edu
See details in attached flyer

Reminder for our upcoming workshop: “The Tragedy of the Greens”
Tuesday 29th April 2025
9:00-18:00 CET
@ Central European University, Vienna
Room B505
Pre-Register here:
events.ceu.edu/2025-04-29/o...

Reminder for our next Seminar:
"Are the Czech Parties Serious about Climate?" by Prof. Petra Vodová of the University of Hradec Králové

📍Wednesday March 26th, 17:30-19:00
📍Central European University: Room A419

Pre-registration here:
events.ceu.edu/2025-03-26/a...

Announcing our next Seminar:

"Life in Occupation: Remote Ethnography of the Russo-Ukrainian War" by Dr. Vicente Ferraro

📍Thursday, March 13th, 17:30-19:00 CET

Pre-Registration required:
events.ceu.edu/2025-03-13/l....

Announcing our next Workshop!

"Climate Disinformation: European & Global Perspectives" keynoted by Dr. Peter Kreko

📍7.3.2025, 8:30-18:00 CET
📍 @ Central European University, Vienna Room B-505, additionally hybrid-online

Pre-Registration required:
events.ceu.edu/2025-03-07/o....

Hit the Nutzi oligarchs where it hurts: “Tesla Sales Fall 45% in Europe as Rivals’ EV Registrations Soar”

Horror vacui: as American oligarch Elon Musk dismantles USAID, China is rapidly stepping in to fill the gaps offering development funding across the Global South. I wish the EU were as strategic as China.

Announcing our next Seminar:

"The Periphery as Centre and Centre as Periphery: EU Neighbourhood and Accession Policy After EU, US and German Elections" by @aphclarkson.bsky.social of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

📍20th Feburary 17:30 CET @ CEU

Pre-registration: events.ceu.edu/2025-02-20/p...

Announcing our upcoming seminar:
"Understanding the EU's role in the formation of the Loss and Damage Fund at UN COP27 in Egypt" by Prof. Michal Kolmas

📍Thursday, Feburary 6 17:30-19:00 CET @ Central European University

Pre-registration required:
events.ceu.edu/2025-02-06/u....

YouTube video by OHPA Hub for the Politics of the Anthropocene The OHPA interviews. Matteo Mandelli

Announcing the inaugural episode of our new podcast "The OHPA Interviews!"

Our first episode features a conversation with OHPA Post-Doctoral Fellow Matteo Mandelli and his research in Eco-social welfare policy at @sciencespo.bsky.social

Check it out here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdVl...

Here's a good Tooze review of Jean-Baptiste Fressoz's latest book, on the historical "energy transitions" that weren't: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The latest evidence for our ongoing energy addition, for our "interdependent agglomerations", is the surge in new gas-fired power plants in the US.

EU can sanction Russians without warning, court says The EU can sanction Russian firms or oligarchs without any prior warning, judges have said, after a legal challenge that threatened to wreck the bloc's €25bn asset-seizure programme.

The EU General Court has ruled that sanctions against Russian firms and individuals can be imposed without prior warning to prevent asset flight

Announcing our upcoming seminar:

"Vienna Basin: An Anthropocene Process Landscape in Central Europe" by Dr. Benjamin Steininger of @TUBerlin

🚩Thursday, January 23rd @ Central European University, Vienna

📌Room C419 17:30-19:00 CET

Pre-Registration required:
events.ceu.edu/2025-01-23/v....

Further highlighting Russia’s dependence on pariah states, North Korea will take part in Moscow’s “Victory Day” parade in May. That will be the first time that NK military participates in the parade devoted to the Third Reich's defeat while also glorifying the Soviet occupation of half of Europe.

Announcing our first seminar of the year!

“War and the City: Urban Agglomerations in Russia’s Conquest of Donbas” by Prof. Serhiy Kudelia, Baylor University

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm

CEU Vienna, Room QS B505

RSVP here:
events.ceu.edu/2025-01-16/w...

Oil as Sin - The Ideas Letter In September 2024, Saudi Arabia withdrew from its policy of stabilizing oil prices at the symbolic level of $100 per barrel. Having stopped price-gouging, the Saudis intended to displace Russia…

Publication Announcement!

Check out OHPA Director
@sashaetkind.bsky.social 's latest article:

"Oil as Sin - Energy Ideology and Utopia"

Read here:
www.theideasletter.org/essay/oil-as...

Announcing our latest Research Blog Article!

"Security Dressed in Green: What Motivates the UAE’s Push for Sustainable Energy" written by contributor Marína Kováčová explores the security implications of the UAE's investments in clean energy technologies.

Read here:
ir.ceu.edu/ohpa/researc...

Announcing our upcoming seminar:

"Petra Kelly and the Making of the “Global Green Movement” by Dr. Stephen Milder

📍December 19th, 17:30-19:30 CET
@CEU Vienna, Room A-419
Register here: events.ceu.edu/2024-12-19/p...

A welcome surprise from the Austrian authorities: “Austria's half-century bond with Gazprom ended by gas seizure, sources say”.