Josef Mühlbauer
As a peace researcher and peace journalist, Josef Mühlbauer focuses on building bridges between academic research and the general public. His goal is to make complex scientific findings, particularly in peace and conflict research, accessible and socially useful, whether as a speaker, panelist, or on his podcast and YouTube channel "VIPR - Varna Peace Institute."
His research focuses on socio-ecological transformation, political theories, international relations, and political education. His work is therefore interdisciplinary and not only combines theory with practice, but is also strongly influenced by action-oriented approaches, which are practiced in numerous projects within the "Conflict – Peace – Democracy Cluster."
Josef Mühlbauer et al. (Hg.)(2024): Transformation, Demokratie und Politische Bildung. Schulhefte 195 (StudienVerlag).
Josef Mühlbauer & Maximilian Lakitsch (Hg.)(2024): Kritische Friedensforschung. Konzepte, Analysen & Diagnosen. Wien: Mandelbaum Verlag.
Josef Mühlbauer et al. (2024): Gegen Falschinformationen immunisieren? Potenziale und Grenzen von Prebunking. In: Magazin Erwachsenenbildung. Ausg.52. (peer reviewed)
Josef Mühlbauer (2023): Wohin laufen sie denn? Zum Frieden! Dritte Alternative und ein breiter, präskriptiver Friedensbegriff. In: Wissenschaft & Frieden (W&F), Ausg. 3 (23), URL: https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/artikel/worum-es-eigentlich-geht/.
Josef Mühlbauer & Leo X. Gabriel (Hg.)(2022): Zur imperialen Lebensweise. Mandelbaum Verlag.
VIPR – Varna Peace Institute – Podcast/YouTube channel for science communication
Peace conferences within the Cluster & the University of Graz – Local Peace Formation
Public events – "Salonkultur" in cooperation with Bella Volen Gallery (1010 Vienna), Empowerment for Peace, University of Graz, funded by the City of Vienna.
KAUZ – Collective for Work and the Future – an Erasmus+-funded educational project.
Students 4 Future Vienna – initiative funded by the Austrian Student Union