Thomas Roithner

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Thomas Roithner (* 1971 ) is an Austrian peace researcher and trained social and economic scientist. He works as a private lecturer in political science at the University of Vienna . His research, teaching and journalistic activities include: a. the security , defense and peace policy of the EU and Austria , neutrality, nuclear armaments policy or global power shifts. Thomas Roithner and Pete Hämmerle are campaign leaders for the introduction of a civil peace service in Austria. The examination of the Civil Peace Service was included in the Austrian government program in January 2020.

Publications (selection)

  • Dead Europe? Alternatives to the military and arms union. Proposals for an active peace policy, Vienna 2019 and the 2nd edition Vienna 2020.
  • Security, superpower and gunfire. War and Peace on the Globe, in Europe and Austria, Vienna 2018.
  • Europe makes peace. Seven constructive and completely renewing approaches. Robert Jungk Library for Future Issues, Series JBZ Working Papers I 41, Verlag Jungk Library for Future Issues, Salzburg 2018.
  • Markets, Power and Muscles. The foreign, security and peace policy of Austria and the European Union, Vienna 2017.
  • with Ursula Gamauf-Eberhardt (Ed.): In the beginning there was the vision of peace. Guide to a future beyond war and violence. Festschrift for the 90th birthday of Gerald Mader. Verlag Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 2016.
  • Beautiful sparks of the gods? Security interests, active peace policy, international disorder and the military development of the EU. Vienna 2015.
  • with Johann Frank and Eva Huber (eds.): Values, weapons, economic power. Where is the EU's peace and security policy heading? Lit-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 2014.
  • with Johann Frank and Eva Huber (eds.): How much security does peace need? Civil and military approaches to the Austrian security strategy. Lit-Verlag, Berlin / Vienna 2013.
  • Austrian Study Center for Peace and Conflict Resolution (publisher), project management: Thomas Roithner: War on the sidelines. “Forgotten wars” between shadow and light or the duel at dawn over the economy, media and politics. Dialog 60 - Contributions to Peace Research, Lit-Verlag, Münster / Berlin / Vienna 2011.
  • with Karin Bock-Leitert (Ed.): The price of war. Discussions about the connections between economy and war. Munster 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Thomas Roithner. Retrieved May 8, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Roithner, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian social and economic scientist
DATE OF BIRTH 1971