24-25 August, 2026

9730 Kőszeg, Chernel str. 14. (Europe House 2nd Floor, Bibó Room)

Initiated by participants and students of our 31st International Summer university, iASK is happy to announce a follow-up seminar to discuss further intriguing, interdependent, intertwined and complex issues such as old and new traumas and identities in East and Central Europe, the newcharactereistics of theIndustrial Military Complex and the militarization of Europe, and energy crises combined with increasing emergy dependence in the context of unstobbele technological progress and the promisis and threats of AI.

Monday, 24 August, 2026

10:00 – 12:30 Keynote speaker: Ferenc Jordán:Socio-ecological adaptation to the unpredictable(15-20 min.)

Discussion

14:00-16:30 Keynote speaker: Jody Jensen (iASK):The Great Disruption: When Climate and Economic Crises Collide—A World of Resistance or a Global Awakening? (15-20 min.)

Discussion

Tuesday, 25 August, 2026

9:00 – 11:30 Keynote speaker: Veronika Wittmann (University of Linz, iASK): “Development and Peace: Europe Between Hard Power and Soft Power”(15-20 min.)

Discussion

13:00-15:30 Discussion

Comments, discussion:

• Izabella Agárdi (iASK)
• Barta Balázs (iASK, Pannon Business Network)
• János Bogárdi (iASK, Ludovika University of Public Service)
• Zsolt Kosztyán (iASK)
• Szabolcs Márka (Columbia University, iASK)
• Zsuzsa Márka (Columbia University, iASK)
• Ferenc Miszlivetz (iASK)
• Szabolcs Morvay (iASK)
• Tamás Novák (iASK)
• Feyrouz Ahlam Saidi (iASK)
• Ivana Stepanovic (iASK)

Students:

• Mohácsi Hunor (Ludovika University of Public Service)
• Széky Melinda (Ludovika University of Public Service)
• Kovács Veronika Luca (Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church)
• Katona Dániel (Ludovika University of Public Service)
• Járfás Bence (Ludovika University of Public Service)