Schlagwort: Symposium 2017
Lord Brian Griffiths of Fforestfach – Political Control
The feeling that politics has everything under control - that is what people want, explains the British politician and vice-director of Goldman Sachs International....
Andrea Bruce – Going into Chaos
In crisis regions, normality is in short supply. Nevertheless, people learn to live with it, the US-American war photographer tells. The interview edited by...
Kai Diekmann – Media out of control?
The media sector is in the midst of enormous upheavals - and it sleeps through it, warns the former editor-in-chief of the German Bild...
Uncontrolled spaces with opportunities and risks
Great Britain leaving the European Union, the election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States of America or terror attacks...
Control is good, Trust is better
Control is a necessity of our time
We live in a time when it sometimes feels like the world is falling apart. Terrorist attacks in...
Change, Disruption, and the Importance of Pessimism
By now it should be clear that the over-arching theme of the SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM doesn’t deviate from year-to-year. The through-line that connects each...
People have to get in touch with themselves again
At the beginning of the year, ACADEMIA SUPERIOR hosted a full-day workshop for students on the topic of the symposium. Many applicants from different...
Plea for a better discussion culture
Members of the academic advisory board of ACADEMIA SUPERIOR were also involved in the discussions. They particularly elaborated on the level of control over...
SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM REPORT 2017
Is "Everything out of control?" was asked at the SURPRISE FACTORS SYMPOSIUM 2017. The answers of the experts are available in the REPORT.
Control or...
The Illusion of Control
Is the world out of control?
Unexpected political decisions, the weakening of the European Union by Brexit, the apparent insolvability of religious and world-political conflicts,...
