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Robert Groß

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Human ecologist by training, environmental and energy historian by doing @univie.ac.at‬ URL: robertgross.org

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The White Horse Press @whitehorsepress.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
We're delighted to announce an OPEN CALL FOR PAPERS for our brand new journal, 'East of the Elbe: Environment and Society in Central and Eastern Europe'. More info attached, and on the new submissions site (www.whp-journals.co.uk/EE/index). Submissions will open on 15th September. #envhist #envhum
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
To everyone who's been invited to the #ERC interviews these days: You're amazing, you're doing a great job, and you more than deserve it. Fingers crossed!
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I thought you all out there should know that Verena Winiwarter was honored with one of the Republic of Austria’s highest awards (Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaften, Sonderpreis Lebenswerk) for her work in interdisciplinary #envhist I think that's great! www.ots.at/presseaussen...
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Tamara Scheer @tamarascheer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#opportunity 5-6 Fellowships "Center for Eastern European Studies" (Univ. Zurich) @uzh-ch.bsky.social www.hsozkult.de/grant/id/sti...
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Making sure you're not a bot!
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I thought you all out there should know that Verena Winiwarter was honored with one of the Republic of Austria’s highest awards (Staatspreis für Geschichtswissenschaften, Sonderpreis Lebenswerk) for her work in interdisciplinary #envhist I think that's great! www.ots.at/presseaussen...
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Working on a #envhist #histtech research project is a real privilege. First, you discuss sources and methods with your team to reconstruct gas grid development, then you analyze sketches of the interior of the USSR's pipeline control center. And best of all, you even get paid for it!
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Robert Fessler @professler.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pretty dirty business
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Der Volksverpetzer @volksverpetzer.de · 11/09/2026
Vor 11 Jahren sah so die "Flüchtlingskrise" aus. Menschen, die Hilfe suchten & sie bekamen. Es war schön. Die Jahre danach waren die mit der niedrigsten Kriminalität ever, die allermeisten gingen zur Schule, in die Arbeit, manche wurden Deutsche. Lasst euch nicht einreden, es sei ein Fehler gewesen.
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Schon verrückt. Da fährt man den Sozialstaat zurück und kriegt den Aufstieg des Faschismus. Als hätten nicht viele genau davor gewarnt.
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Early-career researchers and researchers from low-income countries need your help. @eseh.bsky.social has launched a campaign to raise funds for travel grants for the next conference in Salzburg in 2027. Donate now! #envhist #histtech www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...
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Travel Grants for ESEH Salzburg Conference 2027
Donate now to our ESEH Travel Grant Fundraising Campaign and help bring more diverse voices to Salzburg!
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Justin Mikulka @justinmikulka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"The debate over data centers’ water use tends to focus on how much is needed to cool servers on-site. But that fails to capture the largest and least visible part of their overall use: the water used at the power plants fueling data centers’ rising energy needs." Solar and wind use very little H20
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Data centers’ hidden water footprint is linked to the grid
A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Carbon bombs avant la lettre
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Dear #envhist community, good news! The CfP for the 2027 @eseh.bsky.social conference is out. Spread the good news, organize panels and submit your proposals. See you in Salzburg next year! eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie...
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CfP: 14th Biennial European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference – European Society for Environmental History
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Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Job: 1 Postdoc-Assistent:in "Zeitgeschichte" (Univ. Klagenfurt) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-163381 Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, 01.10.2026-30.09.2032, Universität Klagenfurt, Bewerbungsschluss: 29.07.2026 Postdoc-Assistent:in, Universität Klagenfurt
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Dr. Dominik Huenniger @dominikhhh.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Just curious: who has an academic degree, is over 50 and still has a living grandparent?
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Scarcerc @scarcerc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📢 Save the date & send your proposals! The CFP for our workshop "Mineral Expertise: The Rules of Knowing Earthly Matter in the Early Modern World" (Feb 04–06 2027 in Bologna) is open🎉 organised together with @m-azzolini.bsky.social✨ ⏰ Deadline: July 10 ⛏️ 🔗 Info: bit.ly/4e3VBbB #Scarce #HistSci
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Call for Papers: Mineral Expertise: The Rules of Knowing Earthly Matter in the Early Modern World
February 04-06, 2027 SCARCE Workshop University of Bologna Deadline for Submission: July 10th 2026
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
PhD student position in History of Ideas & Science, Gothenberg University, Sweden. 4 year paid position. Environment is one of the possible areas to research. web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103... #envhist
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Doctoral position in History of Ideas and Science
The Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion is one of the six departments
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FID Geschichtswissenschaft @historicumnet.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Zugang zu Fachdatenbanken oder Zeitungsarchiven (New York Times, Le Monde u.a.)? Historische Fachliteratur zielgenau finden? Das und mehr bietet historicum.net für Studierende und Forschende. Erklärt im #Webinar am 25.6. um 10 Uhr. Alle Infos hier: www.bsb-muenchen.de/webinare/ges... #skystorians
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Since Aramco is advertising itself pitchside on the world's biggest stage, here's a reminder that it has caused more planet-heating carbon emissions than any other corporation in history carbonmajors.org
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Christian Cargnelli @chrisl7000.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
"Super-GAU an Universitäten? Im Unterbau nichts Neues". Gastkommentar des Netzwerks Unterbau Wissenschaft @nuwiss.bsky.social in der "Presse". #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan #ExitExzellenz #HochschulenDemokratisieren @unterbauuniwien.bsky.social #IGLektorinnen www.diepresse.com/27108260/sup...
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Super-GAU an Universitäten? Im Unterbau nichts Neues
Für viele Universitätsbeschäftigte ist der aufgrund drohender Budgetkürzungen beschworene „Super-GAU“ längst Realität.
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Jonas Kreienbaum @kreienbaumj.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This does look like a great conference for both students of Empire and Energy. www.connections.clio-online.net/event/id/eve...
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Infrastructures of Empire and Empires of Infrastructure in the Age of Fossil Fuel Take Off
The conference brings together the disparate historiographies of empire, infrastructure, and energy history. By linking the history of fossil-fuel dependence and promoting infrastructures to contempor...
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Du bist Dissertant*in, arbeitest an einem wirtschafts-, sozial- oder umwelthistorischen Thema, wirst an einer österreichischen Uni (zweit)betreut und möchtest erste Ergebnisse präsentieren und dich vernetzen? Dann solltest du dich für den 2-tägigen Workshop in Salzburg bewerben! #envhist
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
#UnisRetten klingt gut. Ich bin am Mittwoch aber nicht dabei. Warum? Weil #IchBinHanna. Ich betreibe seit 15 Jahren "Spitzenforschung" in Drittmittelprojekten und bin daher Prekarisierung, Schikanen (§ 109 UG) und Ignoranz konfrontiert, siehe auch: www.ots.at/presseaussen...
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Unibudget nur Teil der Rechnung: Welche Hochschulen braucht Österreich?
Gerade wegen Budgetzwängen ruft der FORWIT zur Fortsetzung des Hochschuldialogs auf und drängt auf zügige Entwicklung und Implementierung einer zukunftsgerechten Hochschulstrategie
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Christian Rau @christianrau.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Heute letzter Bewerbungstag. Wir bauen eine neue Abteilung für Wissenstransfer auf und suchen dafür 5 kluge Köpfe. Alle stellen unbefristet! Bewerbt euch 😊
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Geschichten aus der Geschichte @geschichte.fm · 13/05/2026
Neue Folge übers Regenmachen, die Geschichte des Wetterschießens und wie Menschen schon seit langer Zeit versuchen, auf das Wetter Einfluss zu nehmen. www.geschichte.fm/archiv/gag555
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GAG555: Wetterschießen und Regenmachen - Geschichten aus der Geschichte
Eine Geschichte über Hagelschießen und Wetterbeeinflussung
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Andrés Rodríguez-Pose @rodriguez-pose.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Economic geographer? Come work with us. @lsegeography.bsky.social is hiring a Fellow in Economic #Geography: 2-year post, starts Sept 2026. Recent or soon-to-be PhDs in econ geography, #economics or related fields. £43,277–£55,497 inc. London allowance. Closes 31 May. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM347/l...
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Du bist Dissertant*in, arbeitest an einem wirtschafts-, sozial- oder umwelthistorischen Thema, wirst an einer österreichischen Uni (zweit)betreut und möchtest erste Ergebnisse präsentieren und dich vernetzen? Dann solltest du dich für den 2-tägigen Workshop in Salzburg bewerben! #envhist
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Robert Groß @robertgro5.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Habil ist hochgeladen. Sind dann doch an die 300 Seiten geworden. Jetzt heissts Daumen drücken!
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Franziska Müller - DECT 6097 @squirrelista.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Please apply for our position, exciting professorship in development economics, ends on 22.4. 2026 @univie.ac.at
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Christian Rau @christianrau.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
#Skystorians, Job Alert! 🥳 Am @leibniz-ifz.bsky.social sind 5 unbefristete (!) Stellen zum Aufbau unserer neuen Abteilung "Zeitgeschichte Transfer" zu besetzen. 4 Stellen in München, 1 Stelle in Berlin. Ihr wollt unser Team verstärken? Bewirbt euch, wir freuen uns! 😊 Start: 1. Januar 2027
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Stellen / Praktika
Aktuelle Stellenangebote des IfZ
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Get a free copy of Oil Beach (see below)! For more insights into the book, you can watch/listen to the recording our Greenhouse #envhum book talk conversation with Christina about it here: 🎧 newnatures.org/greenhouse/p... 🎥 newnatures.org/greenhouse/e...
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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Here's something good for early career scholars in history and area studies! Submissions close in a week! Tell your frens! #academicsky 🗃 #histsci #earlymodern #ancient #medieval
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Rémi Gandoin @remiwnd.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Dear #envhist community, I will be presenting my draft paper “Wind and Site Engineers, 'behind the turbines' 1971-1999" at the CHSTM Energy History Working Group on April 10th. Feel free to join and/or contact me cc @eseh.bsky.social @leruche.bsky.social @nichecanada.bsky.social
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Energy History | Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine
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Annika Bärwald @annikabaerwald.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
CfP: Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500–2026 (Lucerne, Oct 8–10, 2026)🚨🗃️ We’re organizing an interdisciplinary conference on global histories, cultures, and legacies of hair. Researchers from all relevant fields and early-career scholars are encouraged to apply. All costs are covered. 📆 May 15, 2026
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CfP: Global Histories of Hair, c. 1500-2026
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Pierre Purseigle @purseigle.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🚨 CFP: Disastrous Pasts And Sustainable Futures. Urban disasters and resilience in historical and social scientific perspectives. 🗓️ 29-30 June 2026 An interdisciplinary and international conference organised at the University of Warwick For more details, see warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/his... 🗃️
A picture of the devastated city of Napier in the wake of the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake.
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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Two 3-year postdoctoral research positions available at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid to study the history of wild rubber production in the Amazon rainforest and Congo basin; apply by April 24th, 2026: #HistSTM
Announcement text: "The Institute of History at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) is recruiting 2 postdoctoral researchers for the ERC Consolidator Grant Project ‘WILDHIST – Wild Rubber in the Industrial Age: A Global History of Production’, led by Dr. David Pretel.
Postdoc 1. The history of rubber production in the Amazon rainforest.
Postdoc 2. The history of rubber production in the Congo Basin.
For details, see the project description and objectives below.
Application deadline: 24 April 2026.
Starting date: 1 September 2026 (flexible).
Requirements:
• PhD in history, history of science, economic history or associated fields (Latin
American studies, African studies, science and technology studies, anthropology, digital
humanities), and a strong interest in the project.
• Good command of written and spoken English and, depending on research
specialisation, Portuguese, Spanish and/or French.
• Be based in Madrid for the duration of the project.
• Expected to publish articles, book chapters, and/or a book manuscript / edited volume.
• Ability to collaborate within a team and to work independently.
Benefits:
• A three-year contract (full-time).
• A gross salary of 43,827 EUR.
• A fully equipped workspace at the Institute of History.
• Funding for research-related purposes, participation in international conferences, and organisation of events.
• Mentorship in applying for tenure-track and tenure positions at CSIC."Project description text: "The Project WILDHIST aims to offer a comprehensive, multi-sited and multi-scale global history of wild rubber production during the industrial age. It investigates the hypothesis that wild rubber industries in the tropical rainforests of Africa and Latin America were key sites in the broader dynamics of industrialisation and scientific research from the early 19th century to the Second World War, forming an integral part of the era’s expanding global networks of knowledge exchange. The project moves beyond
plantations to focus on wild production and smallholders’ cultivation in rainforests, emphasizing production processes rather than consumption or trade, and placing much stronger emphasis on the study of exploration, extraction, processing, transportation,
experimentation, and manufacturing than has been typical of historical research on rainforest commodities.
WILDHIST combines an analysis of contrasting non-plantation histories of rubber
production in the Amazon, Congo Basin and so-called Maya Forest with broader histories of transnational interaction. The project rethinks and rewrites the global history of wild rubber by systematically and critically exploring a rich array of written, visual and oral sources located throughout the world. Its trans-local, interdisciplinary, comparative, digital and visual methodology will provide a comprehensive historical account of how rubber was transformed into commodities and then final goods for local, regional or global markets. Beyond academia, WILDHIST contributes to discussions about bioprospecting, sustainability and labour in rainforests. To address the challenge of writing more inclusive histories of science, technology, and industrialisation, the project also considers collective memory as represented in museums, material culture, and industrial heritage.
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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Intimate Energies: How Do Museum Collections Help Us See Unrecognised Actors in the History and Future of Energy?- University of Leeds - School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRB080/a... #skystorians 🗃️
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AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Intimate Energies: How Do Museum Collections Help Us See Unrecognised Actors in the History and Future of Energy? at University of Leeds
Discover a PhD Studentship: AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Intimate Energies: How Do Museum Collections Help Us See Unrecognised Actors in the History and Future of Energy? Explore mo...
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infoclio.ch @infoclio.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
cache 05 Die neue cache-Ausgabe "Diplomatie in Gesellschaft" widmet sich der Verwobenheit von Diplomatie und Zivilgesellschaft von den 1920er bis in die 1980er Jahre. Neu im @intercomverlag.bsky.social, hg. von Carolin Liebisch-Gümüş & Britta-Marie Schenk. OA & als Buch: cache.ch/diplomatiein...
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David Pretel @davidpretel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
📢 JOB OPENINGS at CSIC @cchscsic.bsky.social (Madrid)! As part of my ERC project WILDHIST, the Institute of History is hiring two 3-year postdoctoral researchers in the global history of rubber. Application deadline: 24 April 2026. More info 👉 euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/422012 @erc.europa.eu
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Henk-Jan Dekker @henk-jandekker.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
🌲 New paper out: Modernizing the German forest—How a changing economy divided forestry economists, 1850-1900 We used to think of the 19th century as the age of coal, but what happened to wood and the people who managed forests when industry took off? /1 doi.org/10.1016/j.sh...
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Redirecting
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 23/03/2026
Come work with me and the rest of the wonderful @greenhouseuis.net community! #envhist #envhum
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Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Job: 0,7 Promotionsstelle "Wissenschafts-, Technik-, Umweltgeschichte" (St. Gallen) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-161246 St.Gallen, 01.06.2026-31.05.2029, Universität St.Gallen, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Bewerbungsschluss: 30.04.2026 Promotionsstelle Wissenschafts-, …
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Giulio Mattioli @giuliomattioli.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
This dynamic is so true. When I was doing my first research into vulnerability to fuel price increases for transport users in the mid-2010s, the price of oil was low so a few times I was questioned about why should we even care about that, told we should focus on automated vehicles instead.
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Ivana M. Žimbrek @ivanamihaela.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
If you're a Yugo-scholar based in Vienna/Austria, consider applying to the workshop and networking event of our New Yugoslav Studies Association. It will take place on May 7 at the Central European University. events.ceu.edu/2026-05-07/n...
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New Yugoslav Studies "Non-Conference"
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Ela hadert @elahadert.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Ja. Schade eigentlich.
Glosse aus der Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung von heute:

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Die aktuelle Energiepreiskrise ist für viele schmerzhaft. Und doch wäre es falsch, jetzt anklagend mit dem Finger auf die Bundesregierung und andere Staatenlenker zu deuten. Schließlich kam der Schock so überraschend wie 2022, als Russland als freundlicher Öl-Dealer von nebenan wegfiel. Nun die nächste unverschuldete Misere: Wer hätte wissen können, dass aus der sympathischen Golfregion ein Kriegsschauplatz werden würde? Das sah bei den Dubai-Influencern immer so relaxed aus. Nun müssen wir eben solidarisch sein. Wäre natürlich toll, wenn es als Energielieferant Alternativen gäbe zu über Millionen Jahre gegarten Pflanzenresten, die das Weltklima auf-heizen und uns von Diktatoren in aller Welt abhängig machen. Aber die gibt es nun einmal nicht. Schade eigentlich.
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Martin Lutz @martinlutz.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
My review essay @nplreview.bsky.social "An Avoidable Dependency? Russian Gas and German Complacency in the History of East–West Energy Relations" now as 5.000+ accesses, still counting. Thanks for the interest! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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An Avoidable Dependency? Russian Gas and German Complacency in the History of East–West Energy Relations - Neue Politische Literatur
How dependent were Germany and the European Union as a whole on Russian gas, and what lines can be traced in the historical development of energy relations? These questions are at the heart of the six...
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H-Soz-Kult @hsozkult.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Konf: Un/Sichtbarkeiten – Energiegeschichte zwischen Materialität, Praxis und Repräsentation www.hsozkult.de/event/id/event-1611… Dortmund, 07.05.2026-09.05.2026, Gesellschaft für Technikgeschichte (gtg); Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL); PITCH, Bewerbungsschluss: 26.04.2026 …
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Hsozkult Service @hsozkultservice.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Job: 1 PhD + 2 Postdoctoral Research Positions "A Global Consensus? The Contested History of Structural Adjustment in the Age of Shock" (Univ. of Vienna) www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-161147 Vienna, 01.09.2026-31.08.2029, University of Vienna, Bewerbungsschluss: 19.04.2026 1 PhD + 2 …
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