Current interventions (in German)
For better understanding all titles are translated from the original language into English.
Reflections of a peace researcher who by no means claims to be a Ukraine or Russia specialist.
PODCAST's
Friedenspolitik in Europa.
https://kontrafunk.radio/de/sendung-nachhoeren/politik-und-zeitgeschehen/kontrafunk-aktuell/kontrafunk-aktuell-vom-22-mai-2025. Hinunterscrollen zum 3. Beitrag (22. Mai 2025)
Meeting point: The Austrian peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner in an interview with RAI Bozen (January 25, 2023) http://www.raibz.rai.it/de/index.php?media=Pra1674648900
Thoughts: Werner Wintersteiner – strengthening the voices of peace (ORF Ö1, December 11, 2022) https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20221211/701839/Werner-Wintersteiner-die-Stimmen-des-Friedens-staerken
Lecture No Peace in Ukraine (Salzburg, September 29, 2022) http://www.friedensbuero.at/veranstaltungen/kein-frieden-in-der-ukraine/
The Ukraine war from the perspective of peace researcher Univ.-Prof. i. R. Dr. Werner Wintersteiner (Radio Agora, April 2022)
https://www.agora.at/sendungen-oddaje/detail/which/e-vedno-i-noch-immer-sturm
VIDEOS
EWIGGEITSGASSE. Culture from the art space #54: Comet Koroška (short film by Chris Haderer, December 2023) Contributors include: Werner Wintersteiner.
https://www.okto.tv/de/oktothek/episode/657824903ba6e
Percorsi di Pace in Alpe Adria. Virtual meeting with Italian peace forces in Ukraine and peace activists from Italy, Slovenia, Germany and Austria. (October 2, 2023) Video (Italian)
"PERCORSI DI PACE IN ALPE ADRIA”; written summary minutes (also in Italian).
VIPR – Varna Peace Institute. Edgar Morin – Background, Complexity & Contradictions of the Ukraine War (Interview with Werner Wintersteiner) September 2023.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_c-TeqZGh9E
Prebujanje mirovnega gibanja? | Risvegliare il movement per la pace? (forum April 17, 2023, whether 18. uri v sejni dvorani Pretorske palače v Kopru, Slovenija). Interventions in English, Italian and Slovenian.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBP5yuOL3Ac
Edgar Morin: From War to War (book presentation, April 20, 2023, IIP Vienna) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeAAGbkqHw8&ab_channel=IIPVienna
Ways out of the war in Ukraine (April 2022)
https://www.ewigkeitsgasse.at/friedenssuche.html or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwkZ7cC2Asc
Youtube channel of the International magazine: Independence of Ukraine yesterday & today. Conversation with Prof. Dahmer and Prof. Wintersteiner (March 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxRYCCjXweI
TEXTS
EU: Panic and Lack of Imagination. Die Presse, March 8, 2025, p. 32.
https://www.diepresse.com/19449166/eu-panik-und-fantasielosigkeit
More truthfulness instead of more defensiveness. In: Liga-Magazin (Austrian League for Human Rights) 02/December 2024, pp. 54-55.
Two years of Russian aggressive war against Ukraine (February 22, 2024)
German: https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Breaking-out-of-the-logic-of-war.pdf
English: https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/breaking-out-of-the-logic-of-war-is-there-a-peace-perspective-for-the-russian-ukrainian-war/
Italiano: https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Messagero-Veneto.pdf
Slovensko: https://www.mirovni-institut.si/izstop-iz-logike-vojne-ali-obstaja-mirovna-perspektiva-za-rusko-ukrajinsko-vojno/
Some Reflections on a Just Peace in the Russian-Ukrainian War. (Spring 2023).
Nonviolent resistance in Ukraine against the Russian invasion. In: Spectrum of Mediation, Issue 92, Q2 2023, 27-29. ISSN 1869-6708. https://www.psychosozial-verlag.de/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?inc_subcat=1&keywords=wintersteiner&categories_id=4134&x=0&y=0
Thinking global crises together in peace studies. CPD Policy Blog, June 23, 2023. https://policyblog.empowermentforpeace.org/2023/06/globale-krisen-friedenswissenschaftlich-zusammendenken/
Peace movements made visible. Thoughtful things about the Vienna Peace Summit. Wiener Zeitung, June 21, 2023 https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2193012-Friedensbewegungen-sichtbar-gemacht.html
"Down with your arms!" On the occasion of Bertha von Suttner's 180th birthday. Wiener Zeitung, June 9, 2023 https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2191674-Die-Waffen-nieder.html
Some Reflections on a Just Peace in the Russian-Ukrainian War (June 2023) Some Thoughts on the Russian-Ukrainian War https://www.peacevienna.org/
To assess the Chinese 12-point plan for the Russo-Ukrainian war. (Blog, March 8, 2023) https://walteroetsch.at/der-china-plan/
If you want peace, prepare peace. (Wiener Zeitung, February 23, 2023) https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2179183-Wer-den-Frieden-will-bereite-den-Frieden-vor.html
In search of the lost peace. Irritations, questions, hopes after a year of Russian-Ukrainian war. In: Volksstimme Issue 1 (January-February)/2023. https://www.volksstimme.at/index.php/blog/item/644-die-neue-jaenner-februar-volksstimme-2023-ist-da.html
Instead of threatening nuclear weapons, nuclear arsenals should be dismantled. (08/01/2022)
https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2156672-Dramatische-Gesten-in-einer-dramatischen-Situation.html
The underestimated resistance. The role of nonviolent action the way to peace. (Lifestyle. The magazine for sustainable living culture 3/2022) https://www.lebensart.at/der-unterschaetzte-widerstand
Focus on the peace goals. The logic of peace and non-violence in the Ukraine war. In: Crane. Newspaper of the Salzburg Peace Office, Summer 2/2022, 6-7. http://www.friedensbuero.at/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/2202-kranich-digital.pdf
Peace policy under scrutiny. Thinking about the Ukraine war. In: Heinz Gärtner (ed.): The Ukraine at War. Is peace possible? Vienna: Lit 2022, 267-281. ISBN 978-3-643-51116-4. https://www.lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-51116-4
fight without violence. In conversation with Lisa Maria Langhofer (KirchenZeitung of the Diocese of Linz, May 19, 2022)
https://www.kirchenzeitung.at/site/themen/gesellschaftsoziales/kaempfen-ohne-gewalt
Ukrainian Pacifists: War is a crime against humanity (War Resisters International, May 13, 2022)
https://wri-irg.org/en/story/2022/ukrainian-pacifists-war-crime-against-humanity
"War is a crime against humanity". The voice of the Ukrainian pacifists
https://www.lebenshaus-alb.de/magazin/014216.html
Upgrade Peace Logic (Die Furche 16, 4/21/2022) https://www.furche.at/politik/pazifismus-in-kriegszeiten-die-friedenslogik-aufruesten-8254176
Heinz Gärtner/Max Haller/Werner Wintersteiner (April 20, 2022) https://www.diepresse.com/6128272/waffenstillstand-in-der-ukraine
steps towards peace. Five Proposals for the War Against Ukraine (Science & Peace II/2022) https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/ausgabe/2022-2-kriegerische-verhaeltnisse/
The military option is not without alternatives for Ukraine. All direct and indirect conflict parties must push for a negotiated solution. (14. 4. 2022) https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2143849-Der-unterschaetzte-gewaltfreie-Widerstand.html (14.4. 2022)
The underestimated resistance. Nonviolent Actions in Ukraine – An Overview. (4/4/2022) https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/blog/meinungen-und-positionen/der-unterschaetzte-widerstand-ein-ueberblick/
Madness and its methods. Reflecting on the Ukraine War (International II/2022) https://international.or.at/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/International_2_2022-Wintersteiner-1.pdf
Five questions about the war in Ukraine (forum ZSO 1/2022, marec 2022, 11) https://zso.slo.at/sl/14133/forum-zso
Ten points on Ukraine from a peace policy perspective (March 4, 2022) https://www.peace-ed-campaign.org/ten-points-on-ukraine-from-a-peace-policy-perspective/
De-escalation, ceasefire, peace-seeking (3/1/2022) https://policyblog.uni-graz.at/2022/03/deeskalation-waffenstillstand-friedenssuche/
Eight points on the attack on Ukraine from a peace policy perspective. https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2139002-Frieden-ist-die-einzige-Option.html (25. 2. 2022)
2023
Radiosendung „Begegnungswege 18. September 2025“ mit Buchvorstellung „Mehr Sicherheit ohne Waffen“.
Donnerstag, 18. 9. 2025, ab 19 Uhr im Freien Radio Salzkammergut (Wiederholung Freitag, 19. 9. 2025, ab 10 Uhr) Livestream auf https://freiesradio.at/ Danach gespeichert: https://freiesradio.at/sendungen/begegnungswege/
Kontrafunk Lehrerzimmer: Bildung als Gegenmittel zur Kriegslust (3. Juli 2025)
Verena Strauß im Gespräch mit Werner Wintersteiner: „Friedenspädagogik gegen Gewalt“
https://kontrafunk.radio/de/sendung-nachhoeren/lebenswelten/lehrerzimmer/lehrerzimmer-bildung-als-gegenmittel-zur-kriegslust-und-kinder-die-nicht-schwimmen-koennen
The legacy of peace researcher Herbert C. Kelman. Werner Wintersteiner in conversation with Ursula Baatz (20 March 2024, Aktionsradius Wien) Podcast by Radio AugartenStadt
Unlearning War, Winning Peace (Interview and Panel in Salzburg, 23. 2. 2024) Podcast by Radio AugartenStadt
Radio Agora: Conversations for Peace – Werner Wintersteiner as guest (20. 1. 2024)
NeFKÖ Meeting 2023: Current debates on peace and conflict | cba – cultural broadcasting archive (fro.at),
Radio Orange 94.0 in the Wuk-Radio series (May 2023) https://cba.fro.at/620820
Inside Peace Center - The relevance of peace education in Schlaining and globally. Ursula Gamauf-Eberhardt in conversation with Professor Uli Jäger and Professor Werner Wintersteiner (spring 2022) https://www.aspr.ac.at/podcast#/
Where does the path lead? Came gre pot? Quale meta di viaggio? Dialogic remembering in educational practice - a conversation with Werner Wintersteiner by Walter Wratschko. (February 2022) https://cba.fro.at/543505
Aufruf zur Gründung der Friedensplattform Kärnten/Koroška: Julia von Hut und Werner Wintersteiner (November 2025)
Videomitschnitt der Veranstaltung „Abrüstung als Friedensstrategie?“ mit der Präsentation des Buches „Mehr Sicherheit ohne Waffen“ (17. Juni 2025, Universität Graz):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08N0C9mHdo
Buchpräsentation „Mehr Sicherheit ohne Waffen“ von Werner Wintersteiner (Promedia) – Musilmuseum Klagenfurt (20. 5. 2025)
https://www.musilmuseum.at/aktuelles/news-detailseite?tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=4112&cHash=71301e0330034131e58a51f2e2482443
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xoqz33dbtsk
Sowie Auszüge in: EWIGKEITSGASSE. Kultur aus dem Kunstraum #69 https://www.okto.tv/de/sendereihe/ewigkeitsgasse/video/685024011d0aa/ewigkeitsgasse-kultur-aus-dem-kunstraum-69
Dokumentation der Veranstaltung „Mehr Sicherheit ohne Waffen“ am IIP in Wien am 28. 4. 2025:
War and Peace: Essayist Franz Schuh in conversation with peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner (as part of the conference "Conceptions of Peace" in St. Pölten on November 29, 2024)
https://phaidra.kphvie.ac.at/o:736
“Linguistic diversity in the Alps-Adriatic region”. ORF film “On the road with the neighbours”. Broadcast | ORF 2
https://on.orf.at/video/14237294/unterwegs-bei-den-nachbarn-sprachenvielfalt-im-alpen-adria-raum
Herbert C. Kelman: Peace Research from Vienna – Conversation between Werner Wintersteiner and Ursula Baatz (Aktionsradius Wien, April 20, 2024)
Book presentation by Promedia Verlag: Edgar Morin: “Heimatland Erde”. Conversation between Werner Wintersteiner and Martin Birkner, moderated by Stefan Kraft. (Vienna, October 24, 2023)
thinking helps. Episode 9: Do We Need Planetary Politics? (Walter Ötsch in conversation with Werner Wintersteiner, March 15, 2023) https://www.dorftv.at/video/41889
In search of the lost peace. (Lecture in Linz, March 14, 2023) https://www.dorftv.at/video/41869
The war against Ukraine and media coverage. (Podium Press Club Concordia, January 24, 2023) https://www.dorftv.at/video/41620
How peace succeeds and what courage has to do with it - IMPULSTALK: Peace researcher Werner Wintersteiner in conversation with Stefanie Gründl. (September 2022) https://youtu.be/Ed_ZYl0jsuY
Interview “Antidogmatic Peace Research” (April 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIIpCeWFPG4 VIPR Varna Peace Institute, Josef Mühlbauer
Learn to rethink the world. In conversation (March 2022) https://www.idealismprevails.at/die-welt-neu-denken-lernen-werner-wintersteiner/
2026
Mehr Sicherheit ohne Waffen! Zum 50. Todestag von Professor Hans Thirring. In: UZ, 22. März 2026.
https://www.unsere-zeitung.at/2026/03/22/mehr-sicherheit-ohne-waffen/
Letzte Chance für Europa? Blog „Notfall Demokratie“, 27. 1. 2026.
https://demokratie.humanrights.at/letzte-chance-fuer-europa
2025
Um pluriverso relacional: Educação para a Cidadania Planetária, In: Alfredo Pena-Vega e Bruna Siqueira Santos (Organizadores): Enfrentar a emergência climática: o protagonismo dos jovens para o planeta: Rio de Janeiro: Ateliê de Humanidades Editorial 2025. 57-71. ISBN: 978-65-86972-51-1.
Frieden als ethische Verpflichtung? Die Debatte am Beispiel des russisch-ukrainischen Krieges. LIMINA – Grazer Theologische Perspektiven, 8(2), 53–79.
https://www.limina-graz.eu/index.php/limina/article/view/271
Global and Planetary Citizenship Education als deutschdidaktische Aufgabe. In: Matthis Kepser / Sabine Zelger (Hrsg.): Politische Dimensionen der Deutschdidaktik. Einblicke – Kontroversen – Ausblicke. Berlin: Peter Lang 2025. ISSN 2364-1312; ISBN 978-3-631-90073-4, 37-55.
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1326446
Mut zum Frieden: Für eine Friedensrepublik Österreich im Heimatland Erde. In: UZ (Unsere Zeitung), 20. September 2025.
https://www.unsere-zeitung.at/2025/09/20/mut-zum-frieden-fuer-eine-friedensrepublik-oesterreich-im-heimatland-erde/
Podcast dazu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKJ-VfT6Tdw
Aktuelle Fragen der Friedenspolitik. 20 Jahre Friedenszentrum an der Uni Klagenfurt. Werner Wintersteiner, interviewt von Romy Müller. Universität Klagenfurt (Juni 2025)
https://www.aau.at/blog/frieden-ist-nicht-einfach-da/
Hoffnung und Widerstand. In: Wissenschaft & Frieden 2/2025, 6-7.
Kriegshysterie oder Friedenspolitik? Herausforderungen für die Friedensbewegung. In: INTERNATIONAL 2/2025, 14-16.
Ein Symbol des Lebens, der Kraft der Natur und des Friedens. In: Chiara Bazzoli/AntonGionata Ferrari: Da ist ein Baum in Japan. Wien: verlagshaus hernals 2025, 65-77.
ERINNERN, HOFFEN UND WIDERSTAND LEISTEN: BEFREIUNG IST EIN AUFTRAG.
Rede zum Tag der Befreiung, beim Denkmal der Namen in Villach, am 14. Mai 2025.
https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Rede-zum-8.-Mai-Wintersteiner.pdf
Materiali didattici comuni per una comprensione transnazionale della storia. A plan for the Alpe-Adria. In: il passo giusto, numero 30, 12 Mar 2025.
Educational goal “peacefulness”. Peace education in German lessons: more important than ever. In: Praxis Deutsch 1/2025, 60-61. ISSN 0341-5279.
A paradigm shift in global politics – On the potential of Hans Thirring's disarmament proposal. In: Werner Wintersteiner (ed.): "More security without weapons". On the relevance of Hans Thirring's peace plan. Vienna: Promedia 2025. ISBN 978-3-85371-547-5, 55-67.
2024
Werner Wintersteiner/Sabine Zelger: German lessons for a culture of peace. In: Sabine Zelger/Werner Wintersteiner (eds.): Peace. Information on German didactics, issue 4/2024, pp. 5-7.
Jan Theurl/Werner Wintersteiner: Peace education in German lessons. A selected bibliography. In: Sabine Zelger/Werner Wintersteiner (eds.): Peace. Information on German didactics, issue 4/2024, pp. 124-135.
War, peace, education. A glossary. In: Sabine Zelger/Werner Wintersteiner (eds.): Peace. Information on German didactics, issue 4/2024, pp. 18-24.
Obituary for Federico Mayor Zaragoza (December 2024)
https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/202
Review of Helmolt Rademacher: Developing a culture of conflict in schools. How to successfully educate democracy. In: Teaching & Learning. Journal for School and Innovation from Baden-Württemberg (50) 5-2024, 57. ISSN 0341-8294.
Peace between utopia and irony. A fundamental question of peace research and peace education. In: Caroline Schmitt/Karsten Kiewitt/Tanja Kleibl/Ronald Lutz (eds.): War, conflict and social work. Challenges, visions and practices for peace building. Weinheim: Beltz Juventa.
Adult education as peace education. In: Magazine erwachsenenbildung.at. The specialist medium for research, practice and discourse. Issue 53 (2024), pp. 9-17.
Online: https://erwachsenenbildung.at/magazin/nachrichten-53.
Werner Wintersteiner/Wilfried Graf: Johan Galtung (1930-2024): A great and controversial personality. In: International II/2024, 30-33. ISNN 1010-9285.
The big and the small peace. Peace as a permanent process. In: Praxis Palliativ Care 62/2024, 22-23. ISSN 1867-7126.
Putting PEACE at the center. An exhibition at the Jewish Museum Vienna. Journal of International Educational Research and Development Education (ZEP), 1/24, p. 29. doi.org/10.31244/zep.2024.01.08. ISSN 1434-4688 D
https://www.waxmann.com/index.php?eID=download&id_artikel=ART105745&uid=frei
Justification or overcoming of the culture of violence? Why the criticism of peace education is misguided. Journal of International Educational Research and Development Education (ZEP), 1/24, pp. 34-35. doi.org/10.31244/zep.2024.01.13. ISSN 1434-4688 D
https://www.waxmann.com/index.php?eID=download&id_artikel=ART105749&uid=frei
60 years ago: The “Thirring Plan”. Disarmament as a test for détente and peaceful coexistence. In: Science & Peace 1/2024, 37-39.
https://wissenschaft-und-frieden.de/ausgabe/2024-1-konflikte-im-ewigen-eis/
Dialogue and resistance. In: Marjan Sturm (2024): Identity without an enemy image. From confrontation to peace mediation in Carinthia and the Alps-Adriatic region. Edited by Wilfried Graf and Gudrun Kramer. Klagenfurt/Celovec: Heyn/Drava, 175-180.
https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Widerstand-und-Dialog-Wintersteiner.pdf
Edward J. Brantmeier, Janet Gerson, Colins Imoh, Kevin Kester, Mary Lee Morrison, Dale T Snauwaert & Werner Wintersteiner (2024): Honoring the Peacebuilders: In Memory of Betty A. Reardon and Ian Harris, Journal of Peace Education, 21: 1, 1-15
DOI: 10.1080/17400201.2024.2320516
Peace research as an interventionist science. Preliminary remarks on a reorientation of peace research in view of the Russian-Ukrainian war. In: Josef Mühlbauer/Maximilian Lakitsch (eds.) (2024): Critical peace research. Concepts, analyses & diagnoses. Vienna/Berlin: Mandelbaum, 59-92.
https://www.mandelbaum.at/buecher/josef-muehlbauer-maximilian-lakitsch-hg/kritische-friedensforschung/
Justification or overcoming of the culture of violence? Why criticism of peace education must be rejected (January 2024). In: Europastimme 63. Jg., 1, 2024, 4-12. ISSN 0014-2727.
https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Rechtfertigung-oder-Kritik-der-Gewalt.pdf
“Conceptualizing Change in the World System?” Towards a More Complex and Comprehensive Understanding of Peace and Conflict Research. In: Tamra Pearson d'Estrée (ed.): Shifting Protracted Conflict Systems Through Local Interactions. Abingdon/New York: Routledge 2024, 57-78.
2023
The Thirring Plan and its current significance. In: International V/2023, ISNN 1010-9285, pp. 36-39.
Can one unlearn war? On the development of a culture of nonviolence and peace. In: Kranich 4/2023, p. 8.
https://www.friedensbuero.at/neuer-kranich-krieg-verlernen-frieden-gewinnen/
Austrian UNESCO Commission (ed.): Transformative Education, Global Citizenship Education and Education for Sustainable Development. An exploration. Dossier of the Advisory Board of the Austrian UNESCO Commission “Transformative Education/Global Citizenship Education”. Authors: Werner Wintersteiner, Christiana Glettler, Heidi Grobbauer, Hans Karl Peterlini, Franz Rauch, Regina Steiner. Vienna: 2023. ISBN: 978-3-9505483-0-3.
Wilfried Graf/Werner Wintersteiner: ABC of Peace.
When, if not now? Peace education – a fundamental and highly topical educational task.
https://wernerwintersteiner.at/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Friedensbildung_Wintersteiner.pdf
Speech on the planting of the persimmon tree from Nagasaki in Villach on June 20, 2023. https://erinnernvillach.com/werner-wintersteiner-rede-zur-pflanzung-des-kaki-baums-in-villach-am-20-juni-2023/
Peace Republic of Austria in the homeland of Earth. In: International 1/2023, 5-7. ISSN 1010-9285. https://international.or.at/
2022
Education for the challenges of today's world. The "Dublin Declaration" can trigger a long overdue reform process. (11/08/2022) https://www.wienerzeitung.at/meinung/gastkommentare/2167232-Bildung-fuer-die-Herausforderungen-der-heutigen-Welt.html
In Praise of “Coffee Boro” (July 2022) (Coffee Boro – PDF)