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Johannes Baumgart, M.A

Born in Constance, Germany. After studying mechanical engineering, he graduated with honours (Diplom-Ingenieur) from Dresden University of Technology. He was scholar of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, and gathered international experience during research projects at the "Von-Karman-Institute for Fluid Dynamics" in Rhode-Saint-Genèse (Belgium, 2001 - 2002) and at the University of California, Santa Barbara (USA, 2002 - 2003). From 2003 – 2004, he participated in a post-graduate class at "Von-Karman-Institute for Fluid Dynamics", where he graduated as best of the Year and won the "Von-Karman Prize" for his Simulation of entry in the true Martian atmosphere. Since 2004, he is Research associate at Institute for Aerospace engineering at Dresden University of Technology. Member of the Dresden University Orchestra. e-mail

Christoph Clar, M.A

Born in Villach, Austria. Masters Degree in Political Science (Master thesis in International Relations on Preventive Diplomacy) after studying Political Science and Communications Science at the University of Vienna, as well as Political Science and Asian Studies at the University of Western Australia, Perth. Currently he works as research assistant at the University of Vienna and researcher at IDC. He is PhD candidate in Political Science (ongoing research on concepts of space and a post-national European space). Temporary employment at the United Nations Office Vienna. Field associate for Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research in Austria (2006). Special interest in international relations, transnational co-operation, peace studies and global governance. e-mail

Stefan Glaser, M.A

Masters Degree in Ecology of the University of Vienna after studying and working in Latin America and Asia. He has a special interest in bridging science with society and organised several nationwide information campaigns and network projects about issues of sustainable development in the Austrian NGO "Agenda X". Further qualifications were acquired during an internship in the European Commission (Eurostat) and due to his participation in the organisation of an international youth conference (Ecosocial Youth Conference). He has spent one year at the University of Madrid studying Mediterranean limnology and has furthermore working experience in Spain due to his collaboration with an environmental NGO (participating in the 'Living Lakes Programme') and his work on an Environmental impact assessment there. His postgraduate education includes training in risk analysis and risk communication at the Harvard School of Public Health and a variety of courses on business administration. He has acquired expert knowledge on European water policies in the course of an internship at the European Commission (dealing with the WFD and water related statistics). Recently, he also worked on the organisation and realisation of events related to natural gardening and rural development. e-mail

Dr. Alexander Kelle

Born in Frankfurt/Main, Germany. 1996 PhD in Political Science from J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main. Works as Lecturer in International Politics at the School of Politics, International Studies & Philosophy, Queen’s University Belfast. Previous positions include Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Department of Peace Studies (2002-04), University of Bradford, UK, Science Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University, USA (2001-02) and Research Fellow, Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, Germany (1994-99). Research focuses on the areas of 1) international security cooperation/-regimes, with emphasis on the chemical and biological weapons control regimes; 2) the interface of scientific and technological advances and security policy, and; 3) the relationship between international health and international security policy. Recent publications include Controlling Biochemical Weapons. Adapting Multilateral Arms Control for the 21st Century, with Malcolm Dando and Kathryn Nixdorff, Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan (2006). e-mail

Camillo Meinhart

Occupied with film and video since the age of 16. First successes came soon with some of his short movies at Austrian youth film festivals. In 1996, at the age of only 20 years, he realised his first commercial industrial movie for “Blaguss Reisen”. Other film jobs followed soon (Nokia, Hewlett Packard etc.). In 2001, he co-founded the “Viewfinders Film Coorporation”. In 2004, after three commercially successful years, he left the company to have more time for own projects and to join IDC. Besides commercial works, he engaged in lots of non-commercial projects: 1996 – 1999, he worked for the first Austrian University Television; since 2002, he runs a satirical website dealing with actual political, social and cultural themes (http://www.diemeinungsfreien.org). In 2003, he produced “Peaceflight” – a documentary about an 80 years old Styrian, who flew with his parachute from Austria to St. Peters Square in Rome. In 2004, he invented and realised “Ohne Kohle”, an international independent video- & film-festival. At present, Camillo Meinhart works as a freelance Cameraman and Cutter for national and international TV Stations and Press Agencies. e-mail

Ing. Doris Stückler

Several years of working experiences in the field of civil engineering and structural planning. She participated in detail planning of the Bio-fuel-refinery Zistersdorf (Austria), the refurbishment of the “Hafen Albern” (Viennese Danube port), the projection of windmill parks and their compliance to aviation guidelines, as well as various construction and civil engineering projects. Since 2002, she works with the Stefan Meyer Institute for subatomic physics. At this Institute of the Austrian Academy of Science, she works in an international team engaged in fundamental experiments in particle physics and is decisively involved in the planning and technical conversion of various international research activities. This includes cooperation with “Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung“(GSI, Germany); “Paul-Scherrer Institute” (PSI, Switzerland) and the nuclear research facilities “KEK” in Japan. Additional to her professional engineering activities, she is occupied with visual communication methods and graphic-design. e-mail