About Christian Felber
Curriculum Vitae
9.12.1972 Birth in the City of Mozart Salzburg
till 1990 Childhood between Mattsee and Wallersee in Salzburg,
passionate raspberry and trout breeding
till 1996 Studies in Vienna and Madrid
Mag. phil.; Romance Philology/Spanish (major), Political Science – Psychology – Sociology (minor)
1994–1996 Life chapter in Madrid (Spain)
For a “change of scene” (Spanish: „respirar otro aire“), I wrote my Master’s thesis in Spain, resulting in a book – in Spanish: “Hacia un Futuro ecológico: el paciente España” as well as a two-year stay.
since 1996 independent publicist and author
During my studies, I started to systematically write texts, on one hand literature, on the other hand basic thoughts about ethics, philosophy, anthropology, psychology, politics, economics and ecology. These preparations resulted in independent media engagements, I wrote for the Austrian newspapers „Falter“, „Standard“, „Salzburger Nachrichten“, „Furche“ etc. Starting in 2006, I wrote more and more books, whereby my journalistic activities focused on commentaries.
1998 Work scholarships
by the federal state Salzburg and the Federal Chancellery for Literature
2000–2014 Initiating and developing Attac Österreich
till 2003 board member, till 2008 press spokesman, till 2014 speaker. attac.at
since 2004 contemporary dancer and performer
2004 Theatre performance “Meet the Composer” with toxic dreams
2005 Children’s dance piece “Piri und Bär” during the Tanzsommer Graz
2008 Bodies in Urban Spaces with Cie .Willi Dorner
2009 Sermon and dance at “A Hetz” with the Theater Hausruck
2010 “A dance for Attac” (Frankfurt, 12 min video)
2016 Dance with A. Stavridi at the Gemeinwohl-Fest (11 min video)
2017 “Post Truth” – IIASA, for the Ball of Science (5,5 min video)
2017 “GWÖ getanzt” (“danced Economy for the Common Good”) – Old Town Hall Munich (12,5 min video, DE)
2018 “Common Good Dance” – Albert Hall, Brussels (written script)
2018 “Common Good Dance Lecture” (2 min trailer video)
since 2004 Professor and researcher
2004–2016 University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt
2008–2017 University of Economics and Business Vienna
2012–2015 University of Klagenfurt
2012–2015 University of Graz
Since 2015 AEMS Summer School
2018 Guest researcher at the ECS of Zeppelin University
2018 University of Applied Sciences Burgenland: Course “Applied Economy for the Common Good”
2018 Senior Fellow at the IASS Potsdam
2018 University of Applied Arts Vienna
2019 Lector at the DHBW Ravensburg
Since 2019 Affiliate Scholar at the IASS Potsdam
Since 2019 Member of Advisory Counsil at Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Umwelt Nürtingen
AWARDS AND HONOURS
2010 Sustainable creator LEBENSART
2013 Education award University Graz
2014 Economy book of the year getAbstract
2014 Premio Nueva Civilización Universitas Chile
2015 Premio Verde Fundación Navarro
2017 ZEIT WISSEN award “Mut zur Nachhaltigkeit”
2017 Reineccius medal Laudatio
2017 Premi Drets Humans Festival de Cinema Barcelona
2019 GfG: 2nd place + Audience Award SozialMarie 2019
2019 Top 100 Changemakers Business (The Big Issue)
Current political projects
2010 Initiator of the Economy for the Common Good
(currently part of the International Management Team)
2010 Initiator of the Genossenschaft für Gemeinwohl
(currently part of the Board of Directors)