Karl Renner Institut


Karl Renner Institute is the political academy of the Austrian Social Democratic movement. In this capacity, it foremostly aims at:

  • involving experts from various fields in the development and realization of new political positions by establishing a discourse between experts from various fields and the Austrian Social Democratic Party;
  • generating a forum for political discussion and thus helping to introduce social democratic positions into public discussion;
  • training representatives of the Austrian Social Democratic Party so that they are optimally prepared for their present and future tasks;
  • fostering the organizational development of the Austrian Social Democratic Party in order to open up and modernize party structures.

In order to fulfil these tasks as well as possible, Karl Renner Institute and its nine regional offices (one in each of Austria’s federal provinces) try to orient and modify their individual programmes according to their customers’ demands, needs and wishes. A broad variety of publications, debate evenings, seminars and lectures appeal at a politically interested public while special conventions and seminars aim to invite experts, teachers and educators. Besides this, Karl Renner Institute is involved in educational work on an international level. Together with its foreign sister organisations, it especially tries to support the young Central and Eastern European democracies and to help their integration into the mainstream of European political life. Moreover, Karl Renner Institute organises workshops and individual consultations for functionaries, parliamentary representatives and employees of the Austrian Social Democratic Party in order to support local political work, to sound and discuss various positions on controversial political topics and to impart background information relevant to recent political questions and developments.

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Publications
24/06/2025

Serbia’s civic awakening: the 2024-2025 student protests in focus

Friends of the Western Balkans series
23/06/2025

Europe’s strategic role in global development

A call for ambition and reform
24/03/2025

Europe and the war in Ukraine

From Russian aggression to a new Eastern policy
28/02/2025

Political parties in the EU and the challenges of EU enlargement

Balkan Focus Series
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Events
23 - 25/06/2025
Brussels, Belgium (Training)

European Political Academy 2025

The Europapolitische Akademie 2025, a joint project by FEPS and the Karl-Renner-Institut (KRI), reaches its […]
19/05/2025
Online

Next Left Country Case – Finland

On Monday 19th of May 2025, the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS), in partnership […]
30/06/2025
Sevilla, Spain

Financing our future: Crafting a progressive vision for the future of financing for development

(Text in Spanish below) FEPS, in collaboration with Socialist International, PSOE Andalucía (Spain), Fundación Avanza […]
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News
16/05/2025

Joint statement by the Friends of the Western Balkans (FoWB)

Ljubljana, 16th May 2025 We, the Friends of the Western Balkans (FoWB) – representatives of […]
03/12/2024

Joint statement by the Friends of the Western Balkans (FoWB) 

Brussels, 3 December 2024 We, the Friends of the Western Balkans – consisting of representatives […]
13/12/2023

Friends of the Western Balkans’ statement

Sarajevo, 25 November 2023 We, the network of the Friends of the Western Balkans, representatives […]
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Audiovisual

‘Friends of the Western Balkans – Ljubljana’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Friends of the Western Balkans‘ event in Ljubljana the Friends of the […]

‘Financing our future: Towards the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development’ Flickr album

Photo album of the ‘Financing our future: Towards the 4th International Conference on Financing for […]

’11th Barbara Prammer Symposium’ Flickr Album

Photo album of the event ‘11th Barbara Prammer Symposium‘ Public spending—such as on public transport, […]