The EcoS Staff kindly invites you to our upcoming guest lecture with Katharina Zellweger. Drawing on more than 30 years of field experience in Hong Kong, China and North Korea, Katharina Zellweger will talk about working and living in North Korea and share about the impact on humanitarian aid, relief and development cooperation up to December 2019. Zellweger will also discuss present challenges in her field of work, especially since the North Korean government decided to close its borders in January 2020 and since that time, no access has been granted to NGO workers or UN agency staff.

Date: April 20 (Monday), 2026, 17:00–18:00 (CET)

Venue: Seminar Room OAW (2I-O1-05), Entrance 5.4, Hof 5, Spitalgasse 2, 1090 Vienna

The lecture will be streamed via Zoom. Nevertheless, we highly encourage you to participate in person. Please make sure to sign up for the guest lecture (online or offline). See our event page for more information.