Staff Members and their main Research Areas

You can find a selection of the Department’s academic staff (professors, predoctoral, Senior Research Fellow and postdoctoral staff of the Department as well as third-party funded staff) and their main research areas below. There is a link on the last name that will redirect you to contact information and further content. For a full list of all members of the Department, please see our staff register.

NameMain research areas
Adamović, Slađanamigration studies, war and refugee studies, culture of remembrance and collective memory, museum studies, identity, sexual and migration politics, queer theory, urban studies 
Ahn, Byeongsunpolicymaking, program evaluation, urbanism
Atzmüller, Christianeexperimental vignette studies (factorial survey), quantitative methods, civil courage, youth violence
Boczy, Tatjanaurban and regional research, political sociology, sociological theory, social change and eco-social transformations
Bordone, Valeriaageing, intergenerational relationships, grandparent(hood), family, wellbeing, health
Cabaraban, Maria Karlene Shawn

aging, intergenerational relationships, gender and marital transitions, population health and well-being

Cefalo, Ruggerocomparative social policy, school-to-work transitions, youth
Dafert, Verafamilies, parenthood, youth, family transitions, qualitative social research 
Dowling, Emmacritical social theory, feminist political economy, affect theory, sociology of work, socio-ecological transformation, gender, care work and social reproduction, welfare state, services of general interest and social policy, financialization of the social, social movements, participatory research methods
Draxl, Anna-Katharinamigration and language, education
Duncan, Michaelsociology of youth, social inequality, interpretative social research
Durnová, Annapolitical sociology, sociology of emotions, feminist sociology, public policy and interpretative social research
Erben-Harter, Sabinefamily, childhood, single parents, qualitative social research
Flicker, Evavisual sociology/ film-/ media sociology, gender, organisation/ group dynamics
Grabner, Lenafamily, children and youth, qualitative and participatory social research
Heindlmaier, Anitawork and migration, migration and social policy, europeanizatioAI companions, (grief) counseling, communication, qualitative research, ethnographyn
Heisse, AndreaAI companions, (grief) counseling, communication, qualitative research, ethnography
Hilmar, Tillsociology of culture, political sociology, comparative transformation studies, inequality narratives, social memory, text-as-data
Holzinger, Claramigration, multilingualism, qualitative research, social inequality, discrimination, racism, street-level bureaucracy
Ihrig, Felixaffect theory, experiences of discrimination, gender diversity, healthcare, political sociology, queer and trans studies

Jablonczay, Nikoletta

political sociology, social policy, text mining
Jokić-Bornstein, Jelenaqualitative methods, (forced) migration, (post-conflict) diasporas and diasporic culture, identity and memory, integration and social cohesion, gender
Kazepov, Yuriinternational urban sociology, comparative social policy
Karmann, Annacomparative family policy, social inequality, quantitative methods
Kiermaier, Johannafamily, parenthood, gender, qualitative social research
Lebedinski, Larahuman capital, labour economics and family economics
Liedl, Berndsocial structure, social inequality, work, poverty, data center
Malschinger, Pauleducation, transition research (from school to working life), labor market, methodological research
Mauerer, Gerlindefamily, masculinity, qualitative social research, gender and social inequality, health
Metzger, Sandrinelife course, gender inequalities, health, family demography, quantitative methods
Mijić, Anasociology of knowledge and culture, sociology of identity and ethnicity, sociological theory, objective hermeneutics
Mühlböck, Monika

labour market policy, youth unemployment, social inequality, representation, public policy, European integration, quantitative methods

Parisot, Viktoriafamilies, family transitions, separation and divorce, qualitative social research
Parzer, Michaelculture and social inequality, inclusion/exclusion, migration and social participation, interpretive social research
Pernhaupt, Niklas Luccacognitive sociology of culture, imagination, sociology of design, comparative social research
Pfadenhauer, Michaelasociology of knowledge, artificial intelligence, communication, knowledge cultures, mediatization, interpretative paradigm
Quinz, Hannahlabor market (policy), recognition and work, empirical social research, social inequality, inequality of wealth distribution 
Scheibelhofer, Elisabethinterpretative social research, migration, mobility, transnational social spaces
Schimek, Danielafamily, childhood and youth, qualitative and participatory social research, gender
Schmid, Juliapolitical sociology, labor and industrial sociology, critical social theory, intersectional social theory
Siegert, Christinapoverty, employment, income inequality, feminist perspectives, quantitative methods
Sirka, Sarahfamily, children and youth, qualitative and participatory social research
Steiber, Nadiasocial stratification and social inequality, education and social mobility, employment, family, ageing, well-being/health, quantitative methods
Vogtenhuber, Stefansocial stratification, education, skill formation and training, labour market, employment, quantitative methods, data visualization
Vollmer, Theresasociology of knowledge, sociology of culture, interpretative social research, sociology of music
Vorlíček, Dagmarinternational political sociology, security, war, international relations, science and technology
Waibel, Marvinsociology of knowledge, communicative AI, subjectification, interpretive social research
Zartler, Ulrikefamily, childhood, divorce, transitions in the life course, motherhood, qualitative research methods
Zuccato-Doutlik, Marlies

family, parenthood, gender, family transitions, qualitative social research