Ass.-Prof. Emma Dowling, BA MSc MRes PhD

T: +43-1-4277-49203

emma.dowling@univie.ac.at

Consultation hours: Thursdays from 1:15pm to 2:45pm and by appointment
(Please always make an appointment by email via: leon.romauch@univie.ac.at)
Meetings in person: Room 205
Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/bdz36fcy

TT-Professor for the Sociology of Social Change

Working languages:
English and German

Areas of research:
Social and ecological change (Just Transition/sustainability and social justice), feminist political economy, financialisation and society, welfare state transformation, care and social reproduction, work and emotions, affect theory, participatory research methods.

Qualifications and Previous Positions

2019	Habilitation in Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
2017 - 2019	Senior Researcher; Institute for Sociology, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
2016	Senior Fellow; Research Group on Postgrowth Societies, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
2012 - 2017	Senior Lecturer (Sociology); Middlesex University London.
2009 - 2012	Lecturer (Organisational Change); Queen Mary, University of London.
2009	Certified Translator for English and German in the Social Sciences; Berlin Senate for Education, Youth and Science.
2010	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Politics; Birkbeck, University of London (Affecting Legitimation: The Productivity of Resistance in Global Neoliberal Governance)
2006	Master of Research (MRes) in Social and Political Theory; Birkbeck, University of London.
2003	Master of Science (MSc) in Global Ethics; University of Birmingham.
2002	Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Politics with International Studies; University of Birmingham.

Dowling, E. (Author), & Stani, L. (Author). (2023). Anknüpfen und Verknüpfen: Soziale und ökologische Nachhaltigkeit voranbringen!. Web publication, A&W Blog. https://www.awblog.at/Wirtschaft/Soziale-und-oekologische-Nachhaltigkeit-voranbringen

Dowling, E. (Author), & Strickner, A. (Author). (2023). Care-Kämpfe sind Kämpfe für Klimagerechtigkeit. Web publication, A&W Blog. https://www.awblog.at/klima-energie/Care-Kaempfe-sind-Kaempfe-fuer-Klimagerechtigkeit

Dowling, E. (2023). Britain's Care Crisis: Why Claps Don't Pay Bills and Money's Not Enough. Hard Times Magazine, 106(1). https://hardtimesmagazinecom.wordpress.com/2023/10/13/vol-107-of-hard-times-out-now/

Dowling, E., Stani, L., & Angioni, J. (2023). Lernen für den Wandel. Auf dem Weg zu einer emanzipatorischen Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie. Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien. Informationen zur Umweltpolitik Vol. 210 https://emedien.arbeiterkammer.at/viewer/image/AC16941673/

Dowling, E., Opratko, B., Brand, U., Boos, T., Daniel, A., Dursun, A. E., Flecker, J., Kleinschmidt, M., Krams, M., Lange, D., Liebhart, K., Niederhauser, J., Radhuber, I., Sauer, B., & Staritz, C. (2023). Pandemische politische Ökonomie: Zur kapitalistischen Verarbeitung der Corona-Krise. IfS Working Paper Series, 2023(2), 2-47. https://www.soz.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/i_soziologie/5_Ueber_uns/5.5_Rising_Scholars/IfS_Working_Papers/AutorInnenkollektiv_Governance__Demokratie__Solidaritaet_Emma_Dowling.pdf

Dowling, E. (2022). The Care Crisis - Causes and Consequences: SIPTU health division conference 2022.

Dowling, E. (Editorial Journalist). (2022). LMFM Radio Breakfast Show with Chris Murray - Interview with Emma Dowling on austerity and privatisation in the care sector. Radio show

Dowling, E. (Editorial Journalist). (2022). LMFM Radio Breakfast Show: Emma Dowling discusses privatisation and austerity in the care sector. Radio show

Dowling, E. (2022). Global Housing Crisis - Local Responses: Launch of the Research Centre New Social Housing - Respondent to Keynotes.

Dowling, E. (2022). Die Bedeutung des Care-Sektors in der Volkswirtschaft und der Alltagsökonomie: Tagung 50 Jahre IFIP TU Wien - Ein gutes Leben für alle: Perspektiven der Daseinsvorsorge und Alltagsökonomie.

Dowling, E. (2022). Sorgenvolle Zukunft? Übrlegungen zur materiellen und ideellen Einbettung von Care im Zuge der Pandemie (Keynote): EURAC Centre for Advanced Studies Merano, .

Dowling, E. (2022). Platform care as care fix. In A. Strüver, & S. Bauriedl (Eds.), Platformization of Urban Life: Towards a Technocapitalist Transformation of European Cities (pp. 103-118). Transcript Verlag. https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839459645

Dowling, E. (2022). Krisen und Grenzen des Kapitalismus (Keynote): Tagung Rechtsstaat unter Druck - Perspektiven in der sozial-ökologischen Krise.

Dowling, E. (2022). Gender/Space (Keynote): 8 Words 2022, Le parole dell'innovazione in sanitá (5 Riunione annuale).

Dowling, E. (2022, May 11). Sustainable Careers as Solution to the Crisis? IMC FH Krems.

Dowling, E. (Editorial Journalist). (2022). New School Public Seminar/Unproductive Labor Podcast: What Austerity Has Done to Care Work and Care Workers: An Interview with Emma Dowling. Web publication

Dowling, E. (2022, May 2). Care Beyond Crisis: IPW Lecture, Department of Politics, University of Vienna.

Dowling, E. (2022, Apr 26). Herzensangelegenheiten: Freiwilliges Engagement und der ambivalente Wert nicht-entfremdeter Arbeit.

Dowling, E. (2022, Apr 21). The Care Crisis and the Financialisation of Social Care in the UK: Webinar series 'Social Care in South Korea and the UK".

Dowling, E. (2022, Apr 7). Daseinsvorsorge und Zukunftssicherung: Visionen für einen Wohlfahrtsstaat der Zukunft: uniMind University Meets Industry Lecture, Postgraduate Centre, University of Vienna.