Elisabeth Mayer, Bakk. MA
T: +43-1-4277-49259
03/2020 – 03/2023 Prae-Doc Researcher (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Research Project “VIS_BIO. Biographies in the making in a connected lifeworld. Exploring visual and verbal constructions of life stories”, funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), PI: Roswitha Breckner
http://visbio.univie.ac.at
http://visbio.univie.ac.at
since 03/2020 PhD Sociology (Faculty of Social Science, Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Topic: Visuelle Biografien in einer mediatisierten Sozialwelt. (Visual biographies in a mediatized lifeworld)
01/03/2019 – 31/08/2019 Lecturer in Visual Sociology (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Leading the course ”Pictures and Biographies in networked life worlds“ together with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roswitha Breckner
01/10/2018 - 15/12/2019 Research Assistant
Working as a sociologist within the project “Stigmatized family histories: intergenerational memory processes and narratives of descendants of ´Berufsverbrecher`”, funded by Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism and Mauthausen Memorial, PI: Mag. Andreas Kranebitter and Jun. Prof. Dr. Maria Pohn-Lauggas
07/2018 Lecturer at children´s university (University of Vienna)
Leading the workshop "Can you read pictures...and can pictures lie?" (age group: 7-9 years), together with Dr. Maria Schreiber
10/2017 – 03/2019 Prae-Doc Researcher (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Research Project “VIS_BIO. Visual Biographies in Connected Lifeworlds”, funded by the Vienna Anniversary Fund for the Austrian Academy of Sciences, PI: Roswitha Breckner
http://visbio.univie.ac.at
http://visbio.univie.ac.at
03/2016 - 09/2017 employed at Suchthilfe Wien gGmbH
Working within the Pilot Project "Alkohol. Leben können." (former: Alkohol 2020)
Project on integrated care of alcoholics in Vienna
Project on integrated care of alcoholics in Vienna
since 30/10/2015 Lecturer in qualitative research methods (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Leading the course ”Introduction to biographical research“ together with Mag. Dr. Maria Pohn-Lauggas and since 2019 together with Margarita Wolf, MA
1/10/2014 - 30/10/2015 Project Assistant (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Working as a sociologist within the FWF-project “Resistance against National Socialism and its intergenerational transmission in Austrian families”, PI: Mag. Dr. Maria Pohn-Lauggas
12/2014 Project Assistant (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Working as a sociologist within the project “Images of Migration and Migration in Images”
06/2014 Master of Arts degree in Sociology (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Thesis: „Spracherfahrungen ehemaliger AustauschschülerInnen. Eine biographieanalytische Annäherung an leibliches Spracherleben.“
(Language experiences of former exchange pupils. A biographical approach to language experiences embedded in the lived body).
University of Vienna, Austria, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris (two semesters).
(Language experiences of former exchange pupils. A biographical approach to language experiences embedded in the lived body).
University of Vienna, Austria, Université Paris-Diderot, Paris (two semesters).
01/10/2011 - 30/08/2014 Student Assistant and Tutor for Visual Sociology and Erasmus (Department of Sociology, University of Vienna)
Assisting courses of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Roswitha Breckner
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Breckner, R., & Mayer, E. (2023). Social media as a means of visual biographical performance and biographical work. Current Sociology, 71(4), 661-682. https://doi.org/10.1177/00113921221132518
Kranebitter, A., Mayer, E., & Pohn-Lauggas, M. (2020). Von Taugenichtsen und NoGos: Narrative in den familialen Erinnerungen stigmatisierter NS-Opfer. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 45(3), 315-336. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-020-00420-1
Mayer, E. (2020). Lebensgeschichten in Bildern erzählen: Die Bedeutung von Bilditerationen bei der Konstruktion visueller Biografien. In C. Brantner, G. Götzenbrucker, K. Lobinger, & M. Schreiber (Eds.), Vernetzte Bilder: Visuelle Kommunikation in Sozialen Medien (pp. 25-43). Herbert von Halem.
Mayer, E. (2016). Betrachten, Bewahren, Beweisen. Familienfotografie als Lebensspeicher. Zeitschrift für Qualitative Forschung (ZQF), 17(1), 259-261.
Mayer, E. (2014). Spracherfahrungen ehemaliger AustauschschülerInnen: Eine biographieanalytische Annäherung an leibliches Spracherleben. http://othes.univie.ac.at/33346/
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VIS_BIO: Biographies in the making in a connected lifeworld. Exploring visual and verbal constructions of life stories
Breckner, R., Marent, J., Mayer, E., Weisser, A. & Rieder, I.
15/03/20 → 14/09/24
Project: Research funding
VIS_BIO: Visuelle Biographien in einer vernetzten Lebenswelt
Breckner, R., Mayer, E., Schreiber, M. & Weisser, A.
1/10/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Research funding
Über - Leben(s) - Kunst. Ein Falltypus biographischer Bildarbeit auf Social Media
Roswitha Breckner (Speaker), Elisabeth Mayer (Speaker) & Simone Tamara Feichter (Speaker)
28 Oct 2022
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Soziale Medien als Ort biographischer Konstruktion
Roswitha Breckner (Invited speaker), Elisabeth Mayer (Speaker) & Johannes Marent (Speaker)
30 Sep 2021
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Pictures and Biographies in Social Media
Roswitha Breckner (Speaker) & Elisabeth Mayer (Speaker)
20 May 2019
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public
Telling Life Stories with Pictures
Elisabeth Mayer (Speaker)
29 Nov 2018 → 1 Dec 2018
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Summer term 2024
Department of Sociology
Rooseveltplatz 2
1090 Wien
Room: R.321
T: +43-1-4277-49259