Team Yuri Kazepov
Consultation hours: By appointment (every Thursday)
Department of Sociology
Social Sciences Directorate of Doctoral Studies
Research interests
atjana Boczy is a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Sociology. Her research interests include comparative urban and regional studies, social change and institutional transformations, political and environmental sociology, and mixed-methods research. Tatjana investigated these topics as part of the Horizon 2020 project COHSMO, focusing on territorial cohesion and the analysis of the European social model in seven partner countries. In other projects, she has examined political measures for the integration of refugees and the opportunities for participation of underrepresented groups, such as homeless people. In her dissertation, she conducted a comparative analysis of neoliberal changes in the local welfare system between 2008 and 2023, using the example of labour market measures in urban and rural areas of England and Austria. In doing so, she analysed local mechanisms in response to recent social, economic, and environmental challenges, such as the global financial crisis and climate change. Her focus is on (changing) legitimations in labour market policy at the local social and climate justice from a sociological perspective.
Previously (2013-2014), she worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck, where she conducted research on smart refurbishment and participatory practices. Early 2025, she was awarded her doctorate summa cum laude at the University of Vienna. She completed her master’s degree in sociology on the topic of Smart Cities at the University of Innsbruck in 2017 and her bachelor’s degree in sociology at the University of Innsbruck in 2014.
Employment
Academic third-party funded project staff
Department of Sociology
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 May 2018 → 28 Feb 2025
Predoc
Department of Sociology
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Mar 2021 → 29 Feb 2024
Postdoc
Department of Sociology
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Mar 2025 → present
Academic third-party funded project staff
Research Platform The Challenge of Urban Futures: governing the complexities in European cities
University of ViennaWien, Austria
1 Apr 2021 → 31 Jul 2021
Publications
The Employment Situation of the Mittelbau at Austrian Universities
Lechner, C., Völkl, Y., Dorner, J., Boczy, T., Part, F., Müller, S., Wilker, S. & Partheymüller, J., 2025.Räumliche Dimensionen sozialer Innovation: Zwischen lokaler Dynamik und Multiskalarität
Boczy, T., Kazepov, Y. A. K. & Saruis, T., 2022, Soziale Innovation im Kontext: Beiträge zur Konturierung eines unscharfen Konzepts. Schüll, E., Berner, H., Kolbinger, M. L. & Pausch, M. (eds.). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, p. 227-249 (Zukunft und Forschung).Place-Sensitive Social Investment and Territorial Cohesion: Implications for Sustainability
Cordini, M., Boczy, T. & Cefalo, R., 24 Jun 2021, In: Sustainability. 13, 13, 16 p., 7085.The Hammer and the Dance of Urban Research During a Pandemic: Waves of Despair and Hope: (A PhD’s diary)
Boczy, T., May 2021Stadt, Land, Verdruss
Boczy, T. & Friesenecker, M., 1 Apr 2021Consolidare l'innovazione sociale in contesti diversi di welfare: tra dinamiche trasformative e adattamento
Boczy, T., Kazepov, Y. A. K. & Saruis, T., 2021, In: Autonomie locali e servizi sociali. 3, p. 579-592 13 p.Normativität und Staatsentstehung
Boczy, T. & Niedenzu, H-J., 2021, In: Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte. 27, p. 31-47Narratives of Territorial Cohesion and Economic Growth: A Comparative Study
Boczy, T. & Cordini, M., 3 Dec 2020, In: Social Inclusion. 8, 4, p. 218-228 11 p.Positioning the Urban in the Global Knowledge Economy: Increasing Competitiveness or Inequality
Boczy, T., Cefalo, R., Skovgaard Nielsen, R. & Parma, A., 3 Dec 2020, In: Social Inclusion. 8, 4, p. 194-207 14 p.Territorialized ‘Social Investment’: A new approach to address Austria’s socio-spatial disparities in employment and unemployment.
Friesenecker, M., Cefalo, R., Boczy, T. & Kazepov, Y. A. K., 2019, In: GAM : architecture magazine. 15, p. 154-167The Social Investment Perspective and its Territorial Dimension
Boczy, T., Cefalo, R. & Cordini, M., 2019, LPS.05 ed., Milan, 12 p.World Cafe Method to Engage Smart Energy-District Project Partners in Assessing Urban Co-benefits.
Boczy, T., Bisello, A. & Balest, J., 2018, Integrated Evaluation for the Management of Contemporary Cities.. Springer International, p. 521 - 533Activities
University of the West of England
Tatjana Boczy (Visiting researcher)
University of the West of England
Tatjana Boczy (Visiting researcher)
Connected is Beautiful. Transnational Cooperation Among Towns for Post-Growth.
Tatjana Boczy (Speaker) & Elisabetta Mocca (Contributor)
RC21
Tatjana Boczy (Participant)
6th RC21 Summer School in Comparative Urban Studies
Tatjana Boczy (Participant)
Social policies in context: the interplay of the territorial dimension and institutional arrangements
Tatjana Boczy (Speaker)
Prizes
Beste Masterarbeiten Soziologie 2017-2018
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2019
Leistungsstipendium
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2014
Leistungsstipendium
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2012
Leistungsstipendium
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2015
Marietta Blau
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2021
Studienförderung
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2015
Studienförderung
Boczy, Tatjana (Recipient), 2016
Projects
COHSMO: COHSMO: Inequality, urbanization and Territorial Cohesion: Developing the European Social Model of economic growth and democratic capasity
Kazepov, Y. A. K., Kirsch, H. V., Cefalo, R., Boczy, T., Alexander, L., Friesenecker, M., Görgen, N. & Finocchiaro, L.
1/05/17 → 31/10/21
Governance Enhancement for Cohesive Societies
Kazepov, Y. A. K., Boczy, T., Ahn, B., Kilgus, L., Franz, Y. & Spöttl, F.
1/04/23 → 31/03/26
SIforREF: Integrating Refugees in Society and Labour Market through Social Innovation
Kazepov, Y. A. K., Franz, Y., Mocca, E., Kirsch, H. V., Schnelzer, J., Finocchiaro, L. & Boczy, T.
1/04/19 → 30/04/22
Governance Enhancement for Cohesive Societies
Kazepov, Y. A. K., Boczy, T., Ahn, B., Kilgus, L., Franz, Y. & Spöttl, F.
1/04/23 → 31/03/26
Project: Research funding
SIforREF: Integrating Refugees in Society and Labour Market through Social Innovation
Kazepov, Y. A. K., Franz, Y., Mocca, E., Kirsch, H. V., Schnelzer, J., Finocchiaro, L. & Boczy, T.
1/04/19 → 30/04/22
Project: Research funding
COHSMO: COHSMO: Inequality, urbanization and Territorial Cohesion: Developing the European Social Model of economic growth and democratic capasity
Kazepov, Y. A. K., Kirsch, H. V., Cefalo, R., Boczy, T., Alexander, L., Friesenecker, M., Görgen, N. & Finocchiaro, L.
1/05/17 → 31/10/21
Project: Research funding
Connected is Beautiful. Transnational Cooperation Among Towns for Post-Growth.
Tatjana Boczy (Speaker) & Elisabetta Mocca (Contributor)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Social policies in context: the interplay of the territorial dimension and institutional arrangements
Tatjana Boczy (Speaker)
Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Department of Sociology
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