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Lic. Dr. Clara Holzinger, MA MA
Clara Holzinger
T: +43-1-4277-49246

Education

2023PhD Social Sciences: Sociology (University of Vienna/Austria)
2019M.A. Sociology (University of Vienna/Austria)
2016M.A. German as a Second and Foreign Language (University of Vienna/Austria)
2012-2013Erasmus semester (University of Barcelona/Spain)
2010-2011Exchange semester (University of Sydney/Australia)
2010B.A. in History - Diploma received: Licence en histoire (Université Paris IV – Sorbonne/France)

Academic Positions

07/2024-08/2024
Visiting research fellow, Department of Social and policy science, University of Bath/UK

since 09/2023
Researcher (post doc), Department of Sociology, University of Vienna/Austria

since 2018
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Vienna/Austria

2017
Parental leave

2016-2023
Researcher (pre doc), Department of Sociology, University of Vienna/Austria

2015 – 2023
Lecturer (for Sociology and German) at various institutions, i.a. Technical University of Vienna, Diplomatic Academy Vienna, Postgraduate Centre of the University of Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts/Vienna, Webster Vienna Private University

Prizes

ESPRIT research grant for the project "A comparative analysis of language regimes in NPOs"

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2025

Danubius Young Scientist Award

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2024

Forschungsförderung "Internationale Kommunikation" der Österreichischen Forschungsgemeinschaft (ÖFG)

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2024

Stipendium für Kurzaufenthalt (Stiftung Aktion Österreich-Ungarn/Osztrák-Magyar Akció Alapítvány)

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2024

Sowi:doc Award (University of Vienna)

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2023

Impact.Award 2022

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), May 2022

Theodor Körner prize for PhD thesis

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2022

Award from the Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation (MA thesis)

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2020

Research Grant from the City of Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Recipient), 2018

Academic memberships

Elected member of the section councils “Migration and Racism Research” and “Social Inequalities”, Austrian Sociological Association, https://oegs.ac.at/

Member of the platform “Migration & Diversity” (Austrian Academy of Science/ÖAW), https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/isr/thematic-platform/thematic-platform-migration-and-diversity

Member of the European Sociological Association (ESA)

Peer Reviewer
- Journals: Austrian Journal of Sociology, Frontiers in Sociology, Second Language Didactics from the perspective of Migration Pedagogy, Social Inclusion, Social Policy and Society, Zeitschrift für Soziologie
- Conferences: ESA Conference (European Sociological Association), 8th Conference on Migration research in Austria
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (Accepted/In press). Multilingual Challenges: Empirical Social Research in Migration Societies, Transnational Spaces, and International Contexts. Social Inclusion.
Holzinger, C. (2025). „Nomen est omen“: Was Namen mit Vorurteil und Diskriminierung zu tun haben. Radio show, Ö1 Moment.
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2025). „Dein Akzent passt nicht ins Büro“: Citizen Science gegen blinde Flecken. Radio show https://soundcloud.com/radioradieschen/an-diskriminierung-forschen-citizen-science-gegen-blinde-flecken
Berg, J., Holzinger, C., Grüttner, M., & Draxl, A.-K. (2025). Qualitative Interview Research in Multilingual Contexts: A Comparative Discussion of Language-Related Decisions in Two Empirical Studies . Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung, 26(3). https://doi.org/10.17169/fqs-26.3.4367
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2025). “I don't attribute that to the fact that I'm a foreigner”: Female CEE migrants in Austria and their perspectives on deskilling experiences. Zeitschrift für Politik (ZfP), Special Issue 12, 197. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783748949398-197
Holzinger, C. (2025). Multiple ‘in-betweens’: Experiencing partial privilege while navigating racialised migrant labour hierarchies. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2584347
Holzinger, C. (2024). Forschen mit Ablaufdatum: Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler im Kampf gegen befristete Job-Chancen. Radio show https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20241107/775569/Forschen-mit-Ablaufdatum
Holzinger, C. (2024). Language on the move: Linguistic diversity as a bureaucratic challenge. Radio show https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistic-diversity-as-a-bureaucratic-challenge/
Hirschvogl, C., & Holzinger, C. (2024). Methodenkoffer: Mehrsprachigkeit in der Sozialforschung - sprecht darüber! Interview mit Cinzia Hirschvogl und Clara Holzinger. Radio show https://www.methodenkoffer.info/podcast/
Panagiotidis, J., Ďurišová , S., Melo, S., Holzinger, C., & Kubaczek, N. (2024). „Die Würde des Spargels ist unantastbar“ – Antiosteuropäischer Rassismus, Ausbeutung und Widerstand. Radio show
Holzinger, C. (2024). Katharina Brizić (2022): Der Klang der Ungleichheit: Biografie, Bildung und Zusammenhalt in der vielsprachigen Gesellschaft. Münster, New York: Waxmann. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS), 49, 275-278. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11614-024-00557-3
Holzinger, C., & Scheibelhofer, E. (2024). Top ausgebildet - im "falschen" Job. Radio show, Radio Radieschen. https://www.radio-radieschen.at/top-ausgebildet-im-falschen-job/
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2024). Forschen für und mit der Gesellschaft in 6 neuen Top-Citizen- Science-Projekten: Rassismen verstehen. Web publication https://www.fwf.ac.at/aktuelles/detail/forschen-fuer-und-mit-der-gesellschaft-in-6-neuen-top-citizen-science-projekten
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2024). A racism-critical look at language-related discrimination in access to welfare state benefits and the labor market. https://doi.org/10.15203/momentumquarterly.vol13.no1.p16-32
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2024). Ein rassismuskritischer Blick auf sprachbezogene Diskriminierung beim Zugang zu wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Leistungen und am Arbeitsmarkt. Momentum Quarterly. https://doi.org/10.15203/momentumquarterly.vol13.no1.p16-32
Holzinger, C., Draxl, A.-K., & Scheibelhofer, E. (2024). Komplexe Prozesse der „Dequalifizierung“ von Migrant*innen in Wien verstehen: Herausforderungen und Lösungsstrategien. Web publication
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2024). Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung mit Dolmetscher*innen – Praktische Erfahrungen und methodische Reflexion. In K. Iacono, B. Heinisch, & S. Pöllabauer (Eds.), Zwischenstationen/Inbetween: Kommunikation mit geflüchteten Menschen/Communicating with Refugees (pp. 279-291). Frank & Timme Berlin. https://www.frank-timme.de/de/programm/produkt/zwischenstationen_inbetween?file=/site/assets/files/6928/9783732990009.pdf
Holzinger, C., Scheibelhofer, E., & Draxl, A.-K. (Accepted/In press). Wenn grenzüberschreitende Mobilität und Sprachkenntnisse den Zugang zu sozialer Sicherheit erschweren: Fallstudien aus Österreich. In L. Borelli, S. Kurt, & N. Ratzmann (Eds.), Die Verknüpfung von Migrationskontrolle und Sozialpolitik in Deutschland, Österreich und der Schweiz
Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2023). More than words: Eine mehrsprachigkeitsorientierte Perspektive auf die Dilemmata von Street-level Bureaucrats in der Klient*innenkommunikation. Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 52(1), 89-104. https://doi.org/10.1515/zfsoz-2023-2004
Scheibelhofer, E., Holzinger, C., & Draxl, A.-K. (2023). Confronting Racialised Power Asymmetries in the Interview Setting: Positioning Strategies of Highly Qualified Migrants. Social Inclusion, 11(2), 80-89. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.v11i2.6468

Interpreting Ethnoracial Exclusion - Including Multiple Perspectives through Citizen Science

Scheibelhofer, E. (Project Lead), Holzinger, C. (Co-Lead) & Draxl, A.-K. (Co-Lead)

1/01/25 → 28/02/26

Project: Research funding

Restricted free movement in times of the COVID-19 pandemic

Scheibelhofer, E. (Project Lead), Holzinger, C. (Project Lead), Wexenberger, Y. (Scientific Project Staff), Draxl, A.-K. (Scientific Project Staff), Kurek, M. (Scientific Project Staff), Cristea, A. (Scientific Project Staff) & Kanovich, M. (Scientific Project Staff)

1/03/23 → 28/02/27

Project: Research funding

Investigating the social construction of deskilling among "new" EU migrants in Vienna

Scheibelhofer, E. (Project Lead), Holzinger, C. (Project Lead), Draxl, A.-K. (Scientific Project Staff), Baxant-Cejnar, L. (Cooperation Partner), Kuklova, M. (Cooperation Partner), Hirschvogl, C.-C. (Cooperation Partner), Nitu, C. (Cooperation Partner), Nyari, I. (Cooperation Partner) & Ledó, A. (Cooperation Partner)

1/05/21 → 30/04/25

Project: Research funding

AMIGS: Employment services in the context of migration-induced linguistic diversity

Scheibelhofer, E. (Project Lead), Holzinger, C. (Project Lead) & Draxl, A.-K. (Scientific Project Staff)

1/09/19 → 30/09/21

Project: Research funding

Wohlfahrtsstaats-Typologie

Scheibelhofer, E. (Project Lead) & Holzinger, C. (Scientific Project Staff)

28/10/14 → 28/10/17

Project: Research funding

Partially Privileged? Labour-Market Experiences of Highly-Educated CEE Migrants in Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

24 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Changing expectations and strategies in regard to deskilling and reskilling. Investigating labour market expereinces of EU migrants from CEE in Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Cristea, A. (Speaker), Kanovich, M. (Speaker) & Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker)

9 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

A ‘legitimate penalty’ in the labour market? CEE migrants’ experiences with language barriers, linguicism, and raciolinguistic discrimination in Austria

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

8 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Experiences of racialization and discrimination of migrants from ‘Central and Eastern Europe’ in the labor market in Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

2 Jul 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Dequalifizierung-Diskriminierung als Migrantin und Frau am Arbeitsmarkt

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

26 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Qualitative Interviewforschung mit Dolmetscher*innen: Erfahrungen aus der Praxis

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

24 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Rassismuserfahrungen von Migrant:innen aus Mittel- und Osteuropa in Wien

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

16 Jun 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Interpreting ethnoracial exclusion – including multiple perspectives through Citizen Science

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

23 May 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Being a racialised non-native-speaker in the labour market – Experiences of highly-educated EU migrants from CEE in Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

14 Apr 2025

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

“but also… but... sometimes but very rarely… I have felt that... I am also a foreigner” - Discrimination experiences of highly educated migrants from Central and Eastern Europe in Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

12 Dec 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Arbeiten mit Grounded Theory Methodologie: Forschungsprojekt DEMICO - Erfahrungen von hochqualifizierten Migrant*innen aus ‚neuen‘ EU-Mitgliedsländern am Arbeitsmarkt in Wien

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

3 Nov 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Mehrsprachigkeit in qualitativen Interviews

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

24 Oct 2024 → 26 Oct 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Mehrsprachigkeit in der qualitativen Sozialforschung: Eine Lehrkooperation für Soziologie und Translationswissenschaft

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Pasch, H. (Speaker) & Rennert, S. (Speaker)

20 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Diskriminierungserfahrungen von EU-Bürger:innen aus Osteuropa am Arbeitsmarkt in Wien

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Draxl, A.-K. (Contributor) & Scheibelhofer, E. (Contributor)

19 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

"These Tiny Differences". Subtle Forms Of Discrimination Experienced By Highly Skilled CEE Migrants in Vienna

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker)

Aug 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Addressing societal multilingualism in street-level bureaucracies

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

2 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

How highly qualified migrants from CEE-countries experience the importance of language skills on the labour market

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker)

14 Feb 2024

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung mit Dolmetscher*innen: Erfahrungen aus der Praxis

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker), Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Nitu, C. (Speaker) & Nyari, I. (Speaker)

29 Nov 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

Ein rassismuskritischer Blick auf sprachbezogene Diskriminierung beim Zugang zu wohlfahrtsstaatlichen Leistungen und am Arbeitsmarkt

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

20 Oct 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

“It's not a must always but it's a big plus” - How highly qualified migrants from CEE-countries experience the importance of German language on the Austrian labour market

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

8 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

"It is important to know the language" – Die Bedeutung von Sprache(n) am österreichischen Arbeitsmarkt aus der Perspektive von hochqualifizierten EU-Migrant:innen

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

5 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

aMAZEingly multilingual

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

12 Jun 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung mit Dolmetscher*innen: Erfahrungen aus dem Forschungsprojekt DEMICO

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

15 May 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

“All the meetings were held in German. Not the bigger ones... but the small ones for sure” - Erlebte (deutsch)sprachliche Anforderungen im Arbeitsalltag

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

18 Mar 2023

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

„das rechne ich nicht dem zu, dass ich Ausländerin bin“ – Dequalifizierungserfahrungen von hochqualifizierten EU-Migrant*innen in Wien

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

28 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

"there are also these different levels for this discrimination" – Grappling with identifying experiences of discrimination among highly qualified EU-migrants

Holzinger, C. (Speaker), Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

20 Sept 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Changing expectations and strategies in regard to deskilling and reskilling. Investigating the labour market integration of highly educated EU migrants from new member states in Vienna.

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

29 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Dequalifizierungserfahrungen von hochqualifizierten Migrant*innen aus neuen EU- Mitgliedsländern am Arbeitsmarkt in Wien

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

28 Apr 2022

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Street-level bureaucracy in the context of linguistic diversity

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

18 Oct 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Street-level Bureaucracies im plurilingualen Kontext: Die Rolle von Sprache(n) in der professionellen Beziehung von Berater*innen und Kund*innen am österreichischen Arbeitsmarktservice.

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

27 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Linguistic Diversity as a Challenge for a Monolingually-Oriented Organisation: A Study of Street-level Bureaucrats in a Public Employment Service

Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker), Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

1 Sept 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„Sprache ist immer ein Teil der Arbeit“ AMS-Berater*innen zwischen gesellschaftlicher Mehrsprachigkeit und „Amtssprache“

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker), Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker)

11 May 2021

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Other

“Street-level bureaucrats” im Kontext migrationsbedingter sprachlicher Diversität

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

17 Sept 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

"But of course, there are attitudes in the organization” –Street-level bureaucrats’ perspectives on linguistic diversity in the context of employment services

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

23 Apr 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Umgang mit sprachlicher Diversität in der Arbeitsvermittlung

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

16 Apr 2020 → 17 Apr 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Arbeitsvermittlung im Kontext migrationsbedingter sprachlicher Diversität

Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

22 Jan 2020

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Institutioneller Umgang mit migrationsbedingter sprachlicher Diversität am Beispiel des österreichischen Arbeitsmarktservice

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

26 Sept 2019

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

„…jetzt muss man beim AMS schon Fremdsprachen können…“. Wahrnehmung von und Umgang mit sprachlichen Schwierigkeiten beim Zugang zu Arbeitslosenleistungen in Wien

Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

6 Apr 2018

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Lost in Transnational Regulations?

Regös, E. N. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

6 Dec 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Im Labyrinth europäischer Systeme sozialer Sicherung. (Transnationale) Erfahrungen ungarischer MigrantInnen in Österreich

Scheibelhofer, E. (Speaker), Regös, E. N. (Speaker) & Holzinger, C. (Speaker)

13 Jun 2017

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Public

Über das „standardschönste Hochdeutsch“, „unsere gemeinsame Sprache“ und „Sprachenwirrwarr“. Positionierungen von NMS-Lehrkräften im Kontext sprachlicher Heterogenität

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

15 Sept 2016

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Positionierungen von Lehrkräften im Umgang mit sprachlicher Heterogenität

Holzinger, C. (Speaker) & Draxl, A.-K. (Speaker)

12 Sept 2015

Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science

Winter term 2025
230042 UE B7 Multilingualism in qualitative research - Focus on interviews - Qualititative Research Methods: Consolidation (Exercise)
950007 SE Multilingualism in Europe
Winter term 2024
230040 UE B7 Grounded Theory - Methods of Interpretative Social Research (Exercise)

Department of Sociology

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T: +43-1-4277-49246

clara.holzinger@univie.ac.at