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Main areas of research:Migration, diversity and societies, discrimination, transnational migration, transnational social rights, EU migrants, interpretative and qualitative methodologies and methods.Current research projects see: inmi.univie.ac.atYou may also follow me on insta: ellainmi
CURRICULUM VITAE - Assoc. Prof. Dr. PD Mag. Elisabeth Scheibelhofer, MA
Professional experience and appointments
Since 6/2013:
University of Vienna (Department of Sociology)
Associate Professor
2011-2012:
Maternity leave (12 months)
2011-2013:
University of Vienna (Department of Sociology)
Assistant Professor
2010:
University of Vienna (Department of Sociology)
Tenured junior staff member (’Entfristung’ as University Assistant)
2007-2008:
Maternity leave (12 months)
Since 2004:
University of Vienna (Department of Sociology)
University Assistant for qualitative methodology and sociology of migration
1999 - 2004:
Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna (Department of Sociology)
Researcher and project leader
2002 – 2004:
University of Vienna (Institutes for Sociology, Political Science and Pedagogy)
Lecturer for qualitative methodology
Academic Function
Since 2016:
University of Vienna (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Member of the Doctoral Advisory Board Sociology
Since 2013:
Austrian Journal of Sociology – Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS), Springer
Member of the Editorial Board
2011-2013:
European Sociological Association
First chair of the Research Network 35 ’Sociology of Migration’
2010-2011:
European Sociological Association
Initiator and interim chair of the Research Network 35 ’Sociology of Migration’
Since 2006:
University of Vienna (Department of Sociology)
Member of the Study Conference Sociology
Since 2010:
University of Vienna (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Member of the Faculty Conference
Education
2010:
University of Vienna
Habilitation in Sociology
2001:
University of Vienna
Doctorate (Dr phil.) in Sociology, 22.11.2001
1998–1999:
New School for Social Research (New York City)
Fulbright-Scholar at the Graduate Faculty (Sociology)
M. A. degree in Sociology, 23.5.2000
1991–1996:
University of Vienna
M.A. studies in Sociology
M.A. Diploma received: Mag. rer. soc. oec.
Selected research projects
Mobile Welfare in a Transnational Europe: An Analysis of Portability Regimes of Social Security Rights acronym: TRANSWEL (2015-2018) research project funded by NORFACE (for Austria: FWF), role of E. Scheibelhofer: Principal investigatorfor Austria and work package leader (WP: Individuals’ experiences of inequality resulting from limitations of portability), coordinator: A. Amelina; partners: E. Carmel and A. Runfors.
Zur Bedeutung sozialer Prozesse in internationalen Forschungs- und Entwicklungskooperationen in hochtechnologischen Feldern (2004-2006), (transl.: The significance of social processes in international research and development cooperations), role of E. Scheibelhofer: joint project lead with M. Jonas, M. Unger (both at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna), financed by the Jubilee Fund of the Austrian National Bank.
Transnational migration research in a European context (2003-2004), role of E. Scheibelhofer: Projectleader, final report; study financed by the University Jubilee Foundation of the City of Vienna, Municipal department 8.
Mobilitätsperspektiven junger österreichischer WissenschaftlerInnen. Eine qualitative Studie zur Situation österreichischer ForscherInnen in den USA (2001-2003) (transl.: Mobility perspectives of young Austrian researchers. A qualitative study on Austrian scholars in the USA), role of E. Scheibelhofer: projectleader, project report financed by the Jubilee Fund of the Austrian National Bank.
Lebenslanges Lernen und Forschung-Wissenschaft-Technologie (2000-2002). (transl.: Life-long learning and research-science-technology), ESF-target 3 evaluation for the Austrian Federal Ministry of economy and work, role of E. Scheibelhofer: researcher together with L. Lassnigg (project leader, IHS), M.Steiner, P. Steiner, Vienna.
Active Labour Market Programmes for People with Disabilities (2001-2002), Directorate-General for Employment and Social Affairs (EU), role of E. Scheibelhofer: researcher together with L. Lassnigg (project leader, IHS) and EIM Small Business Research, Zoetermeer.
Qualifikation und Erwerbsarbeit von Frauen 1970–2000 (1999-2000) (transl.: Qualification and employment of women 1970-2000), on behalf of the Federal Chamber of Labour Austria, role of E. Scheibelhofer: project leader together with P. Prenner (IHS) and in cooperation with R. Wieser, K. Steiner, ÖIBF.
Selected conference presentations and keynote speechessince 2014 (**on invitation)
**Scheibelhofer, E. (2017), Free movement revisited. Labyrinths of transnational social security for EU migrants. Invited keynote speech (semi-plenary), 13th European Sociological Association Conference, August, Athens.
Scheibelhofer, E. ,Regös, N. (2017), Navigating the labyrinth of social security systems. Experiences of EU migrants with portability of and access to social rights. International Conference on Migration and Welfare, CIRET, May, Rome.
Scheibelhofer, E., Regös, N. (2017), Transnationale soziale Sicherheit als gelebte Realität innerhalb der Europäischen Union? Erfahrungen ungarischer MigrantInnen in Wien in den Bereichen Familie, Arbeitslosigkeit, Gesundheit und Pensionen, espanet conference, April, Vienna.
Amelina, A., Regös, N., Scheibelhofer, E. (2016), Social Protection: Practices and Experiences of Mobile Europeans. The European Promise of Portability of Social Rights Revisited, 3rd ISA Forum, Vienna.
Scheibelhofer, E. (2015), Shifting aspirations in migratory projects. Biographic reconstructions of mobility practices in second modernity, AAG-Conference, Annual Meeting, Chicago.
**Scheibelhofer, E. (2014), Wenn aus Flüchtlingen Zugewanderte werden. Invited keynote speech, conference ‘Geschlechterverhältnisse der Migrationsgesellschaften. Re-Präsentationen -Kritik - Differenz.’ University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck.
Fellowships, awards (since 2011) and memberships
Award of the City of Vienna for the best young researcher in social sciences (’Förderungspreis für den Bereich Wissenschaft’), for the year 2011.
Dr. Maria Schaumayer Foundation Award for the habilitation, Vienna, 2011.
Member of the Austrian Sociological Association since 1999.
Member of the European and of the International Sociological Association, both since 2004.
Research stays abroad
Visiting Researcher at the University of Sydney (staff exchange programme of the University of Vienna and the University of Sydney – partners in Sydney: Prof. Stephen Castles and Prof. Nicola Piper), March 2013.
Participant of the Staff Exchange Programme of the University of Vienna and the New York University in New York City (host: Prof. Neil Brenner), December 2009.
Visiting Research Fellow in Huddersfield (Great Britain) at the School of Human and Health Sciences, March/April 2004.
Peer-review activities for book publishers, journals and funding institutions
Referee for journals and editorial houses (such as Current Sociology, European Societies, Migration Letters and Routledge, Taylor & Francis as well as others)
Reviewer for international funding decisions (Academy of Finland, German Federal State of Lower Saxony, and others)
Academic Functions:
Department of SociologyErasmus-coordinator for students and staff mobility
Austrian Sociological Association
Elected delegate for nomination and election committee of the Austrian Sociological Association
Since 2016:
University of Vienna (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Member of the Doctoral Advisory Board Sociology I
2013-2018:
Austrian Journal of Sociology – Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS), Springer Verlag
Member of the Editorial Board
2011-2013:
European Sociological Association
First chair of the Research Network 35 ’Sociology of Migration’
2010-2011:
European Sociological Association
Interim chair of the Research Network 35 ’Sociology of Migration’; proposal submitter of the RN (established by ESA in December 2010)
Since 2006:
University of Vienna (Department of Sociology)
Member of the Study Conference Sociology
Since 2010 (except ‘12-‘14):
University of Vienna (Faculty of Social Sciences)
Member of the Faculty Conference
Organisation of conferences, workshops and research networks
Chair and organiser (together with Vicki Täubig) of a session on 'Refugees in Europe' at the 12th Conference of ESA, Prague, August 2015.
Organiser of 15 sessions for the RN 35 of ESA on 'Sociology of Migration' at the 11th Conference of ESA, Torino, Italy, 28-31 August 2013.
Chair and organiser of a semi-plenary session on 'Arts, Immigrant Integration and Social Cohesion in the Global Crises' at the 11th ESA Conference, Torino, Italy, 31st of August 2013.
Co-organiser of the midterm-conference of the Research Network 35 (Sociology of Migration), ESA, Paris (Science Po, CERI), 3-4 September 2012.
Organiser of 13 sessions for the research network 'Sociology of Migration' at the 10th ESA Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 7-10 September 2011.
Co-founder of the Research Network 35 on 'Sociology of Migration' within the European Sociological Association; establishment of the RN approved in December 2010 by the ESA Executive Board.
International Conference on 'Researching Migration in Europoe. Empirical research, theoretical and methodological challenges' hosted by the Department of Sociology of the University of Vienna, co-organised together with M. Nowicka (LMU Munich), 19-22 September 2010.
Interdisciplinary workshop on migration, integration and social space, organised with D. Strohmeier and financed by the Idee-Programme of the University of Vienna, held at the Austrian Academy of Science, December 2009.
Eingeschränkte Mobilität in Zeiten der COVID-19-Pandemie
Scheibelhofer, E., Holzinger, C., Wexenberger, Y. & Draxl, A.
1/03/23 → 28/02/26
Projekt: Forschungsförderung
Herstellung von Dequalifizierung bei "neuen" EU Migrant*innen
Scheibelhofer, E., Holzinger, C. & Draxl, A.
1/05/21 → 30/04/25
Projekt: Forschungsförderung
AMIGS: Arbeitsvermittlung im Kontext migrationsbedingter sprachlicher Diversität
Scheibelhofer, E., Holzinger, C. & Draxl, A.
1/09/19 → 30/09/21
Projekt: Forschungsförderung
Wohlfahrtsstaats-Typologie
Scheibelhofer, E. & Holzinger, C.
28/10/14 → 28/10/17
Projekt: Forschungsförderung
“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
Clara Holzinger (Vortragende*r), Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r) & Anna-Katharina Draxl (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Delivering and (re-)producing social inequalities in a diverse society: Insights from welfare state institutions and street-level bureaucrats‘ practices
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
"there are also these different levels for this discrimination" – Grappling with identifying experiences of discrimination among highly qualified EU-migrants
Clara Holzinger (Vortragende*r), Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r) & Anna-Katharina Draxl (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Linguistic Diversity as a Challenge for a Monolingually-Oriented Organisation: A Study of Street-level Bureaucrats in a Public Employment Service
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r), Clara Holzinger (Vortragende*r) & Anna-Katharina Draxl (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
„Sprache ist immer ein Teil der Arbeit“ AMS-Berater*innen zwischen gesellschaftlicher Mehrsprachigkeit und „Amtssprache“
Anna-Katharina Draxl (Vortragende*r), Clara Holzinger (Vortragende*r) & Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Invited panellist for the discussion “Migration, Development and the Future of the EU”
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Migration, Development and the Future of the EU
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Invited speaker)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Public
Migrants’ Access to (transnational) Social Protection and Its Consequences for Social Inequalities
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Mobile subjectivities betwixt and between? Reflecting the influence of discourses and policy regulations on the social positioning of migrants within time-space relations
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Von komplexen biographischen Übergängen und sozialen Kontinuitäten – Erfahrungen von Ungleichheit und Diskriminierung im Kontext von Fluchtmigration
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Free movement revisited. Labyrinths of transnational social security for EU migrants
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Im Labyrinth europäischer Systeme sozialer Sicherung. (Transnationale) Erfahrungen ungarischer MigrantInnen in Österreich
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r), Erika Nóra Regös (Vortragende*r) & Clara Holzinger (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Public
Navigating the labyrinth of social security systems. Expierences of EU migrants with portability of and access to social rights
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r) & Erika Nóra Regös (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Transnationale soziale Sicherheit als gelebte Realität innerhalb der Europäischen Union? Erfahrungen ungarischer MigrantInnen in Wien
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r) & Erika Nóra Regös (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Science
Social Protection: Practices and Experiences of Mobile Europeans. The European Promise of Portability of Social Rights Revisited
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Invited speaker at the integration talks organised by Caritas „Arbeit, Lehre, Integration – Neue Ressourcen, neue Chancen“
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Science to Public
Opening the black box. Three logics of data interpretation in participant observation studies and their consequences in research
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Shifting aspirations in migratory projects. Biographic reconstructions of mobility practices in second modernity
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Wenn aus Flüchtlingen Zugewanderte werden.
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Invited speaker)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
From transnational research to space – sensible concepts in migration research?
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Living conditions of refugees in rural zones in Austria
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Living conditions of refugees in rural zones in Austria
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
The consequences of a space-sensible approach to the study of migration and mobility
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
The consequences of a space-sensible approach to the study of migration and mobility
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Keynote speaker)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Reflecting spatiality in migration research: A concept for a space-sensitive methodology.
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Public space and issues of social integration.
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
The potential of a spatially sensitive methodology for the research of ethnicity.
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Raumsensible Migrationsforschung. Ein Ansatz zur Überwindung des methodologischen Nationalismus
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
The potential of qualitative network analysis in migration studies – reflections based on the empirical analysis of young researchers’ mobility patterns.
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Keynote speaker)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
The potential of qualitative network analysis in migration studies - reflections based on the empirical analysis of young researchers' mobility patterns
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Keynote speaker)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
A space-sensitive approach to migration: New ways to migrant participation above the national level
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Escaping methodological nationalism - How migration research can profit from the sociology of space
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Escaping methodological nationalism - How migration research can profit of the sociology of space
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
A space-sensitive approach to migration: New ways to migrant participation beneath and above the national level
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Mobility perspectives of Austrian researchers and the influence of social ties on emigration, transnationalisation and return mobility.
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Autor*in)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
Mobility perspectives of Austrian researchers and the influence of social ties on emigration, transnationalisation and return mobility
Elisabeth Scheibelhofer (Vortragende*r)
Aktivität: Vorträge › Vortrag › Andere
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