Team
Our staff members
Here you find our represented faculty in alphabetical order with brief descriptions and contact information for each person.
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More information about Güler AMMANN:
e-Mail: gueler.ammann@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7303
room: w 2.04
office hours Tue & Thu 10-12am -
Andreas Aschaber studied International Business-economics at the University of Innsbruck and University of Maastricht. Following he gained his Master degree in Environmental Science at the University of Barcelona and Technical University of Hamburg. In 2009 he became involved with the Biogas Project, “Biogas for Burkina Faso”. Simultaneously he has been writing his PhD thesis about the social sustainability of biogas plants in Burkina Faso. In 2011 he lead a project in Vietnam – “Biogas usage habits in Vietnam”. As a guest scientist at the technical University of Hanoi, he investigated the limiting factors of biogas usage in rural areas of Vietnam.
His exploratory focus is on Technical Sociology, Environmental Sociology, Intercultural Communication, Qualitative Research Methods and Sustainability at the interception point of Society, Environment and Technology.
More information about Andreas ASCHABER:
e-Mail: Andreas.Aschaber@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-2841 -
Claudia Globisch holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Erlangen (dissertation on right-wing and left-wing anti-Semitism) and is currently working on a project (Habilitation) concerned with the sociology of crisis.
Since October 2010 she is assistant professor at the Department of Sociology of the University of Innsbruck, coordinating the field "Methods of Social Research." She is part of the curriculum commission as well as of the faculty board.
She has worked at the Departments of Sociology at the University of Erlangen (Prof. Ilja Srubar, 2007-2008) and the University of Leipzig (Chair of Social Policy, Prof. Georg Vobruba, 2008-2010).
Her research focuses on anti-Semitism and right-wing-extremism, poverty/social inequality, biographic-narrative research, sociology of knowledge, qualitative social research, and sociological theory.
She´s part of the Editorial Committee of the "Explorations of the Far Right" book series at ibidem-Verlag.
More informations about Claudia GLOBISCH:
download: cv etc.
homepage: http://www.uibk.ac.at/soziologie/team/claudia-globisch/
e-Mail: Claudia.Globisch@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7308
room: w 2.12
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Jochen Hirschle has studied Sociology at the University of Cologne and achieved a PhD at the Chair for Empirical Social and Economic Research with an empirical dissertation on the mating process. He worked as a project manager in market research in Aachen, Frankfurt and Cologne, and from 2007 to 2011 as a Post-Doc researcher at the FernUniversity in Hagen. Since October 2011 he is working as a research assistant at the Department of Sociology of the University of Innsbruck.
His research is focused on the Sociology of Religion, on Economic Sociology, and on the analysis of Social Inequality. Moreover, he is specialized in quantitative-empirical research methods (panel analyses and multilevel models). Recently, he has published on religious change within consumer society.
More information about Jochen HIRSCHLE:
download: publications
e-mail: jochen.hirschle@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507- 7312
room: w 2.14 -
Barbara Hoenig has obtained her qualifications in sociology at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Graz (2001 Diploma, 2009 PhD). Since March 2011 she is appointed as a Post-doc researcher to the Department of Sociology at the University of Innsbruck.
In her PhD thesis she explored the impact of the accessions of Slovenia and Austria to the European Union on the formation of sociology in these neighbor countries and, in a comparative perspective, analysed factors of the Europeanization of scientific institutions. Prior to joining the Department of sociology, Barbara worked in research institutes and coordinated European projects in a regional development agency of the European Union. For several years, she held positions as lecturer and researcher at universities in Austria.
She is interested in methods of empirical research, sociology of social inequalities, sociology of knowledge, science studies, development of sciences in the European context.
More information about Barbara HÖNIG:
download: publications
e-Mail: barbara.hoenig@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507- 7302
room: w 2.14 -
More information about Siglinde HÖRTNAGL:
e-Mail: siglinde.hoertnagl@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7309
room: w 2.04 -
Christoph Kirchengast has a degree in Social and Cultural Anthropology. He works as a research assistant and lecturer at the department of Sociology. He is a member of the Mountain Agriculture Research Unit and of the research focus Alpine Space – Man & Environment.
His research is situated in the interdisciplinary fields of Discourse Studies, Food Studies, Heritage Studies, Rural Development and Alpine Space.
More information about Christoph KIRCHENGAST:
download: publications
homepage: http://www.uibk.ac.at/soziologie/team/christoph-kirchengast/
e-Mail: christoph.kirchengast@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7304
room: w 2.22
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More information about Verena KRUG:
e-Mail: verena.krug@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7301
room: w 2.04 -
Heinz-Jürgen Niedenzu studierte Soziologie, Politikwissenschaft und Erziehungswissenschaft in Freiburg sowie Sozialanthropologie in Uppsala. Nach der Promotion in Soziologie an der Universität Freiburg und einem Studienaufenthalt an der Universität Rennes wechselte er 1983 nach Innsbruck. 1997/98 war er Mitglied der Forschungsgruppe Sozialer Wandel am Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung der Universität Bielefeld. 2011 habilitierte er sich mit einer Arbeit zur Soziogenese der Normativität.
In der akademischen Selbstverwaltung war und ist er in verschiedenen Funktionen tätig. Darüber hinaus ist er Mitglied im Sprecherteam der Redaktion der Österreichischen Zeitschrift für Soziologie.
Seine Forschungsinteressen liegen primär im Bereich der Soziologischen Theorie, mit Schwerpunkt auf Fragen nach den anthropologischen Grundlagen der Sozialtheorie, der Entwicklung einer Theorie sozio-kultureller Evolution sowie von Modellen des langfristigen Wandels gesellschaftlicher Strukturen.
More information about Heinz-Jürgen NIEDENZU:
e-mail: heinz-juergen.niedenzu@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7307
room: w 2.09
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Silke Oetsch has held a position as project coordinator at the Department of Sociology since 2009. She conducted her own research project on architects in financialization (founded by the research fund FWF) and was later chosen to develop her field of research within the Erika Cremer post-doc programme. From 2005 to 2009, Oetsch worked as researcher and lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Innsbruck. She holds a doctorate in architectural theory from the Bauhaus-University Weimar and studied in Weimar and Paris. Oetsch was also active in taxation and financial market regulation for Attac and other networks.
Her main field of research is financialization from the perspective of political and cultural economy. Oetsch deals with the sociology of the profession of the architect in financialization and architects in capitalist economies. Another field of research is offshore economy, international taxation, regulation and civil society.
More information about Silke ÖTSCH:
download: CV | Publications | FWF-Project on Financializiation
homepage: http://www.uibk.ac.at/soziologie/team/silke-oetsch/
e-Mail: silke.oetsch@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7311
room: w 2.19
office hour: on request -
Max Preglau has received his doctorate from the Vienna University of Economics and Business and his habilitation for sociology from the University of Innsbruck. Since 1991 he is professor for sociology at the University of Innsbruck.
He has been head of the Department of Sociolgy for 12 years and is currently chairman of the Curriculum Commission of the School of Political Science and Sociology.
2006/07 he has been Schumpeter?Fellow at Harvard Universität in Cambridge, MA and in the first half of 2011 Distinguished Austrian Visiting Chair Professor at Stanford Universität in Stanford, CA.
His areas of research are Theory and Methodology of Sociologie; Social Structure and Social Change in Austria, Europe ant the USA; Family-, Social-, Migration and Integration Policy and Gender Equality Politics in Austria, Europe and the USA; OEVP-FPOE/BZOE Government and its Consequences for the Political Culture in Austria. He is author, coauthor and editor of 11 books and about 80 bookchapters and articles in reviewed journals.
More information about Max PREGLAU:
download: Curriculum Vitae | Government Observation
homepage: http://www.uibk.ac.at/soziologie/team/max-preglau/
e-Mail: max.preglau@gmx.net
tel.: +43 512 507-7300
Fax: +43 512 507-2841
room: w 2.07
office hour: Tue 11-12am and on request -
Silvia Rief gained her PhD in sociology from the University of London (Goldsmiths College) in 2003. Before joining the faculty at the University of Innsbruck in 2004, she taught at the London School of Economics and Political Science and the School for Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research at the University of Kent (2003–2004). She has also been working as an Associate Lecturer at the Open University since 2002.
Her research falls in the areas of the sociology of consumption, cultural sociology and theory, urban sociology and the sociology of space as well as gender studies. Currently, she works on sustainable consumption, subject formation in the sphere of consumption, innovation and cooperation in networks of provision and on material culture and social forms in transit spaces.
She acts as delegate of the University’s Equal Opportunity Board at the School and – ss.
More informations about Silvia RIEF:
download: publications
homepage: http://www.uibk.ac.at/soziologie/team/silvia-rief/
e-Mail: silvia.rief@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7947
room: w 2.10
office hour: Tue, 4-5pm -
SCHERMER, Markus, ao.Univ.-Prof. Dr. (Studienbeauftragter Soziologie)
Course Director Department of Sociology
Markus Schermer graduated in Agricultural Economics in 1983 and worked for several years in rural development abroad, in the agricultural advisory system in Austria and in spatial planning. Since 1999 he is employed at the University of Innsbruck, since 2004 as a faculty member at the Department of Sociology. Since 2008 he is associate professor for sociology. From 2004-2008 he was head of the Research Center for Mountain Agriculture. From 2008-2010 he was head of the department. Currently he is director of studies at the department.
His research interests are:- social aspects of agri-food research
- territorial aspects of regional development
- changes of the cultural landscape in mountain regions
- changing relations between farmers and wider society
More information about Markus SCHERMER:
homepage: http://www.uibk.ac.at/berglandwirtschaft/
download: publications
e-Mail: markus.schermer@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-5690
room: w 2.18
office hour: Wed, 10-12am -
STAUBMANN, Helmut, Univ.-Prof. Dr. (Institutsleiter)
Head of the Department of Sociology
Helmut Staubmann is professor for social theory and cultural sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology.
He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Vienna and a postgraduate diploma from the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna.
During 1991-92 he was a visiting scholar at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Maryland, College Park with an Erwin Schrödinger grant from the Austrian Science Foundation. During 1994-97 he was APART-fellow (Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology of the Austrian Academy of Science) at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
He has been a visiting professor at the universities in Bolzano, Graz, Linz, and Salzburg.
More information about Helmut STAUBMANN:
homepage: http://www.helmut-staubmann.eu/
e-Mail: Helmut.Staubmann@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7306
office hour: Tue, 11.30-12.30 am -
Steinbacher Melanie studied political science and sociology at the Universities of Innsbruck and Gothenburg. Since October 2010 she is employed as a research associate on Mountain Agriculture Research Unit, Research Group Rural Development. She is working on:
- the interdisciplinary project Interreg IV Kultur.Land. (Wirt)schaft - strategies for the cultural landscape of the future "(KuLaWi)
and
- in cooperation with the institute of ecology, the European project V I t A L (Ecosystem serVIce provision from coupled planT and microbiAL functional diversity in managed grasslands).
Her research foci are landscape development, rural development, sociology of landscape, qualitative social research and interdisciplinary approaches to research on human impacts on the grassland ecosystem.
More information about Melanie STEINBACHER:
e-Mail: melanie.steinbacher@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-5694
room: w 2.22 -
After studying sociology, philosophy, psychology and history at Freiburg University, Frank Welz taught and researched in Freiburg, Bielefeld, Onati, New Delhi and Cambridge. Since 2006 he teaches sociology and social theory at Innsbruck. He currently serves as Vice-president of both, the European Sociological Association (program, finances, research) and the Austrian Sociological Association.
Frank published books and articles related to sociological theory, sociology of law and the history of the social sciences. His publications include 'Critique of the life-world', 'Sociological theory and history', and 'Morality and law in the discourse of modernity'. Recent publications in English include:
N. Luhmann's Sociology of Law. In: Understanding Law in Society. Munster: Lit, 2011.
Culture in the World-System (with A. Kumar). In: Understanding Globalisation and Emerging India, N.Delhi: Palm Leaf, 2011.
100 Years of Indian Sociology: From Social Anthropology to Decentring Global Sociology. In: International Sociology 24: 635-655, 2009.
More information about Frank WELZ:
link: homepage
e-Mail: frank.welz@uibk.ac.at
tel.: +43 512 507-7305
room: w 2.11
office hour: on request
