Our team

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PhD student and project member in the research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" in the FWF-funded research project "Affluence and the gender gap in STEM study choices"

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/lukas-arnold/

E-mail: Lukas.Arnold[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: 1S19 - Campus Grey Bear

University assistant in the research area Social and Ecological Transformations

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/willi-bauer/

E-mail: Willi.Bauer[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-73454

Room: w.2.18

Office hours: Thursday 11.00-12.00 during the semester; by appointment during the holidays

Student assistant in the research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" in the research project "Exploring values-based modes of production & consumption in the corporate food regime"

E-Mail: Richard.Baumann[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-73448

Room: 1S21 - Campus Grey Bear

Foto neu Blossfeld

University assistant in the research area Social and Ecological Transformations

Personal website: https://piablossfeld.github.io/

E-mail: Pia.Blossfeld[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel:+43 512 507-73414

Room: w.2.22

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Valentina Chesi

Project collaborator in the research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" in the research project "Exploring values-based modes of production & consumption in the corporate food regime"

e-mail: Valentina.Chesi@student.uibk.ac.at

Student assistant in the research area "Dynamics of Work, Care and Gender"

e-mail: Carlo.Dauster[at]uibk.ac.at

Portrait Fabienne Décieux

Student assistant in research and administration

e-mail: K.Egger[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: w.2.16

Student assistant in research and administration

e-mail: Mathea.Egger[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: w.2.16

PhD student and member of the research project "The rural population as a postal target group"

E-mail: Lukas.Engelberger[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: 1S25 - Grey Bear Campus

Feurstein Jacqueline

PhD student in the research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" as part of the FWF-funded research project "Social-Ecological Transformation in the EU Green Deal"

Homepage: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/jacqueline-feurstein/

E-Mail: Jacqueline.Feurstein[at]uibk.ac.at

Phone: +43 512 507 73417

Room: 1S18 - Campus Grey Bear

Portrait Föger

Institute consultant

E-Mail: Vanessa.Foeger[at]uibk.ac.at

Phone: +43 512 507 73409

Room: w 2.05

Bernhard Hall

Institute Secretary

E-mail: Bernhard.Hall@uibk.ac.at

Phone: +43 512 507-73403

Room: w 2.05

Student assistant in the research project "The rural population as a postal target group"

e-mail: Janine.Ikinger[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: 1S25 - Grey Bear Campus

Li Portrait neu

PhD student in the research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" as part of the FWF-funded research project "Affluence and the gender gap in STEM study choices"

Personal website: https://xlmmk.com/index.html

E-mail: Mingming.Li[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: 1S19 - Campus Grey Bear

Bettina Mahlert

Deputy Head of the Institute and Assistant Professor of Sociological Theory and General Sociology in the Research Department "Theory, Knowledge, Culture"

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/bettina-mahlert/

E-mail: Bettina.Mahlert[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel:+43 512 507-73438

Room: w 2.12

Consultation hours: Thursdays, 09:30-10:30 (room w 2.12 or online), as well as by personal appointment. During the semester break by personal appointment.

University assistant in the research area "Dynamics of Work, Care and Gender"

Homepage: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/dynamics-of-work-care-and-gender/people/katharina-mojescik/

E-Mail: Katharina.Mojescik[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel:+43 512 507-73412

Room: w 2.19

Consultation hours: Arrangement by e-mail, in presence or online

Portrait Prof Müller-Kmet

University assistant in the research area "Theory, Knowledge, Culture" as well as study and internship officer

E-Mail: Bernadette.Mueller-Kmet[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel:+43 512 507-73423

Room: w 2.20

Consultation hours (online or on site):
Monday 13:30 - 15:30; Tuesday 14:00 - 15:00;
during the lecture-free period only by appointment by e-mail

Portrait Prof Pflüger

Professor of Mesosociology (Social Institutions and Organisations) in the Research Department"Dynamics of Work, Care and Gender"

Homepage: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/dynamics-of-work-care-and-gender/people/jessica-pfluger/

E-Mail: Jessica.Pflueger[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-73410

Room: w 2.09

Andrea Ploder

Assistant Professor in the Research area "Theory, Knowledge, Culture"

E-mail: Andrea.Ploder[at]uibk.ac.at

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/andrea-ploder/

Room: w 2.21

Consultation hours: Wednesday 13-14 (SOWI building room w 2.21, online on request), in the lecture-free period only by appointment

PhD student in the research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" as part of the research project "Alpine Pastures, Tourism and Resilience of Cattle Management"

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/constanze-rammer/

E-mail: Constanze.Rammer[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: 1S18 - Campus Grey Bear

Portrait Prof Rief

Associate Professor at the Research area "Theory, Knowledge, Culture"

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/silvia-rief/

E-mail: Silvia.Rief@uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-73415

Room: w 2.10

Consultation hours: by appointment

Student assistant in the research project "The rural population as a postal target group"

e-mail: Sara.Schmit[at]uibk.ac.at

Room: 1S25 - Grey Bear Campus

Rike Stotten

Associate Professor of Agricultural and Regional Sociology at Research area "Social and Ecological Transformations" and Head of the Working Group Agricultural and Regional Sociology

Personal website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/rike-stotten/

E-mail: rike.stotten[at]uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-73425

Room: w 2.07

Consultation hours in the summer semester: Monday from 08:30-09:30 without registration

Consultation hours in the winter semester: Monday from 09:30-10:30 without registration

During the lecture-free period by appointment

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Professor of Macro-Sociology and Social Inequality in the Research area "Social and Ecological Transformations"

Personal Website: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/wilfred-uunk/

E-Mail: Wilfred.Uunk[at]uibk.ac.at

Phone: +43 512 507 73445

Room: w. 2.06

Virtual office hours: Thursdays from 13:00 to 14:00

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Portrait Waldenburger

Project member of the research department "Dynamics of Work, Care and Gender" in the research project "Learning from long-term care practices for the European Care Strategy (LeTs-Care)"

Room: w 2.19
Portrait Weicht

Professor of Sociology in the research area "Dynamics of Work, Care and Gender" and Head of the Department of Sociology since 2025

E-Mail: Bernhard.Weicht[at]uibk.ac.at

Homepage: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/soziologie/unser-institut/bernhard-weicht/

Tel: +43 512 507-73402

Room: w 2.14

Consultation hours: by appointment

Frank Welz

Professor of Sociology at Research area "Theory, Knowledge, Culture", Vice-President of the European Sociological Association and Director of the Research Centre Social Theory

Personal website: http://www.welz.eu /

E-mail: Frank.Welz@uibk.ac.at

Tel: +43 512 507-73405

Room: w 2.11

Consultation hours: by appointment

Summer term 2026:

Karner, Christian
Christian.Karner[at]uibk.ac.at

Massaroni, Chiara
Chiara.Massaroni[at]uibk.ac.at

Quitterer, Josef
Josef.Quitterer[at]uibk.ac.at

Staubmann, Helmut
Helmut.Staubmann[at]uibk.ac.at

Winter semester 2025/26:

Arden, Sephir
Sephir.Arden[at]uibk.ac.at

Chitty, Andrew
Andrew.Chitty[at]uibk.ac.at

Hackauf, Horst
Horst.Hackauf[at]uibk.ac.at

Karner, Christian
Christian.Karner[at]uibk.ac.at

Massaroni, Chiara
Chiara.Massaroni[at]uibk.ac.at

Max Preglau
Portrait Schermer
Portrait Staubmann
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