Univ.-Prof. Dr. Fred Berger
Dean of Faculty of Educational Sciences
Professor of Educational Sciences
University of Innsbruck
Department of Education
Innrain 52a, A-6020 Innsbruck
Room 08F010 (8 th floor)
0043-512-507/40059
fred.berger@uibk.ac.at
Profile
Main Areas of Scientific Interest
- Socialization, education and learning in the family and in school
- Family relations and intergenerational exchanges
- Development of social relationships in the life course
- Intergenerational transmission of education and parenting
- Learning in adolescence and young adulthood in various contexts
- Agency and social participation in adolescence and young adulthood
- Professional practice in educational contexts such as in school, youth education programmes, and child and youth welfare
- Relationships between social generations (generations in the sense of age cohorts)
- Historical changes in family and partnerships and in the field of education and learning
- Cultural differences in parenting and parent-child relationships
- Quantitative research methods, longitudinal and life course studies
Current Projects
LifE3G – Interlinked Life Courses From Childhood to Late Adulthood in the Context of Three Generations
LifE3G is one of a few longitudinal three-generation studies with an observation period of more than four decades. Besides its long-term perspective, the study’s unique selling points consist of its multi-generational, multi-actor and multi-domain approaches. The data structure permits interdisciplinary processing of questions concerning individual development over several stages of life in the context of family relations and in different domains, as well as the investigation of intergenerational continuities and discontinuities across three generations.
Authors: F. Berger, W. Lauterbach, H. Fend & U. Grob
LifE3G is one of a few longitudinal three-generation studies with an observation period of more than four decades. Besides its long-term perspective, the study’s unique selling points consist of its multi-generational, multi-actor and multi-domain approaches. The data structure permits interdisciplinary processing of questions concerning individual development over several stages of life in the context of family relations and in different domains, as well as the investigation of intergenerational continuities and discontinuities across three generations.
Authors: F. Berger, W. Lauterbach, H. Fend & U. Grob
Generation and Gender Programme Austria (GGP.AT)
Member of the Austrian consortium for the next wave (2026-2028) of the international panel survey programme GGP. The survey programme focuses on parent-child relationships and gender issues. More than 30 countries participate in the study.
Scientific Evaluation of the European Erasmus+ Youth Education Programmes
For the programme period 2021 to 2027, Fred Berger and Susanne Gadinger are official Austrian and Liechtenseinian research partners for the scientific evaluation of the European youth education programmes. Studies to scientifically accompany the programmes Erasmus+ Youth (RAY-MON) and European Solidarity Corps (RAY-SOC) as well as a longitudinal study on the long-term effects of Erasmus+ Youth are currently underway. The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on youth work in Europe (RAY-COR) and the contributions of the European youth programmes to sector-specific strategies that frame and guide the programmes (RAY-STRAT) are also investigated. The evaluation research is commissioned by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalization (OeAD) and the Liechtensteinian Agency for International Education (AIBA). Research is integrated into the European RAY research network (Research-based analysis of European youth programmes).
For the programme period 2021 to 2027, Fred Berger and Susanne Gadinger are official Austrian and Liechtenseinian research partners for the scientific evaluation of the European youth education programmes. Studies to scientifically accompany the programmes Erasmus+ Youth (RAY-MON) and European Solidarity Corps (RAY-SOC) as well as a longitudinal study on the long-term effects of Erasmus+ Youth are currently underway. The consequences of the coronavirus pandemic on youth work in Europe (RAY-COR) and the contributions of the European youth programmes to sector-specific strategies that frame and guide the programmes (RAY-STRAT) are also investigated. The evaluation research is commissioned by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalization (OeAD) and the Liechtensteinian Agency for International Education (AIBA). Research is integrated into the European RAY research network (Research-based analysis of European youth programmes).