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
Vita
Scientific Research and Academic Positions in Austria
| Since 2024 | Dean of Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Innsbruck |
| 2021-2024 | Head of Department of Education, University Innsbruck |
| 2016- 2024 | Head of the Research Center “Education – Generation – Life Course”, University of Innsbruck |
| Since 2023 | Chair of the Steering Committee of the “Austrian Network on Youth Research” |
| Since 2021 | Official Austrian and Liechtensteinian Research Partner for the Analysis and Monitoring of European Erasmus+ Youth Programmes |
| 2017 - 2022 | Chair of the Curriculum Commission of the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Innsbruck |
| Since 2016 | Head of the Innsbruck Summer Seminar on Methods in Educational and Social Sciences |
| Since 2016 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Tyrolean Government on Child and Youth Welfare |
| Since 2015 | Editor of the Book Series „Brennpunkt Schule (Focus School)“ Kohlhammer Publishing Company |
| Since 2015 | Full Professor (§ 98) of Educational Sciences, University of Innsbruck |
| Since 2005 | Principal Investigator of the Longitudinal Life-Course and Three-Generations Study LifE (International Research Project: Austria, Germany, Switzerland) |
Academic Milestones
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2023 |
Austrian Conference on Youth Research 2023 (Chairman) – “Youth in Times of Crises”, University of Innsbruck |
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2021 |
Study on Distance Learning and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Students in Higher Education During the Pandemic. University of Innsbruck |
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2020-2027 |
Analysis and Monitoring of European Erasmus+ Youth Programmes: Erasmus+ Youth, European Solidarity Corps, Impact of the Corona Pandemic on Youth Work in Europe (Official Austrian and Liechtensteinian Research Partner for European Erasmus+ Youth Programmes). |
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2019-now |
Growing up in Zillertal, Austria. School-Related Longitudinal Youth Study (in Cooperation with the Institute for Teacher Education and School Research at the University of Innsbruck) |
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2017 |
Organization of the Austrian Conference on Youth Research 2017 (Chairman), University of Innsbruck |
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2016-now |
Organization of the Innsbruck Summer Seminar on Methods in Educational and Social Sciences |
| 2011 |
Evaluation of the Psychological and Social Paedagogical Support System of a City in Switzerland |
| 2010-2015 |
Professor of Educational Sciences, University of Potsdam, Germany |
| 2009 |
Visiting Researcher and Scholar at the Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, USA |
| 2004 |
Expert for the Swiss Survey of Children and Youth (COCON – Competence and Context). Jacobs Center, |
| 1999-now |
Co-Principal Investigator of the Longitudinal Life-Course and Three-Generations Study LifE |