Vita
Faculty Spotlight
(in German, English version in preparation)
(in German, English version in preparation)
Master degree (Magister) and Doctoral degree (Dr.phil.) in sociology from the University of Vienna and a postgraduate diploma from the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
2015
George-Sarton-Medal awarded, University of Ghent
2013 - 15
President of the Austrian Sociological Association/Österreichische Gesellschaft für Soziologie
2012 - 2013
Visiting Scholar at Harvard University, Department of Sociology
2010 - 2012
Head of the Department of Sociology
2006 - 08
Head of the Department of Sociology
1994 - 97
APART-Fellow (Austrian Program for Advanced Research and Technology, Austrian Academy of Science) at the University of Chicago, Stanford University, and the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
1995
Cardinal-Innitzer Award (Social Sciences and Economics)
1994
Habilitation in Sociology at the Universität Innsbruck
Honorary Fellow at the University of Wisconsin, Madison
1993
Visiting Scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park with a grant from the Austrian Ministery of Science
1991 - 92
Visiting Scholar at UCLA and the University of Maryland, College Park with an Erwin Schrödinger grant from the Austrian Science Foundation