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Conference on "Racism - Discrimination - Colonial Continuities"

ÖFSE, ÖDaF*, FH Vienna and the University of Vienna are jointly organising the following conference on 29 November 2024: Under the title "Racism - Discrimination - Colonial Continuities. Students…

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Guest Researcher Corinna Schein at the Institute for Social Policy

Corinna Schein will be a guest researcher at the Institute for Social Policy for three weeks between 17 June and 5 July 2024. She is a postdoctoral researcher in the research project ‘Welfare state…

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New Publication on informal and formal long-term care utilization and unmet needs in Europe

In a new study by Viktoria Szenkurök, Daniela Weber and Marcel Bilger, published in the International Journal of Health Economics and Management, the authors examine long-term care utilisation and…

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New Publication on the atypical employment of online platform workers

As a new field of atypical employment, online platform work is attracting increasing attention. Although debates about the legal status of the (in)self-employment of this work have been ongoing for…

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New Publication on pandemic effects on humanitarian migrants

The newest publication by Judith Kohlenberger explores migrants and refugees in Austria, which have traditionally been living in precarious conditions at the very margins of society, were affected by…

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New publication on poverty in large families

In the article "Large families and poverty in Austria: What explains their disproportionate risk of experiencing income poverty?", published in the International Journal of Social Welfare, Karin…

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Publication in the Research Handbook on Health Care Policy

This new Research Handbook presents extensive coverage of key theoretical and policy issues within the field of health care research. August Österle’s contribution on “Long-term Care” introduces the…

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Book contribution "Thoughts on the present and future of the Austrian welfare state"

In the book contribution "Thoughts on the present and future of the Austrian welfare state", written by Karin Heitzmann for the anthology "The welfare state as a guarantor of democracy" published by…

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Socioeconomics Research Seminar Vortrag 28. März 2023, 5:00 - 7:00 Uhr. D4. 3.106

Silke Bothfeld, City University of Applied Sciences Bremen Title: Towards the eco-social state? How the (implicit) normative approach in gender scholarship in comparative welfare state research can…

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New Publication

Georges, Daniela, Buber-Ennser, Isabella, Rengs, Bernhard, Kohlenberger, Judith, Doblhammer, Gabriele. 2021. Health determinants among refugees in Austria and Germany: A propensity-matched comparative…