Roswitha Breckner

Dipl.-Soz. Dr., Privatdoz.

1987 …2023

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Academic training

2009 Habilitation at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Vienna with the thesis "Images in Social Worlds. A Social Science Methodology and Method for the Interpretative Analysis of Images" [in German]
2001 Dr. Phil. at the Technical University of Berlin with the thesis Living in polarised worlds. On the relationship between migration and biography in the East-West European migration field [in German] - Summa Cum Laude
1986 Diploma in Sociology, History and Psychology with the thesis Way of life - a socio-historical concept [in German]

 

Career and professional positions

2011 Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna
2010 Assistant Professor at the Department of Sociology, University of Vienna
2010 Call to the W3 Professorship of Educational and Cultural Sociology at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Cologne (declined)
2010 Deputy professorship (W3) for educational and cultural sociology, University of Cologne (summer term)
2004-2010 University Assistant at the Department for Sociology, University of Vienna
2003-2004 Research Fellow at the International Research Centre for Cultural Studies in Vienna (IFK)
2001-2004 University Assistant at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Department of General Sociology and Economic Sociology
2001 Substitute Assistant Professor at the Department of Educational Sciences, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
1996-2001 Self-employed project consultant for research design and methodological project development; project collaboration and teaching at various universities in Germany and Austria as well as at the University of East London and the Central European University, Budapest
1990-1995 University Assistant at the Department of Sociology, Technical University of Berlin
1990 Scolarship from the Protestant Foundation in Germany (Haus Villigst)
1987-1989 Research Assistant at the City Planning Office Tiergarten, Berlin
1985-1987 Conceptualisation and management of the project 'Der Lindenhof' of the Berlin History Workshop in the context of Berlin's 750th anniversary celebration

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • Gastprofessur

    Breckner, Roswitha (Recipient), 12 Oct 2020

    Prize: Other distinction