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Curriculum vitae
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
| 2025 | Guest Professor at the Department of Sociology (winter term) | |
| 2024 | Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Sociology after retiring as Associate Professor | |
| 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 |
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Projects
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VIS_BIO: Biographies in the making in a connected lifeworld. Exploring visual and verbal constructions of life stories
Breckner, R. (Project Lead), Marent, J. (Scientific Project Staff), Mayer, E. (Scientific Project Staff), Weisser, A. (Project Staff) & Rieder, I. (Admin)
15/03/20 → 14/10/24
Project: Research funding
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GUSEN_BIO: "Es ist auch normal hier zu wohnen": Eine soziologische Analyse von Normalisierungsprozessen in Biographien von Menschen, die auf oder in unmittelbarer Nähe des ehemaligen Konzentrationslagergeländes Gusen leben
Breckner, R. (Project Lead) & Wolf, M. (Co-Lead)
1/09/19 → 31/08/22
Project: Research funding
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Migration Narratives Juxtaposed: A Sociological Analysis of Photos, Letters and Biographies of "Guest Workers" from Turkey living in Austria
Alpagu, F. (Co-Lead) & Breckner, R. (Project Lead)
2/10/17 → 2/10/20
Project: Research funding
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Changing Visual and Social Worlds: An Introduction to the Thematic Issue on "Digital Images and Visual Artifacts in Everyday Life"
Breckner, R., Müller, M. R. & Sonnenmoser, A., 26 May 2025, In: Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung. 26, 2, 10 p., 28.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
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Einzelbesprechung. Visuelle Soziologie
Breckner, R., Jan 2025, Soziologische Revue, 48, 1, p. 99 103 p.Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Book/Film/Event review
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Hypermediale Selbst-Bilder in Social Media. Biografieanalytische Erkundungen anhand eines Falles bedrohter Subjektivität
Translated title of the contribution :Hypermediacy in Self-Presentations in Social Media: Explorations of a Case of Threatened Subjectivity Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Open Access
Prizes
Activities
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Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung (Journal)
Breckner, R. (Editor), Müller, M. R. (Editor) & Sonnenmoser, A. (Editor)
28 May 2025Activity: Publication peer-review, and editorial work › Editor of journal or series
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Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung (Journal)
Breckner, R. (Editor), Müller, M. R. (Editor) & Sonnenmoser, A. (Editor)
May 2025Activity: Publication peer-review, and editorial work › Editor of journal or series
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Bildanalyse
Breckner, R. (Speaker)
29 Jul 2023Activity: Talks and presentations › Talk or oral contribution › Science to Science
Press/Media
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22/10/16
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