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Sandra Maria Pfister, BA BA MA MA

PhD Researcher

Curriculum Vitae

Date Education
since 10/2017
                                  
PhD Studies Sociology
University of Linz
03/2015 - 10/2017

Master's Studies Sociology
University of Graz

03/2015 - 10/2017 Master's Studies Global Studies 
University of Graz
10/2011 - 03/2015

Bachelor's Studies Sociology 
University of Graz

10/2011 - 03/2015 Bachelor's Studies Pedagogics
University of Graz
10/2010 - 09/2011 Bachelor's Studies Technical Mathematics (non-graduate)
University of Graz

 

Date Occupation
since 10/2017
                                 
University Assistant prae doc
Institute for Social Politcs and Policy, JKU Linz
09/2016 - 02/2018 Student Assisant (Teaching, Adminstration, Project)
Department of Sociology, KFU Graz
07/2016 - 08/2016 Project-based Researcher in Higher Scientific Services
ZAMG Central Institute for Meterology and Geodynamics, Graz
03/2016 - 06/2016 Student Assistant
Department for Pedagogics and Educational Sciences, KFU Graz
10/2015 - 02/2016 Teaching Traineeship
Department for Sociology, KFU Graz
03/2015 - 06/2015 Student Assistant
Department for Pedagogics and Educational Sciences, KFU Graz
07/2013 - 11/2014 Pedagogical Employee in Youth Work
Avalon - Verein für soziales Engagement

 

ÖGS-Prize for the best Master's Theses in Sociology 2017/18, awarded by the Austrian Society for Sociology (ÖGS), 27th September 2019. 

Michael-Schickhofer Innovationspreis 2019 - Graduation prize awarded by the BSA Styria (Association of social-democratic academics), 13th June 2019. 

Würdigungspreis 2018 by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science (BMBWF) - State Prize for the best Master degrees in Austria, 12th November 2018.

SOWI im Dialog 2018 - Award of excellent Master's Theses at the Faculty of Social Sciences ("Making sense of the disaster. Deutungsmuster des Katastrophischen und ihre institutionelle Einbettung im österreichischen Katastrophenschutz"), 14th November 2018.

SOWI-Ranking 2018 - Award of excellent graduates of the Faculty of Social Sciences, KFU Graz, 14th November 2018.

Research Grants 2016/17, Faculty of Social Sciences, KFU Graz, Master's Thesis: "Making Sense of the Disaster. Deutungsmuster des Katastrophischen und ihre institutionelle Einbettung im österreichischen Katastrophenschutz"

Award for scientific theses, Chamber for Labour (AK Stmk.), Bachelor's Thesis: "Zur Ambivalenz der bedarfsorientierten Mindestsicherung. Zwischen Inklusion und Exklusion im österreichischen Sozialstaat", November 2015.

Merit-based Scholarships 2012/13, 2013/14, and 2015/16, Faculty of Social Sciences, KFU Graz

 

Date Other Activities
2017 - current Kriseninterventionsteam (KIT) Land Steiermark
Volunteer in the psycho-social treatment
2015 - 2017 Research Colloquium "Economic Sociology"
organised by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus Kraemer

 

Research

Research Interests

  • Disaster Sociology
  • Sociology of Risk
  • Environmental Sociology