August Österle

Professional Experience

• Oct. 2009 – Feb. 2010 DAAD Guest Professor for International Comparative Studies Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), University of Bremen Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWKInstitute for Advanced Study)

• Associate Professor: Institute for Social Policy (Vienna University of Economics andBusiness)

• Visiting Professor: Corvinus University Budapest

• Visiting Positions:

• • 09-10/2008: Visiting Professor, Institut d’Études Politiques, Sciences Po Grenoble

  • 10/2006 – 03/2007: Visiting Fellow, Corvinus University Budapest

  • 02-03/2006: Visiting Fellow, Bratislava University of Economics

  • 09/1999: Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science

  • 09/1998 – 06/1999: Jean Monnet Fellow, European Forum, European University Institute, Florence

  • 04/1995 – 09/1999: Research Fellow, Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath

Research Interests

• Comparative Social Policy

• Health Economics - Health Systems

• Long-Term Care Policies

• EU Social Policy - Social Policy in Europe

• Welfare State Research

• Equity and Social Policy

For further information on the scientific profile, research interests and publications please see here.

Contact

Phone: ++43 1 313 36 5873
Fax:     ++43 1 313 36 5879

e-mail: august.oesterle@wu.ac.at

Office hours: on appointment per e-mail