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Research projects

  • Current projects

The extent and quality of "social investment" within Austrian measures to combat poverty
Research project
Duration: January 2014 - December 2017
Project language: Englisch and German
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann

  • Completed projects (selection)

Special edition of the Austrian journal "Kurswechsel"
Journal project
Duration: January 2009 - September 2010
Project language: Englisch and German
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann

Pathways of overindebted private households: Causes, characteristics, effects and possible (social) policy interventions in the case of Austria
Research project (financed by the Austrian National Bank, OeNB)
Duration: August 2008 - April 2011
Project language: German
Contact persons: Stefan Angel, Karin Heitzmann

Poverty relief in the mixed economy: Theory of and evidence for the (changing) role of public and nonprofit organizations in coping with income poverty
Habilitation (post-doctoral research project)
Duration: February 2003 - Autumn 2009
Project language: English
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann

Following Amartya Sen - The contribution of Sen's Capability Approach to the poverty debate in the EU


Doctoral thesis
Duration: January 2006 - September 2008
Project language: German
Contact person: Franz Eiffe

Poverty in Austria: A Handbook
Edited book
Duration: Sept. 2006 - Spring/Summer 2008 (in print)
Project language: German
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann

The contributions of voluntary organizations in combating poverty in Austria
Research project
Duration: July 2005 - June 2006
Project language: German
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann

Ways out of women's poverty
Book project
Duration: 2002 - 2003
Project language: German
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann

Family structure, labour market participation and the dynamics of social exclusion
Research project (financed through a TSER grant)
Duration: 1997 - 2000
Project language: English
Contact person: Karin Heitzmann