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Prof. Dr. Roland Verwiebe

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Prof. Dr. Roland Verwiebe holds the Chair of Inequality Research and Social Stratification Analysis at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences since March 1, 2019. His main research topics are social inequality, Europeanization, labor market, immigraton, change of principles/values, quality of life and urban change.

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Research

Vita

03/2019 - present
Chairholder of the Chair for Inequality Research and Social Stratification Analysis at the Faculy of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Potsdam; research topics: social inequality, labor market flexibilisation, attitudes and values, urban change, quality of life

02/2009 - 02/2019
Chairholder of the Chair for Social Structure Research and Quantitative Methods, Institute for Sociology, University of Vienna; research topics: inequality, Europeanization, labor market, migration

04/2015 - 03/2017
Master of Arts in Mediation and Conflict Management, European University Viadrina, Frankfurt; graduated with distinction

09/2011 - 07/2014
Organizer of the Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology

03/2013 - 07/2013
Visiting Researcher, Department of Sociology, Columbia University

04/2006 - 02/2009
Assistant Professor, University of Hamburg, Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research; research topics: inequality, Europeanization, labor market, migration

10/2005 - 03/2006
Temporary Full Professor for Empirical Social Research, University of Duisburg-Essen, Institute for Sociology; research topics: inequality, Europeanization, labor market, migration

08/2004 - 09/2005
Assistant Professor, University of Hamburg, Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research; research topics: inequality, Europeanization, labor Market, migration

08/1999 - 08/2004
Scientific assistant, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Department of Comparative structural analysis; research topics: Europeanization, labor Market, migration

09/1997 - 07/1999
Scientific assistant, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Department of Methods of Empirical Social Research. Project management "International Social Justice Project"

01/1998 - 04/1999
Research assistant, Max-Planck-Institute for Educational Research: Analysis of life course data

10/1991 - 07/1997
Study of social sciences, Humboldt-University of Berlin, Columbia University New York; graduated with distinction

10/1990 - 09/1991
Community service, Workers' Welfare Association Berlin

07/1990 - 08/1990
Mechanic, stationary manufacturing, Siemens AG Berlin

Callings:

Full Professor for Inequality Research and Social Stratification Analysis, University of Potsdam, accepted
Full Professor for Social Stratification Research and Quantitative Methods, University of Vienna, accepted
Full Professor for Social Stratification Research, University Leipzig, denied
Full Professor for Comparative Sociology of Modern Societies, University Bremen, denied

Responsibilities:

Library Officer of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (2019)
Head of Department; Department of Sociology; University of Vienna (08/2011-05/2015)
Deputy Director; Doctoral Studies Programme in the Social Schiences, University of Vienna (until October 2011)
Organizer (PI) International Marie Jahoda Summer School of Sociology 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016 (http://www.soz.univie.ac.at/marie-jahoda-summer-school-2013/)
Board Member; European Social Survey for Austria (since 2014)

Memberships (selection):

Member Faculty Board, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna (2010-2019)
Member of appointing committees for International Sociology, Life Course and Age (Head of the committee), Comparative Sociology, Urban Sociology (Head of the committee), Culture and Knowledge, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Vienna; for Social Policy, University of Salzburg; for Digital Transformation, University of Potsdam; for Macro Sociology, Free University Berlin, Social Policy and Methods, Humboldt University
ISA Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28)
The German Sociological Association (GSA) and The Austrian Sociological Association
Research Committee on Social Inequality and Social Stratification of the German and Austrian Sociological Association
Member of the Scientific Board of 360° - Das Studentische Journal für Politik und Gesellschaft (2006-2010); Editor of Hamburg Review of Social Science (until March 2012); Member of the Editorial Board of Central European Papers (since December 2013)

Reviewer (selection):

Reviewer fo appointing committees: University of Tübingen, Free University of Berlin, University of Flensburg, Universtity of Frankfurt, University of Rostock
Reviewer for German Research Foundation (DFG), Fritz Thyssen Foundation, Mercator Research Centre (MERCUR),Anniversary Fund of the Central Bank of the Republic of Austria, Netherland Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), The Swiss national Science Foundation (SNSF), The European Schience Foundation (ESF), The Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Book proposals: Edward Elgar Publishing, Routledge, Policy Press
Reviewer for Collaborative Research Centres (DFG)
Reviewer for AQ Austria (Österreichische Agentur für Qualitätssicherung und Akkreditierung): Programme evaluation of the Faculty of Social Schiences at Kazakh National University in Almaty (Kazakhstan)
Reviewer for International Migration Review, American Journal of Sociology, European Sociology Review, European Scocieties, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Science Research, Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Berliner Journal für Soziologie, Hamburg Review of Social Science, Sozialer Fortschritt, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Time and Society, Just Labour: A Canadian Journal of Work and Society, Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie

Publications

Presentations

Verwiebe, Roland (2021): Die Corona-Krise als Treiber sozialer Ungleichheit? Ein Vergleich der Entwicklungen in Österreich und Deutschland. Gemeinsamer Kongress der DGS und ÖGS. Vienna/Online, August 23-25, 2021.
Haindorfer, Raimund; Verwiebe, Roland; Reinprecht, Christoph (2017): Life Satisfaction and Subjective Commuting Success. East-West Commuters in the Central European Region. 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies. Innsbruck, September 28-30, 2017.
Haindorfer, Raimund; Verwiebe, Roland; Reinprecht, Christoph (2017): Life Satisfaction and Subjective Commuting Success. The Case of East-West Commuters in the Central European Region. 13th ESA-Conference. Athens, August 29-September 1, 2017.
Fritsch, Nina-Sophie; Verwiebe, Roland (2017): Labor Market Flexibilization and Low-Wage Employment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the Period between 1996 and 2015. ASA Conference. Montreal, August 11-15, 2017.
Verwiebe, Roland (2016): Die Zukunft der Arbeit. Burgtheater. Vienna, November 13, 2016. Invited Keynote and Panel Discussion.
Verwiebe, Roland (2016): Werte und Wertebildung in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft. Bertelsmann Foundation. Berlin, November 10, 2016. Invited Keynote.
Fritsch, Nina-Sophie; Verwiebe, Roland (2016): Between Transformative and Incremental Change: Labor Market Flexibilization and Low-Wage Employment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in the Period between 1996 and 2013. ECSR Conference. Oxford, September 22-24, 2016.
Haindorfer, Raimund; Verwiebe, Roland; Reinprecht, Christoph (2016): Life Satisfaction and Subjective Assessments of Success Among East-West Commuters in the Central European Region. ISA Forum of Sociology. Vienna, July 14-17, 2016.
Fritsch, Nina-Sophie; Verwiebe, Roland (2016): Labor Market Flexibilization and Low-Wage Employment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: Between Transformation and Incremental Change? ISA Forum of Sociology. Vienna, July 14-17, 2016.
Verwiebe, Roland (2015): Inequality - Quo Vadis? "European Forum Alpbach". Invited Lecture / Seminar Week. Alpbach, August 19-25, 2015.
Wiesböck, Laura; Haindorfer, Raimund; Verwiebe, Roland (2014): Circular Labor Mobility in the Central European Region: Job Finding and Labor Market Outcomes of Cross-Border Commuters from Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic in Austria. MiReKoc 10th Year Symposium Committee, Istanbul, November 20-21, 2014.
Wiesböck, Laura; Haindorfer, Raimund; Verwiebe, Roland: Circular Labor Mobiliy in the Central European Region (2014): Job Finding and Labor Market Outcomes of Cross-Border Commuters from Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic in Austria. 3. Jahrestagung der Migrations- und Integrationsforschung in Österreich, Vienna, September 22-23, 2014.
Verwiebe, Roland (2014): Migration and Integration in Europe - Key Concepts and Empirical Trends. "Summer Dialog 2014: Von der (Un-)Gewissheit der Zukunft - Szenarien für Europa. Europäische Dynamiken - Mobilität und Integration versus Grenzabschottung". Invited Lecture / keynote. Strobl am Wolfgangsee, July 31, 2014.
Verwiebe, Roland; Wiesböck, Laura; Haindorfer, Raimund (2014): Transnational labour markets and recent mobility trends in Europe: The case of the Central European Region. Collaborative Research Centre 597 "Transformations of the State", Panel 12: The Crisis of Europe. Fortification of Europe? University of Bremen, April 4, 2004.
Verwiebe, Roland (2014): Sozialstruktureller Wandel und Lebensqualität in Wien. Tagung der Arbeiterkammer Wien zum Thema "Wien wächst - Herausforderungen zwischen Boom und Lebensqualität". Invited Lecture / Keynote, April 2, 2014.
Verwiebe, Roland; Troger, Tobias (2014): The role of education for poverty risks revisted. Couples, employment and profits from work-family policies. RC28 Spring Meeting. Budapest, May 8-10, 2014.
Wiesböck, Laura; Haindorfer, Raimund; Verwiebe, Roland; Reinprecht, Christoph (2014): Intra-European Labor Mobility from Post-Socialist Countries: The Example of Hungarians, Slovaks and Czechs in Austria. 18th ISA World Congress of Sociology. Yokohama, July 18, 2014.
Verwiebe, Roland; Reinprecht, Christoph; Wiesböck, Laura; Haindorfer, Raimund (2014): Circular Labor Mobility in the Central European Region: Job Finding and Labor Market Outcommes of Cross-Border Commuters from Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic in Austria. 18 th ISA World Congress of Sociology, Yokohama, July 15 ,2014.
Verwiebe, Roland; Reinprecht, Christoph; Haindorfer, Raimund; Wiesböck, Laura (2014): Job Finding and Labor Market Outcomes of Cross-Border Commuters in the Central European Region. 109th ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 16-19, 2014.
Verwiebe, Roland (2013): Ungleichheit und die Entstehung Europas. Jahrestagung des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung. Invited Lecture. Hamburg.
Verwieb, Roland (2013): Die Entwicklung der Sozialstruktur und Ungleichheit in Europa. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Sozialen Fortschritt. Invited Lecture. Evangelische Akademie Loccum, September 19, 2013
Verwieb, Roland (2013): Intra- European Labor Mobility from Post- Socialist Countries to Austria. 4. Aspire- Jahrestagung. Manufactory of Change. Invited Lecture. Wien.
Verwiebe, Roland (2013): Cross- border commuting between Slovakei, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Austria. First results from a recent quantitative study in the Central European Region. Columbia University. ISERP Lecture Series. Invited Lecture. New York City, April 11, 2013.
Troger, Tobias; Verwiebe, Roland (2013): Work- related family policies and educational patterns of family poverty in post-industrial Europe. Jahrestagung des European Consortiums for Social Research (ECSR). Tillburg.
Verwiebe, Roland; Fritsch, Nina- Sophie; Teitzer, Roland (2013): Labor market flexibilization and low- wage occupations: A comparison between Germany and Austria. 20th International Conference of Europeanists. Amsterdam.
Troger, Tobias; Verwiebe, Roland (2013): Welche Familien profitieren hauptsächlich von erwerbszentrierter Wohlfahrtsstaatspolitik? Die Bedeutung von familienpolitik für die Reduktion bildungsspezifischer Armutsrisiken in Europa. Gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Sektion Sozialstrukturanalyse und der Sektion Methoden der empirischen Sozialforschung der DGS. Köln.
Verwiebe, Roland; Riederer, Bernhard (2012): Social change and growing inequality in educational systems? A multilevel analysis of schools' social and ethnic composition with PISA date from 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009. RC28 Spring Meeting. Hongkong.
Verwiebe, Roland; Troger, Tobias; Wiesböck, Laura; Fritsch, Nina- Sophie; Teitzer, Roland (2012): Growing Inequalities and its Impacts- Country Report Austria. Frühjahrstagung Forschungsconsortium GINI- Growing Inequality Impacts. Budapest.
Verwiebe, Roland; Fritsch, Nina- Sophie; Teitzer, Roland (2012): Atypisch Beschäftigte in der Niedriglohnfalle? Befunde für Österreich im Zeitvergleich. DGS- Kongress. Bochum.
Verwiebe, Roland; Riederer, Berhard (2011): Educational achievements of immigrant youth in Western societies. A multilevel analysis of institutional and individual factors based on PISA 2000, 2003, 2006 and 2009. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2011. Las Vegas.
Verwiebe, Roland; Fritsch, Nina-Sophie (2011): Working Poor in Österreich. Invited Lecture. Kepler Salon. Linz.
Verwiebe, Roland (2011): European Integration, Social Stratification and Social Inequaloty. Invited Lecture im Rahmen des Masterstudiengangs European Studies der Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Verwieb, Roland; Rieder, Bernhard (2010): Educational Differences between Native- Born and Immigrant Youth in Western Societies. A study of the influence of instutional individual factors on the basis of PISA data from 2000, 2003, and 2006. Rc28 Spring Meeting. Haifa.
Verwiebe, Roland; Fritsch, Nina- Sophie (2010): Working Poor in Österreich. Verliert das Normalarbeitsverhätnis seinen armutsvermeidenden Charakter? EU- SILC Workshop der Statistik Austria. Wien.
Verwiebe, Roland (2010): Soziale Ungleichheitsstrukturen in Europa. Divergenz oder Konvergenz. Invited Lecture. Department of Sociology. Universität Leipzig.
Verwiebe, Roland (2010): Soziale Ungleichheitsstrukturen in Europa. Divergenz oder Konvergenz? Invited Lecture. Arbeitskammer Wien.
Verwiebe, Roland; Giesecke, Johannes (2009): Einkommenspolarisierung in Ost- und Westdeutschland. Analysen mit dem SOEP für die Jahre 1991 bis 2008. Jahrestagung der Sektion Soziale Indikatoren der DGS. Berlin.
Verwiebe, Roland; Präg, Patrick; Giesecke, Johannes (2009): Shrinking of the Middle Class. The Rise of Poverty in Germany between 1992 and 2007. RC28 Summer Meeting. Yale.
Verwiebe, Roland; Giesecke, Johannes (2009): Growing Gender wage Grap in Germany and Great Britain. ESA- Conference. Lisbon.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2008): Wer sind die Gewinner, wer die Verlierer der aktuellen Einkommensentwicklung? Empirische Befunde zur wachsenden sozialen Ungleicheit in Deutschland. organisation einer Ad-hoc- Gruppe auf dem34. Kongress der DGS 2008. Jena.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2008). The Rise of Class- based Wage Inequality. Results from German Labor Market between 1998 and 2006. RC28 Summer Meeting. Stanford.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2008): The Impact of Class on Social Inequality. Winners and Losers of the Income Dynamics in Germany between 1998 and 2005. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2008. Boston.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2008): Rising Wage Ineqality in Germany and Great Britain. Results from a Cross-National Comparison between 1985 and 2000. RC28 Spring Meeting. Florenz.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2008): Rising Class Inequality in Germany and Great Britain. Results from a Cross-National Comparison of the Wage Distribution Between 1985 and 2005. RC02 Spring-Meeting. Neuchatel.
Kathmann, Till; Mau, Steffen; Verwiebe, Roland; Seidel, Nana (2007): Lebensereignisse als Auslöser von Wanderungen. Migremus-Tagung Migration and Residential Mobility: Changes of Integration and Risks of Segregation. Bremen.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2007): Rising Social Inequality in Germany. Winners and Losers of the Income Dynamics in Germany between 1998 and 2005. Jahrestagung des European Consortiums for Social Research (ECSR). Groningen.
Giesecke, Johannes; Verwiebe, Roland (2007): The Impact of Class on Social Inequality. RC28 Spring Meeting. Brno.
Verwiebe, Roland; Seidel, Nana (2007): Mobilität oder Migration? Die Arbeitswanderungen von Deutschen in Europa. Forschungscolloquium Makrosoziologie. Invited Lecture. Berlin.
Mau, Steffen; Verwiebe, Roland; Kathmann, Till; Seidel, Nana (2006): Die Arbeitsmigration von Deutschen in Europa. 33. Kongress der DGS. Kassel.
Verwiebe, Roland (2006): New Patterns of Intra-European Migraton. 16th World Congress of Sociology. Durban.
Verwiebe, Roland (2006): Intra-European Mobility and Social Inequality. Insights from Triangulaton Perspecive. Sektion Sozialstrukturanalyse der DGS. München.
Verwiebe, Roland (2005): Europeanization and Social Mobility. Jahrestagung des European Consortiums for Social Research (ECSR). Paris.
Verwiebe, Roland (2005): Biographie und beruflicher Habitus. Ergebnisse einer Untersuchung zu transnationalen europäischen Berufsbiographien. Tagung der Sektionen Biographieforschung und Methoden der Qualitativen Sozialforschung der DGS. Göttingen.
Verwiebe, Roland (2004): Transnationale Mobilität in Europa und soziale Ungleichheit. Workshop "Europeanization and Social Inequality. Bamberg.
Verwiebe, Roland (2004): Transnational Mobility in Europe and Social Inequality. Invited Lecture. Faculty-Workshop. GSSS. Bremen.
Verwiebe, Roland (2003): Methodischen Aspekte und Projektmanagement bei der schriftlichen Befragung am Beispiel einer Pilotstudie des Berliner Arbeitsmarktes. Workshop "EUropeanization, Labour Market, Mobility". Berlin.
Verwiebe, Roland (2002): Bildungsinstitutionen und soziale Mobilität in Europa. Workshop "Bildungsbegriffe in der Diskussion". Berlin.
Liebig, Stefan; Verwiebe, Roland (1999): Einstellungen zur sozialen Ungleichheit im Transformationsprozeß? Sektion Sozialstrukturanalysye der DGS. Chemnitz.
Verwiebe, Roland (1999): Justice Evaluation of Social Inequality in the Eastern European Transformation. Jahrestagung des European Consortiums for Social Research (ECSR). Mannheim.
Verwiebe, Roland (1998): Justice Beliefs in the Post- Communist Transitions. Society for the Advancement of Socioeconomics. Wien.

Teaching

Media

Proteste im Herbst erwartet, Interview mit rbb24 Brandenburg Aktuell, September 6, 2022
"Es geht um ein gutes Leben der Menschen", Interview mit fairkehr, 2022.
Der Ost-Dolmetscher im Kanzleramt, Interview mit dem rbb, January 12, 2022.
Sorge - die unsichtbare Arbeit, Interview Universitätsmagazin der Universität Potsdam "Portal", 2021.
Corona und soziale Ungleichheiten, Folge beim Schulpodcast Politikgeflüster, 2021.
Transformationen, Interview Universitätsmagazin der Universität Potsdam "Portal Transfer", 2021.
Der 3satThema Talk "Was uns verbindet", November 9, 2020.
"Wo wohnen? - Über die Ware Wohnung und eine sozialverträgliche Stadtentwicklung", Interview Universitätsmagazin der Universität Potsdam "Portal", 2019
"Wertewandel und Wertebildung in Österreich", Diskussionsveranstaltung des Forschungsverbundes "Interdisziplinäre Werteforschung" der Universität Wien, July 18, 2019.
"Ein Konzept, das im Grunde sehr alt ist.", Zeitungsinterview mit der Märkischen Allgemeinen Zeitung, May 24, 2019.
"Flüchtlinge brauchen Netzwerke für Jobsuche", Zeitungsinterview, Wiener Zeitung, May 5, 2019.
"Rechtsruck in Österreich - Politik der Abschreckung", Radiointerview Deutschlandfunk, April 28, 2019.
Der Arbeitsmarkt im Wandel [Labor market change]. uni: view, November 6, 2018.
Wertecheck: Familie und Freunde, Beruf und Freizeit [Key values: family and friends, job and leisure time]. Profil, October 27, 2018.
Vom Ausland auf den Arbeitsmarkt [Labor market integraton from abroad]. Kurier, August 11, 2018.
Der Gender-Gap mach noch immer viel Arbeit [The gender gap - still a lot of work] Der Standard, April 28, 2018.
AkademikerInnen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt [Academics on the labor market]. Ö1-Dimensionen, April 30, 2018.
Wie sich die Werte der Österreich verändern [How the values of Austrians changed]. Der Standard, September 28, 2017.
Working Poor. Wenn Arbeit nicht vor Armut schützt. [Working Poor. Work does no longer protect against poverty]. OE1-Radiokolleg, March 3, 2017.
Zwischen Leistungszwang und Abstiegsangst. Ein Lagebericht zur Mittelschicht [Between performance pressure and downward fears. A situation report on the middle class]. ORF1 - Dimensionen der Wissenschaft, December 23, 2016.
Es gibt weit mehr als Angst und Ablehnung [There's more to it than fear and oppostion]. Die Presse, October 30, 2015.
Mehrheit der WienerInnen beführwortet Migration und kulturelle Vielfalt [The majority of Viennese citizens are in support of migration and cultural diversity]. Uni: vie Magazin, October 19, 2015.
Das Asylrecht ist eine sehr nüchterne Sache [The rights of asylum are a very matter-of-factly thing]. Die Furche, August 27, 2015.
Es braucht ein maßvolles Ausmaß an Ungleichheit [A modest extent of inequaltiy is needed]. Die Presse, August 22, 2015.
Junge Migranten: Alles Machos? [Young migrants: all macho?]. Der Standard, June 22, 2015.
Jung, männlich, migrantisch, problematisch? [Young, male, migrant, problematic?]. Der Standard, May 18, 2015.
Die Zufriedenheit der Pendler [The life satisfaction of commuters]. science.orf.at February 2, 2015.
Warum wir uns vor dem Falschen fürchten [Why we are frightened of the wrong issues]. ORF1-Radiokolleg, February 2, 2015.
Grenzenlos arbeiten [Working across borders]. Medienportal Univie, January 28, 015.
Die Mittelschicht in Österreich [The middle class in Austria]. ORF (ZIB Magazin), December 3, 2014.
Studieren ist keine Prlichtveranstaltung [Attending university takes more than attending obligatory classes]. Ö1-Radion ('Von Tag zu Tag'), October 21, 2014.
Wer lehrt hat auch einmal studiert [Those who teach have once studied]. Uni:vie Magazin, October 14, 2014.
Mehr Arbeit, weniger Vollzeitbeschäftigung [More work, less full time employment]. orf.at, June 10, 2014.
Migrantische Akademiker finden schwerer Beschäftigung [Migrant academics have a harder time finding a job]. ORF (ZIB news), November 15, 2013.
Berufsverläufe von AkadmikerInnen mit Migrationshintergrund [Occupational careers of academics with migration background]. Ö1-Radio (Morgenjournal), November 15, 2013.
Es braucht ein anderes Klima [A different climate is needed]. Wiener Zeitung, November 14, 2013.

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