Our scientific team is interdisciplinary and comprises the fields of sociology, psychology, political science, and socioeconomics. The management assistants support the team.
![Portrait Karin Steiner](/files/ma/steiner_karin.jpg)
Mag.a Karin Steiner
managing director and chair of the board
Education: sociology degree from University of Vienna and UCSD, San Diego, WBA-Diploma
Work Focus: ABIF academy, labor market and qualification research, trends in educational and vocational guidance
Hobbies: hiking, gardening
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![Portrait Andrea Egger](/files/ma/egger_andrea.jpg)
Mag.a Andrea Egger
managing director and finance officer
Education: psychology degree from University of Vienna, Systemic Coach, Certified Work-Psychologist (BÖP)
Work Focus: working environment, labor market policy interventions, health promotion, inclusion and vocational training, program and project evaluation
Hobbies: cycling
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![Portrait Claudia Liebeswar](/files/ma/liebeswar_claudia.jpg)
Mag.a Claudia Liebeswar, MA
political scientist and psychologist, scientific project associate
Education: master's degree in psychology and bachelor's and master's degree in political sciences at University of Vienna, individual studies in natural sciences and humanities
Work Focus: labor market and educational research, quantitative methods, multivariate evaluations
Hobbies: backpacking, perpetual studying, voluntary work
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![Portrait Gabriele Schmied](/files/ma/schmied_gabriele.jpg)
Mag.a Gabriele Schmied
sociologist, scientific project associate
Education: sociology degree from University of Vienna, writing scientific texts in English B2
Work Focus: health- und aging research, social inequality and social systems, needs and acceptance surveys of FH courses
Hobbies: literature, painting
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