Our scientific team is interdisciplinary and comprises the fields of sociology, psychology, political science, and socioeconomics. The management assistants support the team.

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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Mag.a Andrea Egger-Subotitsch
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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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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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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Karolina Seidl, MA
sociologist, scientific project associate
Education: bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Vienna and psychology at PFH Göttingen, master's degree in sociology at University of Vienna
Work Focus: conference organisation, health research, labor market and educational research, qualitative methods
Hobbies: painting
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Alexandra Gössl, BA
sociologist, scientific project associate
Education: bachelor's degree in sociology at University of Vienna, currently enrolled in master's degree
Work Focus: educational and vocational guidance, current trends in the labor market, qualitative methods
Hobbies: music/singing, sports
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