Research
Research at the institute specialises in issues of work and employment. Within this clearly defined profile, it covers a broad range of topics and activities.
FORBA’s research areas deal with the micro level of the individual, social interaction and working conditions and the meso level of the organisation or network as well as with the macro level of the labour market and global economy. Research practice at the institute relies on a series of qualitative and quantitative methods. Special features of research at FORBA include its multidisciplinary character and openness to many forms of cooperation. Although grant-funded academic research currently predominates, the institute’s strengths also include contract and policy-consultancy research.
Research areas
Research projects
| Project title | Key project staff | Status | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lebensqualität von BewohnerInnen in Altenbetreuungseinrichtungen des KAV der Stadt Wien | Karl Krajic, Bernhard Saupe, Stefanie Hesse, Simeon Hassemer | completed | 03/2015 - 12/2015 |
| Die Zukunft der Beschäftigung in Wien | Hubert Eichmann, Matthias Nocker | completed | 02/2015 - 12/2015 |
| Provision of the Representativeness Study on Construction | Georg Adam | completed | 04/2013 - 09/2015 |
| Arbeitszeitflexibilisierung auf betrieblicher Ebene in KMU | Christoph Hermann, Ursula Holtgrewe, Bernhard Saupe, Annika Schönauer, Manfred Krenn | completed | 10/2014 - 09/2015 |
| “Industrie 4.0” – eine arbeitssoziologische Einschätzung | Ursula Holtgrewe, Thomas Riesenecker-Caba, Jörg Flecker | completed | 11/2014 - 08/2015 |
| Provision of the Representativeness Study on Ports | Georg Adam | completed | 06/2014 - 08/2015 |
| Gesunde Arbeitsplätze für ältere Beschäftigte in Europa | Hubert Eichmann, Elisabeth Prammer, Karl Krajic | completed | 09/2013 - 08/2015 |
| Pflege und Betreuung – eine Zukunftsbranche? | Karin Sardadvar (FORBA), Agnes Kügler (WU Wien), Katharina Miko (WU Wien) sowie die Studierenden des interdisziplinären Forschungspraktikums an der WU Wien im Studienjahr 2013/14 | completed | 11/2014 - 06/2015 |
| Erstellung des Berichtsteils zur “sozio-ökonomischen Situation der Frauen” im Rahmen des Berichts der Bundesregierung betreffend den Abbau von Benachteiligungen von Frauen 2013/2014 | Ingrid Mairhuber, Ulrike Papouschek, Bernhard Saupe | completed | 03/2015 - 05/2015 |
| Erhöhung des Frauenanteils in wirtschaftlichen Führungs- und Managementpositionen | Ingrid Mairhuber, Karin Sardadvar, Ulrike Papouschek | completed | 09/2013 - 03/2015 |