team members of the department
Staff
Department of Sociology and Human Geography

Department of Sociology and Human Geography
Chair, Department of Sociology and Human Geography
Chair, Division of Sociology
- HAHN Kornelia, Univ.-Prof. Dr.
Deputy Chair, Department of Sociology and Human Geography
- SMIGIEL Christian, Assoc.-Prof. Dr.
Chair, Division of Human Geography
- HÜRTGEN Stefanie, Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Faculty
- ASCHAUER Wolfgang, MMag. Dr., Assoz.Prof. PD [Sociology]
- BUKOWSKI Heike, Dr., MA, Senior Scientist [Human Geography]
- DIMMEL, Nikolaus, Ao.Univ.-Prof. DDr. [Sociology]
- ETTER Christopher, BSSc MSSc, Research Assistant & Ph.D. Fellow [Sociology]
- FABY Holger, Dr., Senior Lecturer [Human Geography]
- GABRIEL Manfred, Ass.-Prof. (BDG) Mag. Dr. [Sociology]
- HAHN Kornelia, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Chair of the Department of Sociology and Human Geography & Chair of the Division of Sociology [Sociology]
- HÜRTGEN Stefanie, Assoc. Prof. Dr., Chair of the Division of Human Geography [Human Geography]
- KARABEGOVIĆ Dženeta, Ph.D., Postdoc, Deputy Chair of the Curriculum Committee “Sociology” [Sociology]
- KOCH Andreas, Univ.-Prof. Dr. [Human Geography]
- PETZOLD Knut, Dr., Visiting Professor [Sociology]
- RIJCKEN Iepke, MSc., Ph.D./prae-doc position – Project VISION [Soziology]
- RÖHM Mona, BA MA, Research Assistant & Ph.D. Fellow [Sociology]
- SEYMER Alexander, Dr., Senior Scientist, Chair of the Curriculum Committee “Sociology” [Sociology]
- SHINOZAKI Kyoko, Univ.Prof., PhD [Sociology]
- SMIGIEL Christian, Ass.-Prof. Dr., Deputy chair of the Department of Sociology and Human Geography [Human Geography]
- STEMPFHUBER Martin, Dr., Senior Scientist [Sociology]
- ULRICH Martin, BA MA, Research Assistant & Ph.D. Fellow [Sociology]
- VOGLER Robert, Dr., Senior Scientist [Human Geography]
- WEICHBOLD Martin, ao.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr., Vice Rector for Academic Affairs [Sociology]
- ZELLER Christian, Univ.-Prof. Dr. [Human Geography]
External Lecturer
- FRANK Elba, Mag. Dr. (Academic year 2022/23) [Sociology]
- HÖHN Marcel, BSc MSc (Academic year 2022/23) [Sociology]
Student Assistants (Academic year 2022/ 2023)
- AVDIU Sofije [Sociology]
- KNOLL Lisa [Human Geography]
- KREUZBERGER Markus [Sociology]
- PIDNER Georg [Human Geography]
- STIEBLER Katharina, BSc [Sociology]
- WÖß Lucia [Sociology]
Administrative Staff
- CHANG-ALBERT Wei Wei, MA, Department Administrator [Sociology & Human Geography]
- KLOPF Ulrike, Department Administrator [Sociology]
- SPIEßBERGER Agnes, Department Administrator [Human Geography]
Emeriti
- BACHLEITNER Reinhard, Univ.-Prof. i.R. Mag. Dr. [Sociology]
- FUX Beat, Univ.-Prof. Dr. [Sociology]
- SCHEURINGER Brunhilde, a.Univ.-Prof. i.R. Dr. [Sociology]
- STADEL Christoph, Em.Univ.-Prof. Dr. [Human Geography]
- STAGL Justin, em.O.Univ.-Prof. Dr. [Sociology]
Honorary Professorship
- Prof. Dr. Gerhard ARMINGER – Honorary Professor of Statistics in the Social Sciences (19.06.1998) [Sociology]
- Prof. Dr. Thomas LUCKMANN (* October 14, 1927 in Aßling, Kingdom of Yugoslavia; † May 10, 2016) – Honorary Professor of Sociology of Culture (21.6.1996) [Sociology]
- Prof. Dr. Werner STARK (* December 2, 1909 in Marienbad, Austria-Hungary; † October 4, 1985 in Salzburg) – honorary professor of cultural sociology (23.04.1974) [Sociology]