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At the invitation of ‘Diskurs. Das Wissenschaftsnetz’, we held a media discussion on the topic together with the IHS (Institute for Advanced Studies) on 6 March 2025. Updated data on our joint study ‘Equality in Austria. Figures, data and facts’ [...]

The results of the data and literature review are available for download.

The paper entitled ‘We have to accept this’ - retail employees under pressure was published in the volume ‘Healthy and socially sustainable organisation of work after the pandemic’. It shows that gainful employment in the retail sector does not meet [...]

As part of the project ‘Who counts? The value and diversity of the work of women 60+ in rural areas’, two storytelling cafés were held in Bischofshofen and Saalfelden. Almost 30 women aged 60+ talked about their lives, shared their [...]

On 22 January 2025, the results were presented at the event ‘Give your input! Strengthening co-determination and co-design in primary education together’. You can read more about this in the news article!

How can violence in the social neighbourhood be prevented? Is there a connection between the gender-equitable division of care work, gainful employment and the prevention of violence? The practical research project ‘Gender Equality and Quality of Life Austria (GEQ AT)’ [...]

At this conference organised by the Vienna Chamber of Labour, the qualitative study by L&R Social Research ‘Secure Income or No Longer Making Ends Meet?’ and the quantitative study ‘Making Ends Meet with Income in the Event of Unemployment’ by [...]

IBW, IHS, L&R Social Research, öibf and WIFO held the first VET Jour Fixe on Tuesday, 15 October 2024. The event took place at the IHS (Josefstädter Straße 39, 1080 Vienna). In these times of skilled worker shortages, this "Jour [...]

Within the project ‘Safe Together - Going Out in Vienna Safe for Young Women’, on behalf of the Women's Service of the City of Vienna (MA57), the practices, problems and challenges facing youth - especially for girls and young women [...]

The 12th International Stakeholder Conference of EUSDR Priority Area 9 titled "Fair, Green and Digital Transition in Education and Labour Market Policies in the Danube Region" took place on May 23, 2024, in Vienna, Austria in the framework of the [...]

The Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies (CER) and the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) have signed the European social partner agreement "Women in Rail" ("WIR-Agreement") to promote employment of women in the railway sector.   As scientific experts, [...]

The results of the study on increasing the labour force potential of women with childcare responsibilities in the province of Carinthia have been published.

The study results of the sixth re-entry monitoring of Austria and the federal states were presented on 5 June 2024 at a press conference of the Vienna Chamber of Labour under the title ‘Companies Must Become More Father-Friendly’ by Eva-Maria [...]

The study results of the evaluation of AusbildungsFit and the preliminary module are available for download in the form of the final report and the presentation at ESPAnet Austria 2024.

The results of the pilot phase of the ‘Digital Skills for All’ initiative are now available for download.

In our article in the current issue of Sozialwissenschaftliche Rundschau (2024, No.1), we looked at the educational and career choice processes of young women in STEM fields.

The 6th event of the project "Viennese women with disabilities" has just taken place. The discussion focused on the social image implications that women with disabilities are confronted with in relation to wanting to have children and having children, and the barriers that mothers with disabilities face.

The results of the survey on sexual harassment in the restaurant industry have just been published.

The results of the ELEMeNT project were presented

The final report on the study is available for download!