Barbara Haas

Dr. Barbara Haas serves as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Socioeconomics, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien), holding a full-time academic position with Habilitation in Sociology (Privatdozentin). Her institutional role centers on advancing sociological research within Austria's leading business university.

Her academic credentials include Magister (Mag.), Doctorate (Dr.), and Habilitation in Sociology, reflecting deep expertise in social sciences methodologies and theoretical frameworks.

Research focuses on five interconnected domains: Sociology of work (employment systems, welfare regimes, care economies, and unemployment dynamics); Inequality and life course research (gender stratification and educational disparities across lifetimes); Social/family/labor market policy analysis; International comparative welfare state studies; and mixed-methods empirical social research combining quantitative, qualitative, and triangulation approaches. Her work consistently examines gendered impacts of economic crises through cross-national lenses.

Scientific recognition includes:

• Top Research Project 2012 award from Vienna University of Economics and Business

Her grant portfolio features Anniversary Fund support from the Austrian National Bank for the 2012-2014 crisis impact study comparing Austria and Denmark. As an educator, she maintains active course offerings in WU's catalog while supervising graduate research. Office hours operate by appointment at Building D4.3.266 with contact via Barbara.Haas@wu-wien.ac.at.