معرفی
Berthold Unfried is a Senior Lecturer (Univ. Doz.) in the Department of Economic and Social History at the University of Vienna. His research spans global history, development policies, and reparations movements with comparative East-West-South perspectives. He maintains an office in the university's main building and holds appointments by request.
His academic credentials include:
- 1983: Mag. phil. from University of Vienna
- 1990: Dr. phil. from University of Vienna
- 1993: Chercheur associé at Institut d'histoire du temps présent / CNRS, Paris
- 2000: Certificat de spécialisation en études du développement from Geneva
- 2004: Habilitation from University of Vienna
- 2004: Visiting academic at Centre d'histoire sociale du XXe siècle, Paris
Unfried's research examines historical expertise in development policies, global reparations frameworks, and politics of history through transnational lenses. His work analyzes socialist and Nazi-era economic systems, identity formation processes, and historical injustice mechanisms with emphasis on comparative methodologies across ideological blocs.
His publications (2001-2014) reveal consistent focus on economic and social injustices, spanning Stalinist Soviet Union identity practices, Nazi-era forced business sales in Austria, Catholic-Soviet ritual comparisons, and global reparations frameworks. The research demonstrates longitudinal analysis of historical legacies and their contemporary political implications.
No scientific awards or fellowships are documented in the provided information.
Unfried has secured substantial external funding for research projects including:
- Historiker und Historikerinnen als Experten (2007-2009, Gerda Henkel-Stiftung)
- Entsandte Entwicklungsexpert/inn/en im Rahmen der "sozialistischen Hilfe" der DDR (2010-2011, Gerda Henkel-Stiftung)
- Experts in "Development" and "Socialist Aid" (2013-2016, Austrian Science Fund)
- Trans-continental circulations within the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance (2018-2019, Gerda Henkel-Stiftung)
- Entanglements Cuba-GDR (2019-2023, Austrian Science Fund)
