Christina Lienhart

Christina Lienhart is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Social Work, MCI, specializing in child and youth welfare, family support, and qualitative research methods. She holds a doctoral degree in Educational Science from the University of Siegen (2023, summa cum laude). Her professional roles include Research Associate at SOS Children's Villages (2002-2021), social work practice in psychiatric care and youth centers (1995-2002), and extensive editorial board memberships in social work journals.

Education includes a Mag. in Pedagogy from the University of Innsbruck (2002), doctoral studies in Educational Science (2017-2023), and specialized training in qualitative research methods, poverty studies, and project management.

Research focuses on return processes from residential childcare, family-strengthening interventions, and institutional dynamics in social work. Key publications include monographs on family reintegration (2024) and relational production in family systems (2023). She actively contributes to academic conferences and supervises numerous bachelor's/master's theses on topics like Housing First models and LGBTQ+ inclusion in social support systems.

Awards: Distinction for doctoral thesis (2023). Editorial roles include co-editor of soziales_kapital and guest editor for the Austrian Yearbook of Social Work. Professional memberships span OBDS, Austrian Society for Social Work, and FICE Austria.