Cornelia Schadler

Cornelia Schadler is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Education, University of Vienna, with a focus on educational science, sociology, and gender studies. Her research bridges new materialism, posthumanism, and qualitative methodologies, examining family dynamics, parenting practices, and social policy.

Education:

• PhD in Sociology, University of Vienna (dissertation funded by Austrian Academy of Sciences' DOC-scholarship)
• Visiting scholar at Temple University, University of Utrecht, and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Research Interests:

• New Materialism/Agential Realism (Barad, Haraway, Braidotti)
• Gender roles in parenthood and family structures
• Qualitative research design and methodology
• Work-life balance and social policy
• Nonmonogamous family configurations
• Materiality in education and social processes

Publication Trends (2022-2015):

• Focus on polyamory, nonmonogamy, and parenting practices
• Advancing new materialist methodology in social sciences
• Critical analysis of family boundaries and equality frameworks
• Temporal dynamics in parenthood and pregnancy

Scientific Awards:

• Award of Excellence (2012) for her dissertation
• Erwin Schrödinger Fellow (2014-2016)
• Mercator Fellowship (2017)
• Back-to-Research-Scholarship (2018)

Grants & Projects:

• Principal Investigator for 'Entangled Publications' (FWF P35575, 2022-2026)
• Lead researcher in 'Family as a Nexus of Material-Discursive Practices' (2014-2017)
• Contributed to EU-funded FamiliesAndSocieties (2013-2017)