Susanne Binder

Susanne Binder is an External Lecturer at the University of Vienna's Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology and lecturer at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences. Her academic affiliations include the Faculty of Social Sciences and dual roles in higher education and applied social work.

Education: Mag. Dr. in Cultural and Social Anthropology/European Ethnology with a master's in Intercultural Education and Refugee Studies (1998). She completed her dissertation on intercultural learning in kindergartens, comparing Austria and the Netherlands.

Research focuses on migration's educational impacts, intercultural mentoring, refugee studies, and school diversity. Her projects include the long-running 'Intercultural Mentoring for Schools' initiative (since 2010) and the FFG-funded 'bridging gaps' project. She has also contributed to Vienna Children's University workshops on migration topics.

Key contributions include over a dozen academic publications on migration anthropology, intercultural education, and refugee policy. Active in public outreach through workshops at schools, conservatories, and conferences addressing integration challenges and classroom diversity.

Professional roles include project coordination at the Ilse Arlt Institute for Social Inclusion Research and collaborative work with Caritas NÖ on migration education. Her work emphasizes practical application of anthropological research in educational and community settings.