List of lectures

Keynotes are printed in bold

  1. Round Table "Methodological Challenges" together with PD Dr Kenneth Horvath (PH Zurich) and PD Dr Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg (Stockholm University) at the 5th Workshop of the DGfE-AG Inclusion Research on 1 & 2 July 2022 at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau)

  2. "Inclusive research as a philosophy of practice? Challenges and potentials" - Keynote at the VASOM 2021 (Vienna Autumn School of Methods) from 15-18 September 2021 in Vienna (Online)

  3. Organisation of the online panel discussion "Forschungen zu Inklusion zwischen Wissenschaft, Politik und Pädagogik - Anfragen What Makes a (Good) (Austrian) Teacher and Can I Ever Become One? Lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the ECER 2021 from 6-10 September 2021 in Geneva (Online)

  4. "an ein kompliziertes Verhältnis" together with Jens Geldner & Mira Brummer (both Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) on 7 June 2021

  5. Knowledge formats in studying and teaching. Online lecture together with Julia Matusche (Leipzig University) at the conference "Zwischen Abstand und Augenhöhe. Experiential spaces of participatory teaching and research" at TH Köln/Uni Leipzig on 21 May 2021

  6. Re-assessing and sustaining inclusive instruction - Localised Perspectives on UDL. Online lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the conference "Breaking Barriers on Inclusion" at the Pedagogical University of Cracow from 18 to 19 May 2021.

  7. Doing Inclusive Research: Possibilities, challenges and limitations of a collaborative research approach. Online lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the 9th ALTER-Conference in Rennes from 8 to 9 April 2021

  8. Organisation of the IFO2020 on the topic "Grenzen.Gänge.Zwischen.Weltern", held from 25 to 28 February 2020 at the University of Vienna and the PH Vienna with around 380 participants. Conference website: https://ifo2020.ssr-wien.at

  9. Vocational education and training in a changing world of work. Presentation of the issue Berufsbildung 3/2019 of the Sozialwissenschaftliche Rundschau together with Katharina Resch, Michelle Proyer and Camilla Pellech on 28 January 2020 at the Republican Club Vienna.

  10. Teachers without borders: from internationally trained to acknowledged teachers - the Austrian case. Lecture together with Michelle Proyer and Neda Forghani-Arani at the ECER 2019 from 3-6 September 2019 in Hamburg.

  11. Teacher training in Austria: towards a very special inclusive education. Presentation together with Andreas Paukner (self-advocate, Vienna) and Susanne Prummer, Barbara Nemestothy and Alexander Klement (students of the University of Vienna) at the symposium "Disability Studies & Participation in Higher Education" from 27-29 June 2019 in Innsbruck.

  12. From Confining the Excluded to Excluding the Confined: Biographical Experiences of so-called Persons with Learning Difficulties. Lecture for staff and students of FB 12 and the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of Bremen as well as for staff and students of Inclusive Education at the University of Namibia on 2 May 2019 in Bremen.

  13. Inclusive Research & Higher Education: experiences from and in teacher training courses. Lecture and workshop together with Susanne Prummer (student at the University of Vienna) for staff and students of FB 12 and the Department of Inclusive Education at the University of Bremen as well as for staff and students of Inclusive Education at the University of Namibia on 2 May 2019 in Bremen.

  14. Squaring the circle: Vision and reality of inclusive teaching. Symposium together with Michelle Proyer (University of Vienna) and Raphael Zahnd (PH FHNW) together with Susanne Prummer, Barbara Nemestothy and Alexander Klement (students at the University of Vienna) and Andreas Paukner (self-advocate, Vienna) as part of the 33rd Annual Conference of Inclusion Researchers (IFO) from 20-22 February 2019 in Berlin.

  15. Experiences of violence in institutions. Lecture as part of the lecture series "Disability and Society" on the occasion of the Year of Remembrance of the Republic of Austria 2018 at the University of Vienna on 21 January 2019.

  16. Participatory and inclusive research approaches in teacher education - an explorative workshop. Workshop at the University of Bremen (Educational Sciences; Department of Inclusive Education, focus on didactics) on 17 December 2018.

  17. "So that our carers know what the role is when they really need help" - biographical experiences of violence and abuse of power in institutions for the disabled. Keynote lecture at the annual conference of the DIFGB "Institutionalised Power & Violence - Reflections and Challenges in the Context of Disability Care" on 15 and 16 November 2018.

  18. Self-determined life: Deinstitutionalisation and its consequences. Lecture in plain language at the public meeting of the South Tyrolean Monitoring Committee on 26 October 2018 in Bolzano/South Tyrol.

  19. From the inclusion of the excluded to the exclusion of the included - Biographical narratives of so-called people with learning difficulties. Lecture at the conference "Zwischen Emanzipation und Vereinnahmung, Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum (DISKO 2018)" from 19 to 21 October in Berlin. Categorisation mania and knowledge hysteria in teacher education. Presentation together with Raphael Zahnd (PH FHNW Switzerland), Michelle Proyer (University of Vienna) and Alexander Klement, Barbara Nemestothy and Susanne Prummer (students of the University of Vienna) at the conference "Zwischen Emanzipation und Vereinnahmung, Disability Studies im deutschsprachigen Raum (DISKO 2018)" from 19 to 21 October in Berlin.

  20. Participatory approaches to classification obsession and knowledge demands of teacher trainees.

  21. Workshop together with Michelle Proyer (University of Vienna), Raphael Zahnd (PH FHNW Switzerland) and Andreas Paukner (self-advocate, Vienna) as part of the conference "Diversity-sensitive Teacher Education. Potentials and Limits of Development for Inclusive Universities" at the PH Salzburg from 17 to 18 October 2018.

  22. Recently arrived teachers in Europe Inclusive perspectives on (re-)professionalisation in the context of education in AT, DE and SE. Presentation together with Michelle Proyer (Uni. Vienna), Henrike Terhart (Uni. Cologne), Helen Bodström (Uni Stockholm) and Katie Obeid (Uni Stockholm) at the 10th DialogForum of the Danube University Krems (Dialogue between politics, science and practice).

  23. Disability as normality - normality as disability. Stories of inclusion and exclusion. Keynote lecture together with Tobias Buchner at the IFO 2018 from 21 to 24 February 2018 in Gießen.

  24. Speak up! Subaltern Communication and Articulation in the Context of Dis/Ability Studies. Lecture at the IFO 2018 from 21 to 24 February 2018 in Gießen.

  25. Violence against Persons with Learning Difficulties in Institutional Settings. Lecture at the conference "Biography and Violence: Violent dynamics and agency in collective processes and individual life histories" from 9 to 10 February 2018 in Göttingen.

  26. Dancing with Foucault or: Developing theoretical frameworks inclusively. Lecture at the conference "Soziologie zwischen Theorie und Praxis", Congress of the Austrian Sociological Association from 7 to 9 December 2017 at the University of Graz.

  27. "Nothing about us without us!" - Historical, current and concrete aspects of participatory disability research. Keynote lecture together with Volker Schönwiese and Petra Flieger at the Research Conference and 18th Zurich Gerontology Day 2017: Participatory Research: Methodological Reflection and Practical Experience on 22 November 2017 in Zurich.

  28. Dancing with Foucault or: Developing theoretical frameworks inclusively. Lecture at the conference "Participatory research in child and youth welfare/social work" from 26 to 27 April in Basel/CH

  29. Disability as a product of hegemonic negotiation processes. Lecture at the IFO 2017 from 22 to 25 February 2017 in Linz.

  30. Transitions Within and Through "as Inclusive as Possible" Research. Presentation at the conference "Inklusive Übergänge: (Inter)national Perspektiven auf Inklusion im Übergang von der Schule in weitere Bildung, Ausbildung oder Beschäftigung" from 25 to 26 November 2016 in Vienna.

  31. From the inclusion of the excluded to the exclusion of the included - Life History Research with people with learning difficulties in (total) institutions. Presentation at the conference "Bildung und soziale Ungleichheiten - Perspektiven sozialwissenschaftlicher Biographieforschung: Jubiläumstagung der Sektion Biographieforschung in der DGS" from 17 to 19 November 2016 in Vienna.

  32. Compassion revisited: An attempt at an inclusive approach. Lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the conference "Bildung und Emotion. Emotion and Feeling in the Context of Pedagogical and Anthropological Considerations" from 21 to 22 October 2016 in Vienna.

  33. Power, violence and the "Philosophy of Praxis": experiences with institutionalisation in the biographies of people with learning difficulties. Presentation at the "Lancaster University Disability Studies Conference" from 6 to 8 September 2016 in Lancaster (UK).

  34. Mind, Emotion and Images of Humanity - Perspectives from Disability Studies. Lecture as a guest speaker at Srinakharinwirot University Bangkok on 28 November 2015.

  35. "Are you still living or are you already living?" Housing and accommodating people with learning disabilities from a post-colonial perspective: global and European perspectives. Lecture together with Michelle Proyer at the "7th Symposium International Curative and Special Needs Education: Participation and Diversity: Challenges of a Global Society" from 16 to 18 July 2015 in Zurich.

  36. " ...and there you are allowed to stay throughout your life!" - Life history research with people with learning difficulties in total institutions. Presentation together with Benjamin Emberger at the "Social History of Learning Disability Conference - Biographies, Life Stories and Life Histories" from 18 to 19 June 2015 at the Open University in Milton Keynes (UK).

  37. (De-)Institutionalisation as a hegemonic model? First results from an inclusive research study on living conditions of people with intellectual disabilities in Austria. Presentation at the "2015 IASSIDD Americas Regional Congress - Inclusive Boundaries" from 21 to 22 May in Honolulu (USA).

  38. Housing or living?: Global trends in living conditions of persons with learning difficulties. Presentation at the "2015 IASSIDD Americas Regional Congress - Inclusive Boundaries" from 21 to 22 May in Honolulu (USA).

  39. People with Learning Difficulties, Antonio Gramsci and Inclusive Research: (De-)Institutionalisation as a hegemonic model? Presentation at the "NNDR 13th Research Conference" from 6 to 8 May 2015 in Bergen (Norway).

  40. Dancing with Foucault or: Who includes whom? - A (self-)reflection on the use of language in the inclusive research process. Presentation at the "49th Workshop of Lecturers in Special Needs Education in German-speaking Countries" from 26 to 27 September 2014 in Berlin.

  41. "The footballteam smells good" - subalternity and the construction of disability in the biographies of people with learning difficulties who used to live in (total) institutions. Presentation at the "Disability Studies Conference Lancaster" from 9 to 11 September 2014 in Lancaster (UK).

  42. Exploring ideas and theories in the research community: a three session symposium. Presentation together with Nicola Grove at the "4th IASSIDD Europe Congress - Pathways to Inclusion" from 14 to 17 July 2014 in Vienna.

  43. "If I had children myself, they wouldn't go to a home. Not for a single minute." - On the construction of disability through life in (total) institutions. Lecture together with Benjamin Emberger at the IFO 2014 from 19 to 22 February 2014 in Wiesbaden-Naurod.

  44. Power and Violence in the lives of People with Learning Difficulties - Challenges for Inclusive Research ethics. Presentation at the "NNDR 12th Research Conference" from 30 to 31 May 2013 in Turku (Finland).

  45. Power and Violence in the Lives of People with Learning Difficulties: Possibilities of science and research. Presentation at the IFO 2013 from 20 to 23 February 2013 in Leipzig.

  46. "Four semesters of inclusive research at the University of Vienna". Lecture in easy language at the IFO 2010 from 24 to 27 February 2010 in Innsbruck.

  47. Inclusive research and empowerment. Lecture together with the "Netzwerk Inklusive Forschung" at the IFO 2009 from 25 to 28 February 2009 in Frankfurt am Main. Round Table "Methodological Challenges" together with PD Dr Kenneth Horvath (PH Zurich) and PD Dr Susanne Kreitz-Sandberg (Stockholm University) at the 5th Workshop of the DGfE-AG Inclusion Research on 1 & 2 July 2022 at the University of Koblenz-Landau (Campus Landau)

Science to public

  1. From the inclusion of the excluded to the exclusion of the included. Biographical experiences of people with so-called learning difficulties. Street Lecture on 30 May 2018 as part of the Month of Free Education, organised by the ÖH of the University of Vienna.

  2. Professionalism of teachers in inclusive education. Lecture and workshop on 15 March 2018 in St. Pölten as part of the "Tankstelle All Inclusive: Lehrer*innenfortbildung der PH Niederösterreich im Auftrag des LSR Niederösterreich".

  3. Speak up! Monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) - A Participatory Process. Workshop together with Tobias Buchner, organised by QADER for Community Development (Bethlehem/Palestinian Territories) in cooperation with GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) from 4 to 6 October 2018 in Ramallah/Palestinian Territories.

  4. Inclusive teaching with digital games - eCrisis Framework. Presentation together with Michelle Proyer and Alexander Schmölz at the eCrisis Multiplier Event on 31 March 2017 in Vienna.

  5. Violence against people with disabilities. Presentation at the EFUS conference "Preventing and Countering Discriminatory Violence at the Local Level" on 2 March 2017 in Vienna.

  6. Power - What does that actually mean? Workshop for 10- to 12-year-old children together with Benjamin Emberger as part of the Vienna Children's University on 6 July 2015.