Photo by Wolfgang Kunerth
Project staff
Education
MSc in European Regional Development (Cardiff University 2003), Diploma in Social Sciences (Leibniz University Hannover 2008),
Dr.in phil. (PhD) in History (University of Vienna 2017)
Areas of Research
- History and Sociology of Work and Livelihood
- Rural societies in the 20th century
- Labour migration
- Women's and Gender History
Current Research Project
- Organising Agricultural Labour. Administrative Struggles in Interwar Austria (Project leader)
- Climate Media Frames
Selection of Publications
- Jessica Richter, Die Produktion besonderer Arbeitskräfte. Auseinandersetzungen um den häuslichen Dienst in Österreich (1880-1938), Berlin/Boston 2024. Open Access
- Construction of Il/Legitimate Migrant Labor: Non-Nationals in Domestic Service and Gardening in Interwar Austria, in: Austrian History Yearbook, published online (First View) 2024, 1-13. DOI
Preprint (Accepted Manuscript) - New Rights and Hierarchies: Regulating Seasonal Farm Labour (Austria, 1918–1938), in: Beate Althammer (ed.), Citizenship, Migration and Social Rights. Historical Experiences from the 1870s to the 1970s (= Routledge Studies in Modern History), London/New York 2023, 119-140. DOI
Preprint (Accepted Manuscript)