Dr Elisabeth Simbuerger

Curriculum Vitae

DR ELISABETH ANNA SIMBUERGER

Las Bellotas 219, Dep. 53, Providencia, Santiago de Chile, 7510123, Chile

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Phone: +56 9 81340224

EDUCATION

PhD Sociology, University of Warwick, Department of Sociology; Start Date: 29th September 2005; Viva Voce: 6th March 2009; Thesis title: ‘Against and Beyond – For Sociology. A Study on the Self-understanding of Sociologists in England’. Examined by Professor John Holmwood (University of Birmingham) and Dr Carol Wolkowitz (University of Warwick); Supervised by Prof. Steve Fuller (Sociology, Warwick) and Prof. Tony Elger (Sociology, Warwick)
MA in Comparative Labour Studies, University of Warwick, Department of Sociology 2004-2005; ‘The Academic Labour Process and Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences – an exploratory study of young post-doc researchers in England’, supervised by Prof. Tony Elger
Magistra rer. soc. oec Sociology (equivalent to BA and MA Sociology) (with distinction), University of Vienna, Department of Sociology, 1995-2001; MA-thesis ‘Science communication problems in environmental mediation procedures’, supervised by Prof. Ulrike Felt, Department of Social Studies of Science
University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology, Erasmus year, 1998-1999

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Postdoctoral Research Associate,Department of Sociology, Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research, University of Warwick, July 2009-December 2009; joint staff-students research project between the University of Warwick and King’s College London, critically evaluating the development of particular graduate capabilities in research intensive higher education institutions (funded by HEFCE, Higher Education Funding Council for England)
Early Career Fellow,Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), University of Warwick,March – August 2009
Researcher for ‘Reinventing Spaces’; funded by the Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research, Principal investigator: Dr. Cath Lambert; September 2008 – June 2009
Research Assistant for the Evaluation of the ESRC-Research Programme ‘Science in Society’, Principal investigator: Prof. Steve Fuller, September 2008 – February 2009
Sessional Teacher, University of Warwick, Department of Sociology andWarwickBusinessSchool; 2006 – 2009
Researcher at the Reinvention Centre forUndergraduate Research, University of Warwick, (as part of the Reinvention Centre PhD-scholarship September 2005 – December 2008); research and evaluation of university development measures, departmental research on the development of sociological identity, collaborative student-staff production of a documentary film ‘Students at Work – Learning to Labour in Higher Education’ , conceptualisation and production of an interactive exhibition on sociologists’ relationship to the discipline, teaching and research - ‘Sociologists Talking’
Researcher, SORA – Institute for Social Research and Analysis, Vienna, Austria, 2001 – 2004;Duties: writing research proposals for grants (trade unions, political parties, ministries, EU). designing and carrying out applied social research projects and evaluations in work employment studies, focusing on disadvantaged groups in the labour market (as a project leader or jointly in a team); qualitative (focus groups, interviews) and quantitative methods (design, conduction and analysis of surveys)
Contract researcher, Abif – Analyse, Beratung, Interdisziplinaere Forschung (analysis, consulting and interdisciplinary research), Vienna, Austria, 2000 – 2001;Duties: assistance in research grant proposals, assistance in research design, carrying qualitative (focus groups and interviews) and quantitative research (questionnaires and multi-variate data analysis); assistance in writing research reports

AWARDS (Selection)

Early Career Fellowship, Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), University of Warwick, 2009
PhD scholarship, Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research, University of Warwick, 2005-2008
Johann Boehm support grant, Austrian Trade Union Federation (OEGB), 2004-2005
State funding, Republic of Austria, 1995-2001
Julius-Raab support scholarship, Julias-Raab foundation, Austria, 1995-2001
Austrian Chamber of Labour scholarship, 2000
Winner of a 2nd Prize of the German Students’ Award for ‘Alternative risks of prenatal diagnostics’ 1999

Erasmus scholarship, Republic of Austria, 1998-1999

Award for Academic Excellence, University of Vienna, Faculty for Social and Economic Sciences, 1997

TEACHING

Seminar tutor for ‘Sociology of Education’Convenor: DrCath Lambert, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick; October 2009-June 2010.
Guest lecturer for ‘Sociology of Education’ Convenor: DrCath Lambert, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick; October 2009-June 2010.
Seminar tutor for ‘Critical Issues in Law and Management’Convenor: Grier Palmer. WarwickBusinessSchool, University of Warwick. September 2008-June 2009.
Seminar tutor for ‘Sociology of Knowledge, Science and Intellectuals’ Convenor: Prof. Steve Fuller. Department of Sociology, University of Warwick. September 2007-June 2008.
Guest lectures for ‘Sociology of Knowledge, Science and Intellectuals’, Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, 2007.
Seminar teaching and lecturing for ‘Life in Scientific Communities’, SOQUA, Vienna, (SOQUA is a 1.5 year long seminar series for postgraduates from the social sciences and humanities and aims to provide further training in the Social Sciences (funded by the Austrian Ministry for Science and Education)), June 2007.
Seminar tutor for ‘Sociology of Crime and Deviance’, Convenor: Prof. Mike Neary. University of Warwick, Department of Sociology. September 2006-June 2007.
Facilitating First Year Induction days for Sociology students,University of Warwick, 2005-2008.
Organisation of a research ethics workshop for students funded by the Reinvention Centre for Undergraduate Research, University of Warwick.May 2006.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (Selection)

‘What is left of critique? British sociologists’ selective practice of a key principle’, presented at the BSA Theory Group Conference 2009 ‘Have we ever been ‘post’? The critiques of sociological knowledge’, University of Warwick, September 17th and 18th 2009.

‘Selective interpretations of the social in social theory or ‘I wished those theorists had looked beyond Britain’, presented at the 9th European Sociological Association Conference ‘European Society or European Societies?’, Lisbon, September 2nd – 5th 2009.

‘Collaborative Creations and Communications: Three Case Studies’, presented together with Cath Lambert, Caroline Gibson, LauraHome, Katy Pilcher and Marcus Nyman at the conference ‘Learning and Teaching / Learning Through Enquiry Alliance’, University of Reading, July 14th and 15th 2009.

‘Students at work. The research and production of a documentary film’,presented together with Cath Lambert, Chernise Neo, Marcus Nyman and Katy Pilcher at the SRHE Student Experience Network, University of Central Lancashire, June 9th 2009.

‘Teaching in Public’, presented together with Cath Lambert and Mike Neary at the Conference ‘The University of Utopia: Radicalising Higher Education’, Centre for Educational Research and Development, University of Lincoln, June 4th 2009.

‘Disciplining the discipline – sociology’s complicity in constraining its most analytical voices’, presented at the Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association ‘Social Worlds, Natural Worlds’, University of Warwick, March 28th – 30th 2008.

‘Studying sociologists – don’t we have anything else to do? On the utility of reflexivity for sociology’, presented at the ‘Studying the Social Sciences and Humanities’ workshop, Academy of Science, Prague, December 11th – 13th 2007.
‘Towards a new understanding of teaching as an integral part of sociological work and identity’ presented at the Higher Education Academy (C-SAP) conference ‘Teaching in Public – The Future of Higher Education. Can the social sciences articulate a vision of University teaching that is grounded in their own progressive intellectual traditions?’, Marriott Hotel Cardiff, November 21st – 23rd 2007.
‘Keine Soziologie ohne Nachbarn’ oder ‚Wir haben doch immer schon zusammen gewohnt, oder?’, presented at the Conference of the Austrian Sociological Association ‚Neighbourhood relations’, University of Graz, September 25th – 27th 2007
‘The Student as Consumer’ vs. ‘The Student as Producer’ narrative: exclusive representations of students’ lives?’, presented at the `Student as Producer: Reinventing the Undergraduate Curriculum, conference hosted by the Reinvention Centre at the University of Warwick, September 20th – 21st 2007
‘Reinventing academic practice’, presented together with Cath Lambert at the SRHE (Social Research into Higher Education) Annual Conference ‘Beyond Boundaries – New Horizons for Research into Higher Education’, Brighton, December 12th – 14th 2006
‘Passports please! Is there such a thing as sociological identity?’, presented at the interdisciplinary postgraduate conference ‘Identities’, Univ. of Warwick, December 2nd 2006
‘The Academic Labour Process and Knowledge Production in the Social Sciences – an exploratory study of young post-doc researchers in England’, presented at the Postgraduate and Newer Researchers Conference ‘New Perspectives on Research into Higher Education’, Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE), University of Edinburgh, December 12th 2005
‘Arbeit in den Sozialwissenschaften – eine Annaeherung ueber Labour Process Theory’, at the Conference of the Austrian Sociological Association (OEGS), ‘Den Stillstand bewegen. Praxis der Soziologie’, University of Vienna, 22nd – 23rd September 2005

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESSCOVERAGE(Selection)

Simbuerger, E. (forthcoming) ‘Critique and Sociology: Towards a New Understanding of Teaching as an Integral Part of Sociological Work’. ‘Enhancing Learning in the Social Sciences’, available at
Simbuerger, E. (forthcoming) Review of ‘Social Theory at Work’ edited by Marek Korczynski, Randy Hodson and Paul Edwards in ‘Sociology’.
‘Sociologists failing to practise what they preach’, Times Higher Education Supplement, 3rd April 2008.
Simbuerger, E. (2008) Review of ‘Sociologists in a Global Age. Biographical Perspectives’ edited by Deflem M. in ‘European Societies’. 10 (3): 517-520.
Simbuerger, E. (2007) Review of ‘Audiences and Publics: When Cultural Engagement Matters for the Public Sphere’ edited by Sonia Livingstone in ‘Media, Culture and Society’. 29 (5): 845-846.
Simbuerger, E. 2005. ‘Soziologie heute: Prekaere Arbeit, wenig Widerstand’. in Science.orf.at; Online. Available from :
Enzenhofer, E.; Muralter, D.; Rapa, Silvija; Simbuerger, E.; Steiner, K. (2004). Erwerbsrealitaet von aelteren ArbeitnehmerInnen: Chancen und Barrieren. Wien: AMS Report 39, Arbeitsmarktservice Oesterreich.
Egger, A.; Simbuerger, E.; Steiner, K. (2003). ‘Berufsorientierung im Fokus aktiver Arbeitsmarktpolitik’. Wien: AMS Report 37, Arbeitsmarktservice Oesterreich.
Simbuerger, E. and Steiner, K. (2002). ‘Back to the Roots. Von der Wiederentdeckung kaufmännischen Denkens nach der New Economy’, in: Eichmann, H.; Kaupa, I.; Steiner, K. (eds.) Game over? Neue Selbständigkeit und New Economy nach dem Hype. Wien: Falter Verlag, Reihe Soziale Innovation und Neue Soziologie: p. 247-259.

RESEARCH EXHIBITIONS AND FILMS

‘Sociologists Talking’ –an interactive, site-specific exhibition on sociologists’ relationship to the discipline, teaching and research; jointly conceptualised and produced with Cath Lambert; sound-exhibits based on qualitative interviews Elisabeth Simbuerger had carried out with sociologists from a Russell Group university; Sound exhibits and online-exhibition documentation:
Warwick Social Science Festival, Department of Sociology, June 15th to 17th June 2009
Annual Conference of the British Sociological Association, University of Warwick, Teaching Grid, as part of aninteractive symposium on 'Teaching and Learning In and For a Complex World', March 28th – 30th and on 22nd April 2008.
‘Students at Work: Learning to Labour in Higher Education’- collaborative student-staff production of a documentary film; researched and filmed by a team of undergraduate and postgraduate students and administrativeand academic staff who were all based within the Sociology Department atthe University of Warwick. March 2006-March2009; free download at:

SEMINAR AND CONFERENCE ORGANISATION

Organiser of the British Sociological Association Theory Group Conference together with Rodrigo Cordero Vega, 17th and 18th September 2009, ‘Have We Ever Been ‘Post’? The Critiques of Sociological Knowledge’, University of Warwick;
Organiser of a workshop for PhD students and postdocs at the University of Warwick, Institute of Advanced Study (IAS), ‘Thinking beyond Academia: Alternative Ways of Communicating your Research’, May 27th 2009
Co-organiser of the Graduate Student Seminar Series for the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick, 2007-2008

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

Early Career Summer School in Social and Political Thought, ‘Theory for a Global Age: Postcolonial and Cosmopolitan Perspectives’, Milburn House, University of Warwick, July 6th – 10th 2009.
'Live Sociology' - Workshop Series 2008, practising social research with new media (funded by the ESRC); Convenor: Prof. Les Back, GoldsmithsCollege, University of London, 2008
Professional Development series (‘Rhetoric’, ‘Presentation Techniques’, ‘Academic writing’, ‘Writing grant applications’, ‘Publishing’ etc.), University of Warwick, Graduate School, 2005-2008
Participation in Professional Development series, Dept of Sociology, Warwick, 2005-2006; 2004-2005; 2003-2004
Courses on Qualitative Methods and Quantitative Methods in Social Research, University of Warwick, Department of Sociology, 2004-2005
Grounded Theory Course, ZUMA, Mannheim, 2003
Extensive training in quantitative methods (
Univariate and multivariate data analysis (SPSS); University of Vienna, Department of Sociology, 1995-2001
Event History Analysis; University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Sociology, 1998-1999
Training in qualitative methods (focus groups, qualitative interviews, ethnography), University of Vienna, Department of Sociology, 1995-2001

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & ACTIVITIES

Member of the Austrian Sociological Associaton (OEGS)
Member of the British Sociological Association (BSA)
Member of the European Sociological Association (ESA)
Member of the Centre for Social Theory, University of Warwick
Member of the Centre for Comparative Labour Studies, University of Warwick
Member of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender, University of Warwick

LANGUAGES

Englishexcellent oral and written skills
German mother tongue
Spanish very good oral skills, intermediate written skills
Frenchintermediate oral and written skills