Federal Institute
Rural Sociology and Library

Mag.a DI.in Dr.in Theresia OEDL-Wieser

Rural Sociology and Library
Dietrichgasse 27
1030 Vienna
 +43 (1) 71100 - 637518
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Head of the Department of Rural Social Research and Library at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, Vienna/AT (since 2019)
Research associate at the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research, Vienna/AT (since 2019)
Research associate at the Federal Institute for Mountainous and Less Favoured Areas, Vienna/AT (1993-2018)
Doctoral studies in Regional Policy and Rural Sociology at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (Dr.in techn. 2000)
Studies of Sociology and Journalism and Communication Sciences at the University of Vienna/AT (Mag.asoc.oec. 1997)
Research associate at the Institute for Business Administration at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (1992-1993)
Journalist (1991)
Study of Agriculture specializing in Agricultural Economics at the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna/AT (DIin 1990)

Main fields of work:

  • Rural sociology
  • Agricultural sociology
  • Rural women and gender research
  • Rural development
  • Regional policy
  • Political sociology
  • Regional governance
  • LEADER
  • Networks and cooperation
  • Social innovation
  • Participation and inclusion

Participation in committees:

  • Participation in the Gender Mainstreaming Working Group of the BMLRT (since 2011)
  • member of the Research Advisory Board of the University College for Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy (since 2014)
  • manager of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics (since 2011)

BAB 072/24: Preparation, data management and evaluation of selected evaluation

topics of the Austrian CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 and the Rural Development Program 2014-2020 Initial situation As in the previous funding periods, the evaluation measures in the...

BAB 068/24: Social Economy for Resilience, Inclusion and Good Life in Rural Areas (SERIGO)

Social vulnerability very easily leads to isolation and disempowerment. Both individuals and certain groups of people within a society are affected. The threat of social exclusion is particularly...

BAB 066/23: Empowering Rural Communities to Act for Change - RURACTIVE (Horizon Europe Projekt)

Around one third of EU citizens (two thirds in Austria) live in rural regions, but GDP per capita there is below average. The inequalities between urban and rural communities in...

BAB 051/22: Project ÖKO-SCHU-WA The economic relevance of protection forests in Austria

Project Management: Alexandra Freudenschuss, Peter Mayer (BWF - Federal Research and Training Centre for Forests, Natural Hazards and Landscape) The WF project ÖKO-SCHU-WA was submitted by the...

BAB 046/21: ERASMUS+ – Strengthening Social Capital in Rural Communities for Rural Development

The concept of social capital has been an important component of policy instruments for rural development and local governance for some time. Its importance has also been increasingly recognised...

BAB 045/20: COVID-19 Lessons learnt

Context With the beginning of the Covi9-19 crisis in March 2020, weaknesses of the Austrian and global economic system became visible. The initiative for the research project was already taken in...

BAB 041/20: Standard working time requirements in Austrian agriculture

Initial situation The factor "labor" plays a key role in agriculture in addition to other production factors such as the capital employed or land from a business management perspective. Labour...

BAB 030/19: Implementing LEADER in Mestia municipality for better livelihoods in high mountainous regions of Georgia

The research project BAB 030/19 "Implementing LEADER in Mestia municipality for better livelihoods in high mountainous regions of Georgia - GEO945" was completed in 2023. The Federal Institute...

BAB 024/19: Female farm managers revisited

A panel survey on the development of farms and their households Austrian agriculture is subject to continuous change. These changes affect both farm activities and the farming family. According...

BAB 020/19: The role of women in vivid rural areas

Initial situation Unequal living conditions and a lack of prospects are causing young and better-educated people, including many young women, to leave their rural region of origin. The associated...

BF 156/17: ROBUST - Rural-Urban Outlooks: Unlocking Synergies

Objective Spatial development processes are increasingly characterised by exchange relationships between different regions. This also includes the different spatial types, so that...

BF 150/16: Accompanying evaluation of the Austrian Programme for Rural Development 2014-202

For the evaluation of the Austrian Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (LE2020), the BMNT has defined a number of evaluation packages for the assessment of the different priorities of...
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