Mag. Dr. Andrea Schaffar works professionally in two fields that she also enjoys connecting: the social sciences and training and consulting activities.
As part of Projektbüro, she works as an organizational consultant and trainer with the following focus areas:
Areas of Focus
- Team development, group and organizational dynamics
- Design and facilitation of retreats
- Management trainings: development and coaching of leadership competencies
- Mediation and conflict resolution (under supervision)
- Moderation
- Communication and media training
- Online formats: digital didactics and virtual teaching, social dynamics in online settings, leadership and team development in online settings
- Seminars on social science methodology: qualitative research, interpretive approaches, grounded theory, documentary method, Atlas.ti, etc.
Education and Research
With a background in communication and social sciences and a focus on qualitative and interpretive research, she completed her PhD at the University of Applied Arts Vienna on Viennese housing. She conducts research and teaches on topics such as digitalization and media education, urban and housing research, methods of social research, as well as group and organizational dynamics.
- Training with the ÖGGO – Austrian Society for Group Dynamics and Organizational Consulting
- Further training: trainer programs by the Ministry of Education and the Austrian National Union of Students; coaching, communication and media training
- Postgraduate program in sociology at the IHS – Institute for Advanced Studies
Current Positions
- Currently working part-time as a postdoctoral researcher at Paris Lodron University Salzburg as part of the EU project TRAVIS – Trust and Visuality in Everyday Digital Practices
- Currently lecturer at the University of Vienna, the University of Klagenfurt (AAU), and the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien)
Previous Teaching Activities
Previously held teaching assignments at TU Wien, Paris Lodron University Salzburg, the University of Applied Arts Vienna, SFU Sigmund Freud University Vienna, Danube University Krems, TH Köln, FH Wien der WKW, FH Joanneum, and FH Campus Wien.