Dr.in More Rahel, BA MA

Research Focus Areas

• Dis/Ability Studies
• Social Pedagogy
• Intersectionality
• Inclusion Research
• Child and Youth Welfare Research
• International Perspectives and International Comparative Research
• Gender Studies
• Participatory Research
• Social Policy
• De-Institutionalization
• Qualitative Methodology

Ongoing Research Projects

FWF Projekt Ableism, the dis/ability binary and beyond: A feminist intersectional approach to theory and digital activism

Find out more about this project here.

Academic Career

• Since 9/2023 Postdoc for FWF Project ESP 414 (Project Lead) "Ableism, the dis/ability binary and beyond" at the University of Vienna, Department of Education
• 3/2022-6/2023 Senior Scientist at the University of Klagenfurt, Institute for Educational Science and Research, Department of Social Pedagogy and Inclusion Research
• 8/2019-10/2019 Short-term visiting scholar at the University of Alberta, Family and Disability Studies Initiative
• 3/2017-3/2022 University Assistant at the University of Klagenfurt, Institute for Educational Science and Research, Department of Social Pedagogy and Inclusion Research
• 4/2015-2/2017 Research Associate in the research project "Family life and disability" at the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík
• 6/2013-8/2013 Research Associate in the research project "Step by step" at the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Iceland, Reykjavík

Additionally, external teaching assignments at the universities of Klagenfurt, Salzburg, and Vienna.

Education

• 3/2017-5/2021 Doctoral studies in Philosophy at the University of Klagenfurt (Social and Integration Pedagogy) Title of the dissertation: "(Dis-)Ability, Parenthood and Social Work: The significance of attributions, external perceptions, and self-understandings for parents with learning difficulties."
• 2012-2015 Master's studies in Disability Studies (research-based) at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík
• 2009-2012 Bachelor's studies in Social Pedagogy at the University of Iceland, Reykjavík

More, Rahel (2024): The relevance of ableism in social (work) pedagogy. In: Pedagogy, Culture & Society. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14681366.2024.2322738

 More, Rahel (2023): Storying ableism: Proposing a feminist intersectional approach to linking theory and digital activism. In: Feminist Theory. https://doi.org/10.1177/14647001231173242 

More, Rahel (2023): Inclusive child welfare services, disabled children, and their families: Insights from a European comparison of social policy and social (work) practice in Austria, Iceland, and Ireland. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691457.2023.2219033

More, Rahel (2022): Meanings of parenting and dis/ability for mothers and fathers with intellectual disabilities in the context of social work in Austria: Potentials of deconstruction for shifts in meaning. In: Qualitative Social Work. https://doi.org/10.1177/14733250221109765

Pacheco, Laura/More, Rahel/Rose, Rachelle/Aunos, Marjorie (2022). Unfit and cast aside: Portrayals of mothering with intellectual disability in Québec court reports. Critical Discourse Studies. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2022.2152063

More, Rahel/Tarleton, Beth (2021): Experiencing motherhood and fatherhood with learning difficulties in Austria: The need for self-determined support. In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1111/bld.12395

More, Rahel (2021): Disability, Elternschaft und Soziale Arbeit: Zur Bedeutung von Zuschreibungen, Fremdwahrnehmungen und Selbstverständnissen für Eltern mit Lernschwierigkeiten. Opladen: Budrich. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1v7zc8z

More, Rahel (2021): Partizipativ forschen mit Müttern und Vätern mit Lernschwierigkeiten. In: Österreichisches Jahrbuch für Soziale Arbeit 3, 1, S. 251-271. https://doi.org/10.30424/OEJS2103251

More, Rahel/Ratković, Viktorija (2020): Intersektionale Inklusion? Disability Studies und Kritische Migrationsforschung als Alternativen zu hegemonialer Wissensproduktion. In: Gender, Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft 12, 3, S. 87-106. https://doi.org/10.3224/gender.v12i3.05

More, Rahel/Kočnik, Ernst/Sigot, Marion (2020): Persönliche Assistenz und Partizipation im schulischen Kontext. In: Gerhartz-Reiter, Sabine/Reisenauer, Cathrin (Hrsg.): Partizipation und Schule: Perspektiven auf Teilhabe und Mitbestimmung von Kindern und Jugendlichen Wiesbaden: Springer, S. 153-166. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29750-3_9