Dr.in More Rahel, BA MA
Department of Education
Sensengasse 3a
2nd Floor / Room O2.06
1090 Wien
Phone: +43 1 427746799
E-Mail: rahel.more@univie.ac.at

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.
Scientific Profile
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, Graz, 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
Awards, Engagement & Roles (a selection)
- Promotion Award for Humanities and Social Sciences of the State of Carinthia 2025
- Part of the FÄKT! series of the ÖAW, science communication for young audiences: Science Ambassador of the OeAD: https://youngscience.oead.at/de/wissenschaftsvermittlung/wissenschaftsbotschafter-innen/botschafter-profile/580
- Initiator in networking on motherhood and science in Austria: https://mutterschaftundwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/
- Member as Human Rights Expert in the Monitoring Committee of Carinthia: · http://www.monitoring-ktn.at/mitarbeitende-im-monitoringausschuss/
- Deputy Chair of the Social Pedagogy Section of the ÖFEB: https://oefeb.at/sektionen/sozialpaedagogik/
