by Therese Garstenauer | Oct 10, 2017 | Uncategorized
Geometric Data Analysis (GDA) is a specific approach to analysing statistical data that will be rather important for my Project. It comprises methods such as correspondence analysis, multiple correspondence analysis, principal component analysis and more. These...
by Therese Garstenauer | Sep 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Every socio-professional group has certain norms and ideas about how to be a butcher, baker, candlestickmaker etc. properly. But with civil servants there is one specific difference: behaving in a manner commensurate with the maintenance of the state reputation is...
by Therese Garstenauer | Sep 19, 2017 | Uncategorized
Such questions suggest themselves after more than two months of silence on these sites. The truth? The author in charge has got yet another academic persona which has moved to the foreground in the last weeks. This persona is characterized by a rather peculiar...
by Therese Garstenauer | Jun 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
There is something nerdy about conducting research on government employees. In this new series of blogposts I will advance some reasons why my research project is relevant: As of now, there is no comprehensive social and cultural history of Austrian...
by Therese Garstenauer | May 18, 2017 | Uncategorized
My esteemed colleagues Johann Kirchknopf, Stefan Ossmann and Franz X. Eder organize a workshop in order to present research projects from the social and cultural sciences, and humanities and discuss theoretical as well as practical questions pertaining to research on...