Elisabeth Anna Guenther

Dr. Elisabeth Anna Guenther studied sociology at the University of Vienna and Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam. She holds a PhD in organization studies for the TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology). She examined the influence of gender diversity within research team as part of the international consortium working in the Horizon 2020 project GEDII. Her research received several awards and addresses the nexus of gender-organization-technology from an intersectional perspective. Elisabeth Guenther taught courses at the FU Berlin, the TU Wien, the University of Salzburg and the University Klagenfurt. She is Secretary of the Gender in Management Special Interest Group of the British Academy of Management and Secretary of the Gender Studies Association Austria.

Elisabeth Anna Guenther’s current research explores how social justice can be advanced within/through digitalisiation. She examines aspects of education, learning and knowledge creation in a digitalised world. She builds on her expertise in praxeological epistemology and utilises quantitative and qualitative methods.

Research focus

• Gender, diversity and intersectionality
• Inequality in education
• Intersectionality in/due to digitalisation

Activities

• Teaching on gender and diversity and on the development of inclusive processes in education
• Research on intersectionality - education - digitalisation
• Lecturing at national and international conferences and on request

Awards & Honors

2019
Käthe-Leichter-Preis
Awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Women, Family and Youth, nominated by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.

2017
Gabriele Possanner Förderungspreis
Awarded by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) of Austria for scientific accomplishment in gender studies.

2016
Best Doctoral Thesis in Industrial Engineering 2016“ by the Verein zur Förderung der betriebswissenschaftlichen Forschung und Ausbildung”

2014
Best Paper Award: Stream 15 (Academic Cultures beyond Privilege and Discrimination) at 7th Equality, Diversity and Inclusion International Conference

2013
Johanna Dohnal Förderpreis