Christoph Badelt

Christoph Badelt ( born February 26, 1951 in Vienna) is an Austrian economist and since March 2002 Rector of the University of Vienna.

Training

Badelt graduated in 1969 at the grammar school and studied 18 Vienna 1970-1974 Economics at the former World Trade University, he in July 1974 with the graduation ceremony for the BA Degree. completed. In July 1976, he also received his PhD Doctor of Social Sciences and Economics.

Academic career

After of Economics at the University of Economics, he worked for eight years as an assistant at the Institute, he moved in 1981 to the University of Wisconsin, where he worked as a visiting professor until 1985. In the meantime, took place in 1984 his habilitation at WU. In July 1986, he worked at the College of Social Studies in Freiburg. From 1985 to 1989 he was a visiting professor and lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt. In October 1989, Badelt was a professor for " economics with special emphasis on Sports" at the German Sport University in Cologne. From 1991 to 1995 he was a member of the rectorate of the University of Economics in Vienna and from 1993 to 1996 scientific director of the Interdisciplinary University course for social business, management and organization of social services at the country's Scientific Academy of Lower Austria in Krems. 1995 Badelt taught social sciences at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich and at the University of Cologne. From 1989 to 1997 he taught Economic and Social Sciences at the University of Economics, and was until his appointment as rector there in several leading positions.

In addition Badelt is (co - ) author of 17 books and author of more than a hundred scientific articles in anthologies and magazines. In his work he deals especially with the current problems and conflicts in the welfare state and the possible solutions.

From 2005 to the end of 2009 Christoph Badelt was chairman of the Austrian Universities. He was followed in January 2010 Hans Sünkel of the TU Graz.

Others

Badelt has three children with his wife Irmgard. He is an avid runner and cyclist and was to convey due to its ability to achieve its research results to a wider public, elected by the Club of Education and Science Journalists for Scientist of the Year 1999. Since 2005 he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the FIRST Foundation.

Honors

Works (selection)

  • Socio-economics of self-organization (1980 )
  • Focus on education money (1991 )
  • Social economy and social management in education (1999)
  • Handbook of Nonprofit Organization. Structures and management (1999)
  • Economy at the dawn of the 21st century - space for social concerns (2002)
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