13: Where Fear Reigns, Reason Fades
Supported by Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour
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Hauptschule
Breakout
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in deutscher SpracheGlobal insecurity, the fear of declining social status and increasing criminality are all based on growing inequality and high levels of unemployment. Increasingly, they are also becoming factors in the communication strategies used in politics and economics. How do these “intensifiers” affect the political landscape and atmosphere?
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Erich FOGLAR
President, ÖGB - Austrian Trade Union Federation, Vienna
| 1979-1987 | Works Council |
| 1984-1987 | Training Official, Regional Management: Vienna - Southwest |
| 1985-1987 | Deputy Chair for Manual Workers, Works Council |
| 1987-1988 | Political Secretary, Metalworkers Union |
| 1988-1992 | Deputy General Secretary, Finance Department, Metalworkers Union |
| 1992-2006 | Secretary General, Metalworkers Union (since 2000: Trade Union for Metal and Textile Workers) |
| 2006 | Executive Secretary, responsible for finances, Austrian Trade Union Federation |
| 2006-2008 | Chairman, Trade Union for Metal, Textile and Food Workers |
| since 2007 | Member of Management, Austrian Trade Union Federation |
| 2008-2009 | Acting President, Austrian Trade Union Federation |
| since 2009 | Elected President, Austrian Trade Union Federation |
Mag. Dr. Marcel FINK
Senior Researcher, IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna
| 1996-1997 | Research Assistant, Department of Government, University of Vienna |
| 1997-1998 | Research Assistant, IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
| 1998-2004 | Vertragsassistent, Department of Government, University of Vienna |
| 2002 | PhD, Political Science, University of Vienna |
| 2004-2013 | Junior Assistant Professor (part-time), Department of Government, University of Vienna |
| 2004-2014 | Self-Employed Independent Researcher (part-time) |
| since 2007 | Adjunct Professor (Lecturer), Webster University, Vienna Campus |
| since 2014 | Senior Researcher, IHS - Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna |
Dr. Andrä GÄRBER
Director, Divison for Economic and Social Policy, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin
| 1980-1985 | Studies, Foreign Languages, University Gießen |
| 1982-1987 | Studies, Economics, University Gießen |
| 1989-1991 | Studies, Business Sciences, University Gießen |
| 1991-1995 | Regional Representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Amman |
| 1995-1997 | Resident Representative of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Jerusalem |
| 1998-2000 | Head, Secretariat, Monitoring Committee, Regional Economic Development Working Group, Multilateral Talks of the Madrid Peace Process, Amman |
| 2000-2001 | Deputy Head, Department for Near/Middle East and North Africa, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn |
| 2001-2008 | Head, Department for Near/Middle East and North Africa, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin |
| 2008-2013 | Director, EU Office, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Brussels |
| since 2013 | Director, Divison for Economic and Social Policy, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Berlin |
Andreas PEHAM
Right-Wing Extremism Researcher, DÖW - Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance, Vienna
| 1990-2000 | Studies of Political Science, University of Vienna |
| since 1995 | Right-Wing Extremism Researcher, DÖW - Documentation Centre of Austrian Resistance, Vienna |
Dr.in Eva ZEGLOVITS
Political Scientist, IFES - Institute for Empirical Social Studies, Vienna; Affiliated Research Fellow, University of Vienna
| 1998-2000 | Research Assistant, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna |
| 1999-2010 | Researcher, SORA Institute for Social Research and Analysis, Vienna |
| 2010-2014 | Assistant Professor, Department of Methods in the Social Sciences, University of Vienna |
| since 2014 | Manager and researcher, IFES - Institut für Empirische Sozialforschung, Vienna |
Mag.a Silvia HRUSKA-FRANK
Legal Expert and Head of Department Deputy, Department of Social Policy, Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour, Vienna
| 1994-2001 | Studies of Legal Law, University of Vienna |
| 1998-2003 | Teaching Certificate for Driving Schools, Vienna State Government; Driving School Teacher in Krems, Vienna, Klosterneuburg |
| 1999-2001 | Political Officer and Chief Financial Officer, IUSY - International Union of Socialist Youth |
| since 2003 | Legal Expert, Chamber of Labour (Labour Law Department, Solicitor, Barrister, since 2007 Social Politics, Head of Department Deputy since 2016) |
| 2014-2015 | Internship, Austrian Federal Trade Unions; Law Expert, Principle Department; Head of Delegation, Tripartite Negotiatons for Labour Law Reforms |
