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Collecting, processing and balancing information about research activities is a central task of research management at all levels. Research information systems support this task. Although the topic is increasingly discussed, there is still a lack of robust empirical data on the spread of research information systems among research institutions and what differences there are between different types and sizes of research institutions. Building on a telephone survey of organizations in Lower Austria, we diagnose a second digital wave of research management. Advanced research information systems are on the rise and there is a strong dynamic of digital transformation. However, the wave also brings deep currents that point to a fragmentation of the field. These are of great importance for public projects, if one does not want to reproduce disadvantages for small research institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article informs about the congress Structural Transformation in the Public Sphere, held in Innsbruck, Austria, from September, 29 to October 1, 2011, discussing the relevance of Jürgen Habermas' concept of the public sphere and its transformation, contrasting it with concepts of privacy, and dilemmas in the relationship of politics, education, and economy.

Social network analysis is a useful tool for historical research on social networks. But the process of generating data for a social network analysis has hardly been discussed yet: How should qualitative, process-generated data be coded to be suitable for social network analysis? For historical research on eugenic networks in Austria from 1900 to 1980 sociological methods such as the content analysis and the social network analysis will be used. This contribution discusses the method of content analysis by focusing on the question how to narrow down networks and process-generated data and on the process of coding. The example used is the depiction of eugenic sterilization in scientific and non-scientific papers in Austria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses editorial changes to the publication including a debate surrounding an electronic version of the journal, changes in the layout of book reviews, and an increase in female editors on staff. In addition, the number of less established authors will increase in order to allow them to reach Austrian colleagues in sociology more easily.

The paper examines the history of the Austrian Journal of Sociology (ÖZS) and emphasizes some particularities of its coming to life in the middle of the 1970s. The choice for a national sociologically journal must be understood against the background of a fragmented development of sociology as a distinct academic discipline in Austria. Only after the cultural separation of Austria as a nation of its own after the defeat of the Nazis and the formation of sociology as a university study the number of potential contributors was large enough to establish a specialized journal. Created during the reform oriented period of the Social Democratic government the journal established itself as the organ of the opposition to the professorate. Due to its devotion to German as the language in use and the decision to function as a national journal the impact factor of the ÖZS is still comparatively insignificant. A comparison of the first and the last two volumes demonstrates some changes in the composition of its authorship. Whereas in the early years young Austrians of lower academic status built the core of its contributors nowadays the majority of its contributors are older, more established, primarily male sociologists, half of them working outside the boundaries of Austria. They write more essayist texts and evade analyses of the Austrian society instead of paper about theory, methods and the history of sociology. Only seldom they criticise each other. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the history of the ÖZS from its beginning in 1976. The foundation of the journal was an indirect and late effect of the students' movement and the influence of critical sociology in the 1960s. The journal should support - according to the intention of the founding group - the synthesis of critical and reform-oriented sociology with empirical research, a program which was quite unusual in sociology in the German speaking countries. In the context of social democratic reforms at the beginning of the 1970s many important research projects were initiated. The results of these projects were the basis of the first volumes. When the reform policy came to an end, this orientation changed. Now the editors set the main goal to edit, without further political intentions, a journal representative for sociology in general. To convey information about social processes in Austria remains beside this central issue an important aim. In the paper, the present situation of the journal with reference to the characteristic features of sociology in Austria is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper tries to explain how sociology as social research was re-founded in Austria after World-War II. It discusses a basic trend of applied research and demonstrates its theory of science implications and potential. The second half of the paper proposes to look at the increasing endeavors towards interdisciplinary cooperation as the future of the „historical mission“ of sociology. Instead of a further development of „general theory“ trying to hold together a more and more disintegrating field of sociology, thematic areas to focus upon in interdisciplinary studies are seen as the future tasks of social science. This might (and ought to) lead to a new fruitful confrontation with paradigmatic philosophical concepts of a postmodern character. Philosophy rather than general sociological theory should animate empirical research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Within the frame of the WHO/EURO study on parasuicides all detected suicide attempts in two psychiatric hospitals in Tyrol/Austria from 1989 to 1993 were monitored (Psychiatric Department of the Innsbruck University Hospital and Psychiatric State Hospital Hall in Tyrol/Austria). During the observed period sex standardized suicide attempt rates (per 100.000 population) for males showed a mean of 51.7 (range = 36.4 to 69.4) and a mean of 58.9 for females (range = 46.1 to 74.6). Compared to the Tyrolean sex standardized suicide rates of the same period (Males: 26.6 to 31.4, mean = 29.0; females: 8.5 to 13.7, mean = 11.8) a higher variation in attempted suicide rates, a stronger association between sex specific trajectories in attempted suicide rates, and a surprisingly low mean ratio between female and male suicide attempts (1.14 : 1) were found. These findings appear to support the hypothesis of a recent decline of the gender ratio in attempted suicide. A pilot study conducted in 1998 in Tyrol tried to determine the prevalence of suicidal ideation and associated risk factors like depressive mood, social support, sense of coherence, and self-esteem in three groups (pupils, university students, students of health care related professions) of the general population (n = 406). Respondents were also asked for own suicide attempts within the last 12 months, and for suicide attempts and suicides of subjects in their social environment (same period of time). Results indicate a high one-year prevalence of own suicide attempts (pupils = 4.5%, university students = 2.8%, health care professions = 1.6%), considerable high rates of suicide attempts in the social environment of the respondents (pupils = 10%, university students = 16.5%, health care professions = 15.8%), and even comparable rates with regard to completed suicides in the social environment of the respondents (pupils = 6.4%, university students = 13.6%, health care professions = 5.8%). A scale for suicidal ideation, tested for exploratory purposes in the pilot study, was used as dependent variable in subsequent latent path analysis. Results revealed that depressive mood, own suicide attempts, suicide attempts and suicides in the social environment, and social support were the best general predictors of suicidal ideation in all groups. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The local pop music is a relatively new field in the landscape of social sciences in Austria. This contribution tries to take up the impulse and continue the research "imported" by the American Edward Larkey. Referring to the history of research in music industry (Adorno, Benjamin, Hirsch, Frith, Garofalo, Negus), the social system of music industry is examined with respect to the conditions to achieve economic success in introducing an new kind of music. In the following, some results of the research in the case of Hubert von Goisern are presented. By doing this, the following aspects are dealt with: What is "Neue Volksmusik" and which musicians have established this genre? How did the social conditions promote the establishment of "Neue Volksmusik"? Which audience is targeted by "Neue Volksmusik"? Which role did record companies and other negotiators play in the formation of "Neue Volksmusik"? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the concept of "Art in Public Space" and how that has been interpreted in certain public spaces. The authors discuss what is meant by "public," especially when a lot of art is featured in select areas, including galleries. The idea of putting art in a hospital setting redefines the perception of the effect that the art should have on the viewer. The authors report on their small study of observers' views of art in a hospital in Salzburg, Austria.

In recent public debates we can find a renewed interest on universities and - on sociology. The findings in the discussions are contradictory: on the one hand crises of these institutions are declared; on the other, their new requirement is assured. These debates are the incentive for the question of the author, if the status of the social system of university-sciences has fundamentally changed in today's society. She shows, that a lot of recent tendencies have brought legitimate problems for the former "agents of legitimation": we find them in the relation of Science and Society - in a general sense, because the confidence in Science is lost; in the reflective parts of the Sciences themselves (Sociology of Science, Science of Science), because they are proceeding from the uncertainty of knowledge; in a change of Science-Policy-Paradigms from the "creative power of science" to their "competitiveness"; and at least, in connection with the newest restrictions of the national budget. All of these are responsible for increasing problems of legitimation - for the universities in their entity; but, above all, for the "non-productive" Social Sciences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Austrian universities are facing a new legal situation concerning mainly their administrative organization, the structure of their subjects and the teaching assignments of assistants and professors. The core is more efficiency and an orientation towards the labor market. At the Austrian universities the emphasis on teaching will be much stronger than on research. That means that most of the sociological research will be conducted from research institutions outside the university. A new field for sociology will be postgraduate education at the universities. The new situation will lead to a clear differentiation between research and teaching and will leave the universities mainly as teaching institutions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses a study conducted by the Institut für Soziologie at the Universität Linz, in Linz, Austria, which analyzed the care of babies in Upper Austria. The authors studied the availability of institutional care choices, and what the families'/mothers' perceptions and use of them were. The authors also looked at the employment opportunity and its relation to child care.

This article discusses the social aspects of the illness AIDS. The author presents a project that was carried out at the Institut für Soziologie at the Universität Linz, in Linz, Austria, which examined an advice brochure about the disease; a video experiment to influence opinions about the disease; and a survey in which people were asked about their personal knowledge about the disease.

This article discusses the passing of the Volksgruppengesetz ("Ethnic Minorities Law", VGG) in Austria. The author discusses the fairness of the new VGG law in addressing the situation of minorities. The author writes that though the immigrants came in the country on guest worker visas, they have remained in the country after the end of the guest worker program, and have been subject to discrimination because of this label. The author outlines the five criteria for belonging to an ethnic minority, as spelled out in the VGG, including a non-German mother tongue, Austrian citizenship and residency. The author further debates the definitions of the terms ethnic minority and ethnicity.

This article presents a discussion on minority guest workers in Austria. The author discusses how many of the guest workers have settled down, had children, and drawn from public funds well after the guest worker program has ended. According to the author, the children straddle two cultures, do poorly in school and are not fully assimilated into mainstream society. The author presents new forms of bonding in an open society in order to provide for better assimilation of minorities.

This article presents a critical reply to "Rechssozologische Aspekte kooperativ-konzentrierter Politik. Einwände gegen Edgar Grandes „Konfliktsteuerung zwischen Recht und Konsens," by Nikolaus Dimmel and Alfred Johannes Noll and "Der Staat in der Sozialpartnershcaft. Eine Antikritik," by Edgar Grande. The author takes issue with the analysis of social partnerships in Austria.

The article discusses the results of an anonymous survey of 34 leading Austrian social scientists. Among the findings was the disappearance of research projects in sociological studies of religion, politics, education, and science. Current emphasis is on research in social policy, international politics, labor and labor markets, and sociological methods and theory.

This article presents a project to study the increase in popularity of jogging in Austria. The author proposes to measure the motives behind taking up the sport, including better health, an increase in self-esteem, fun, weight loss and stress relief. Many joggers report on the improvement in many areas of their lives, and consider jogging a part of their identity. The author lays out the hypothesis, the survey questions and the methodology. The results of the survey are also presented.

The article focuses on the educational system in Austria as it pertains to schooling in sociology. In particular, legitimation of sociology as a science is discussed and difficulties faced by sociology students are considered. The author contends that the field of sociological study should be increasingly represented throughout Austria in order to produce individuals with a high level of sociological competence.

This article presents an excerpt from a dissertation entitled "Studie zum eigentümlichen Verhältnis von offiziösem Literaturbetrieb und literarischem ‚underground‘ im Österreich der zweiten Republik" ("Study on the Peculiar Relationship of the Official Literary Establishment and the 'Underground' in the Second Republic of Austria.") The author discusses the role that underground literature plays in the intellectual life in Austria.

The article reflects on the recognition of sociology in Austria, focusing primarily on its communication media. In particular, a historical overview of the publication is given and its ability to allow Austrian sociologists to publish and communicate their research is noted. The author contends that sociology literature provides a needed outlet for discussions on social issues and society.

The article discusses the institutionalizing of sociology as a discipline in Austria. After a pre-WWII start with Othmar Spann, there was a new beginning in 1970, followed by changes to its disciplinary span through later reforms. Statistics are presented of enrollment and staff growth in the discipline. Possible plans for future expansion of sociological research and study conclude the article.

This article discusses morality and the values system of Austrians. The author notes that several studies and articles have explicitly presented a "value" of morality. The definition of what it means to be moral, on a practical level, and how the normative "ethics" provide the rationale for these rules are discussed. The author then discusses the methodology and the main hypothesis concerning the "praxis" of morality, and the role of values in the working classes.

The article discusses results of a survey of sociologists on the relevance or applicability of sociology as a discipline in Austria. The author proposes an approach based on a transformation model with input and output information flows. The article invokes Luhmann's model of "recontexting" and concludes that differences between positions on policy issues among social and natural sciences can be mediated through social science.

The article discusses a fall 1979 sociology conference in Vienna, Austria and compares the state of Austrian and German sociology. Unlike German sociology, Austria's is said to have come to grips with the theory versus praxis dilemma, with professional development, and with the argumentation over over job bans practiced in Germany.

This article presents a list of events concerning social policy in Europe. The second annual Minister Conference on the "Gleichstellung von Mann und Frau" will take place in Vienna, Austria in July 1989. The conference "Arbeitsbeziehungen in einer sich wandelnden sozialen, wirtschaftlichen und technologischen Umgebung," will take place in August 1989 in Brussels, Belgium. The conference "Übergreifende soziale Risiken – übergreifender sozialer Schutz" will take place in September 1989 in Cologne, Germany.