Curriculum Vitae

 

 

 

 

 

Name                                   Claudia Zimmermann

Home Address                    Leonhardstrasse 100a/53

                                             8010 Graz

                                             Austria

Cell Phone                           +43 (0) 650 4236616

Email                                    claudia.zimmermann@seh.oxon.org

Date of Birth                       3rd February 1985

Citizenship                           Austrian

 

 

 

                                              

  Education

 

1990-1994                              Elementary School Landskron, Villach

1994-1999                              Middle School for Music and Arts, Villach

1999-2003                              Public Grammar School for Instrumental Music, Spittal/Drau

 June 12th 2003                    School Leaving Examination: Pass with distinction

 

 

  Higher Education

 

 

Karl Franzens University Graz, Austria.

29th September 2006      Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology: Pass with distinction  

20th November 2008      Master’s Degree in Sociology: Pass with distinction

Since November 2008    Ph.D. Program for Social and Economic Science

 

Willamette University Oregon, USA.

January – May 2007       Graduate student exchange program (Joint Study)

 

University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

23rd September 2010      MSc in Evidence-Based Social Intervention

 

  Employment History

 

March to July 2006

Student Mentor / International Office, Karl Franzens University.

Counselled and supported incoming international students, including pick-up service, room allocation, help with formal matters, campus and city tours.

Research Assistant / Department for Sociology, Karl Franzens University.

Assistant to professor Karl Acham (Sociological Theory) and professor Helmut Kuzmics (Historical Sociology).

 

July to October 2006

Research Assistant / SRG – Social Research Group, Graz-Mariatrost.

Research design for the AUDIT 2007 Fuerstenfeld (Styria), a research project by order of the local government to investigate the current state of childcare facilities and to provide suggestions for the establishment of a family-friendly community.

 

October 2008 to June 2009

Teaching Assistant / Department for Sociology, Karl Franzens University.

Taught “Multivariate Data Analysis” to undergraduate and “Advanced Methods of Data Analysis” to graduate students (using softwares SPSS and Stata).

 

 

  Grants, Awards and Scholarships

 

Academic Excellence Grant 2004, 2005 & 2006

- Awarded by Karl Franzens University

Scholarship for the European Forum Alpbach 2005 and 2009

- Awarded by Club Alpbach Graz

High Potential Award 2009 for Best Graduate Student in Social and Economic Science

- Awarded by the Faculty of Social and Economic Science, University Graz

Federal Award for Distinguished Academic Achievements 2009

            - Awarded by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research (BMWF)

               

 

Graz, 19.11.2010