Dr. Florian Huber

Florian Huber is a Research Manager at SYNYO GmbH. He coordinates/coordinated the EU-H2020-Projects TAKEDOWN and SciChallenge, the national KIRAS-project Counter Stories, and he represents the company in the H2020-projects MINDb4ACT and MIICT as well as in the European ISFP-projects CHAMPIONs and ARMOuR. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Vienna and has experience in research on urban issues, migration and social inequality. Since 2009, he held several teaching positions at the University of Vienna and the FH Campus Wien. From 2012 to 2014, he was a post-doc-researcher in a WWTF-project. From 2014 to 2015, Dr. Huber was conducting research in a project for the City of Vienna (MA50-Housing Research) on the effects of urban renewal. In 2014, he was furthermore doing a project on vacant commercial space in Linz, which was funded by the Federal Chancellery, the City of Linz and the federal state of Upper-Austria. Before joining SYNYO, he had a University-Assistant position at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna. Dr. Huber has published two books and several articles on sociological topics. He has presented his work at international conferences and at several other occasions. Furthermore, he appeared as an expert on the radio as well as in newspapers and magazines. In 2012, he received the Theodor-Körner Award for his PhD-thesis, and in 2014 he was awarded for Innovative Cultural Work in Neighborhoods by the City of Linz.

Florian Huber is a Research Manager at SYNYO GmbH. He coordinates/coordinated the EU-H2020-Projects TAKEDOWN and SciChallenge, the national KIRAS-project Counter Stories, and he represents the company in the H2020-projects MINDb4ACT and MIICT as well as in the European ISFP-projects CHAMPIONs and ARMOuR. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Vienna and has experience in research on urban issues, migration and social inequality. Since 2009, he held several teaching positions at the University of Vienna and the FH Campus Wien. From 2012 to 2014, he was a post-doc-researcher in a WWTF-project. From 2014 to 2015, Dr. Huber was conducting research in a project for the City of Vienna (MA50-Housing Research) on the effects of urban renewal. In 2014, he was furthermore doing a project on vacant commercial space in Linz, which was funded by the Federal Chancellery, the City of Linz and the federal state of Upper-Austria. Before joining SYNYO, he had a University-Assistant position at the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna. Dr. Huber has published two books and several articles on sociological topics. He has presented his work at international conferences and at several other occasions. Furthermore, he appeared as an expert on the radio as well as in newspapers and magazines. In 2012, he received the Theodor-Körner Award for his PhD-thesis, and in 2014 he was awarded for Innovative Cultural Work in Neighborhoods by the City of Linz.

2007 - 2012
University of Vienna, Austria
PhD Sociology (with Distinction)

2003 - 2006
University of Vienna, Austria
Master Sociology

1997 - 1999
University of Linz, Austria
Master Sociology

Recent Book

(2013): Stadtviertel im Gentrifizierungsprozess. Aufwertung und Verdrängung in Wien, Chicago und Mexiko Stadt. Wien: Wiener Verlag für Sozialforschung

Journal-Articles

(2018, with Christos Mettouris, Achilleas Achilleos, Alexandros Yeratziotis, George A. Papadopoulos, Sabri Pllana, Bernhard Jäger, Peter Leitner, Zsófia Ocsovszky, András Dinnyés): SciChallenge: A Social Media Aware Platform for Contest-Based STEM Education and Motivation of Young Students. In: IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, DOI: 10.1109/TLT.2018.2810879

(2015, with M. Parzer): Migrant Businesses and the Symbolic Transformation of Urban Neighborhoods: Towards a Research Agenda. In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 39, 1270-1278. DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12347

(2013): Gentrifizierung in Wien, Chicago und Mexiko Stadt. Qualitative Stadtforschung und Internationale Vergleichbarkeit. In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie, 38(3), 237-257

Selected articles in Edited Volumes

(accepted, 2019, with Bernhard Jäger, Ido Erev, Doron Cohen, Sergio Bianchi, Matteo E. Bonfanti): Understanding the Organized Crime and Terrorism Nexus through a dynamic Modeling Approach. In: Ruggiero, Vincenzo/Wall, David (Eds.): Organized Crime and Terrorist Networks. London: Routledge.

(2016): Wien - eine "gentrifizierungsfreie" Zone? Empirische Befunde und die Problematik der Definition. In: Biffl, Gudrun/Dimmel, Nikolaus (Eds.): Migrationsmanagement 2. Wohnen im Zusammenwirken mit Migration und Integration. Bad Vöslau: Omnium, 261-268

(2011): Sensitive Urban Renewal or Gentrification? The Case of the Karmeliterviertel in Vienna. In: Manella, Gabrielle/Perrone, Camilla/Tripodi, Lorenzo (Eds.): Everyday Life in the Segmented City. Research in Urban Sociology. Vol. 11. Bingley: Emerald, 223-239

Radicalisation, Terrorism, Organized Crime, Migration and Gentrification

EU-H2020-Projects:
TAKEDOWN
MINDb4ACT
MIICT
SciChallenge

ISFP-projects:
CHAMPIONs
ARMOuR

KIRAS-project:
Counter Stories

Outcomes from the work that is conducted in current EU projects and national projects.

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