Ernst Gehmacher
Ernst Gehmacher (born August 6, 1926 in Salzburg ) is an Austrian publicist and social scientist specializing in social research .
biography
After studying agriculture, sociology and psychology in Vienna, he soon became editor of the Wiener Arbeiter-Zeitung . From 1965 he worked at the IFES Institute for Empirical Social Research , from 1976 he was its managing director.
In 1996, Gehmacher founded the company BOAS - Office for the Organization of Applied Social Research GesmbH . Since 1970 he has been a lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology .
His research focuses on the modeling of social systems, policy research, methodology of survey research, education and media research.
Awards
He was awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna by the Governor on January 31, 2020.
Publications
- Adam 2000 - On the possibilities of human existence . Wollzeilen Verlag, Vienna 1966
- Through Austria on foot. Sketches of a hike based on a romantic, picturesque depiction of several mountain areas and ice glaciers, undertaken by Joseph Kyselak in 1825 , followed up and reflected upon by Ernst Gehmacher . Molden Verlag, Vienna 1982
- Development of sociology in Austria . Literas University Press, Vienna 1988
- Better luck with your mind . Deuticke, Vienna 1991
- Future: The trap only opens forwards / turn of the millennium - social trends . Peter Müller, Vienna 1991
- Citizen participation: a thought model and two examples from Vienna . J&V; Edition Vienna, Vienna 1992
- Winners, losers, hesitants - questions about a future Europe . ÖGB, Vienna 1993
- Hatred of technology and disenchantment with industry - seen from a social science perspective . Ibera Verlag, Vienna 1994
- Political polls in Russia. Experience report of a methodological excursion . Central archive of the University of Cologne, Cologne 1994
- City traffic - problem without a solution? Compress, Vienna 1994
- with Hermann Schlösser: Tomorrow everything will be different ... The art of mastering life . Österreichischer Bundesverlag, Vienna 1990
- with Michael Ley: The end of nationalism. New xenophobia and neo-nationalist awakenings in Eastern and Western Europe . WUV University Press, Vienna 1996
- Social Capital - A New OECD Program . In: SWS-Rundschau , Vienna, 3/2003
- Cycle - Fate and Opportunity: Social Capital and Economic Cycles . In: Conturen , Vienna, 1/2003
- with Angelika Hagen: Social capital - measuring and making happiness and love: an exercise book , omninum, series of practical knowledge, 2016
- with Anneliese Fuchs: Paths to happiness, Vienna 2018
Web links
- Entry on Ernst Gehmacher in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/imperia/md/content/studium/wirtschaft/gmcp/vortragende/gehmacher.pdf ( Memento from March 11, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry in Danube University Krems ( Memento from July 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- CV Prof. Dipl.Ing. Ernst Gehmacher ( memento from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Laudatory speech! Honor where honor is due: Gold medal for Prof. Gehmacher.
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| SURNAME | Gehmacher, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist and social scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 6, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Salzburg |