Irene Dyk-Ploss

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Irene Josefa Dyk-Ploss (* 29. August 1947 as Irene Josefa Bichlbauer in Bad Goisern ) is an Austrian high school teacher and politician ( ÖVP ). From 1979 to 1996 she was a member of the Upper Austrian Landtag . She is one of the most important women and social politicians in Upper Austria.

Life

Irene Dyk-Ploss attended elementary school in Traunkirchen , then secondary school in Gmunden . From 1966 she studied sociology at the University of Linz and graduated in 1974 with a doctorate. From 1970 Dyk-Ploss was an assistant at the Austrian Institute for Labor Market Policy, to which she belonged until 1992; since 1978 she was a lecturer. In 1981 she qualified as a professor for social politics. From 1992 to 1997 Dyk-Ploss worked at the Center for Distance Learning, from 1995 as a professor for social policy and distance learning development. From 1997 she was a professor at the Institute for Society and Social Policy, where she led courses for health professions. Between 2001 and 2003, Dyk-Ploss and Brigitte Kepplinger developed a seminar on the subject of “History and Democracy”, which was offered as a diversification project for right-wing extremist youth. In 2009 she retired .

In addition, Dyk-Ploss was active in adult education, political education and the training of social workers, worked part-time as a columnist and founded or managed various social institutions such as the “Alone with the child” campaign and the “Kinderschutzzentrum Linz” association, the first Child protection center in Austria. She was also a member of the Presidium of the Scouts Upper Austria. Since 2003 Dyk-Ploss has been chairman of the violence prevention committee in the Ministry of the Interior.

Dyk-Ploss married the Linz civil servant and politician Reinhard Dyk in 1970 ; she has a daughter with him. After their divorce, she married a second time.

politics

Dyk-Ploss was a member of the city party executive committee of the ÖVP Linz, the ÖVP state leadership and the federal party leadership. She was the deputy chairwoman of the ÖVP's socio-political forum and deputy chairwoman of the Academic Association of Upper Austria, also a member of the district management of the ÖAAB Linz, deputy chairwoman of the ÖAAB Upper Austria and a member of the federal government.

From 1979 to 1996 Dyk-Ploss was a member of the Upper Austrian state parliament, most recently as chairman of the legal adjustment committee.

Within the ÖVP, Dyk-Ploss was considered progressive; she describes herself as “left emancipation”. She regards gender equitable language as “nonsense” that is “less than a symbol”.

Publications (selection)

  • Job mobility and job attitude of male employees (=  labor market policy . Volume 13 ). Austrian Institute for Labor Market Policy , Linz 1973, LCCN  74-337529 .
  • Science transfer: the relationships between theory, research and practice using the example of human relations (=  contributions to social research . Volume 6 ). University of Linz, Linz 1975, LCCN  76-476899 (dissertation).
  • Problems of part-time employment of women (=  labor market policy . Volume 24 ). Austrian Institute for Labor Market Policy , Linz 1978, LCCN  79-398360 .
  • Sociopolitical aspects of planning. Target genesis and transformation . Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1981, ISBN 3-428-05046-0 .
  • Patterns of development of new occupations (=  labor market policy . Volume 35 ). Austrian Institute for Labor Market Policy , Linz 1990, DNB  910638276 .
  • with E. Nimmervoll: Citizens' expectations of local politicians in Upper Austria . Linz 1998.
  • Irene Dyk-Ploss (Ed.): Help. Life risks, life opportunities - social security in Austria . Trauner, Linz 2015, ISBN 978-3-99033-480-5 .

Awards

  • 1976: Leopold Kunschak Prize for Science
  • 1986: Gold Medal of Honor from the ÖAAB
  • 2011: Honorary Award of the Erwin Wenzl Prize

literature

  • Harry Slapnicka : Upper Austria - The political leadership from 1945 (=  contributions to the contemporary history of Upper Austria . Volume 12 ). Upper Austrian Provincial Archives, Linz 1989, ISBN 978-3-900313-47-0 , p. 48 f .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b People: The "left Emanze" in the VP. Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , March 7, 2009, accessed November 25, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b mouthpiece for people on the fringes of society. (No longer available online.) JKU website, November 29, 2007, formerly the original ; Retrieved November 25, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.jku.at
  3. ^ Maria Wirth, Andreas Reichl, Marcus Gräser (Eds.): 50 Years of the Johannes Kepler University . Böhlau, Vienna; Cologne; Weimar 2017, ISBN 978-3-205-20415-2 , pp. 34 .
  4. ↑ a b Erwin Wenzl Prize - Honorary Prize Winners. Website of the Erwin Wenzl Prize, archived from the original on April 18, 2018 ; Retrieved November 25, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Robert Stammler: "When I write the Binnen-I, I always break both hands". Oberösterreichische Nachrichten , March 7, 2009, accessed November 25, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Dyk-Ploss, Irene
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dyk-Ploss, Irene Josefa (full name); Bichlbauer, Irene Josefa (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian university professor and politician (ÖVP)
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Goisern