Klaus Feldmann (sociologist)

Klaus Feldmann (born May 7, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sociologist, thanatologist and educational scientist.

academic career

After graduating from high school in 1957, Klaus Feldmann studied economics at the University of World Trade in Vienna (first state examination) and then philosophy, education and psychology at the University of Vienna. After completing his studies, he studied postgraduate sociology and statistics at the Institute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research in Vienna. From 1969 to 1980 he worked first as an assistant and from 1971 as a university lecturer in sociology at the Lower Saxony University of Education, Hanover Department. From 1980 to 2004 he worked as a professor of sociology at the University of Hanover. He is currently teaching and researching at the Department of Education at the Vienna University of Economics and Business.

Research priorities

• Thanato sociology
• Critical educational science (critical pedagogy, critical thinking)
• Professionalization in the teaching profession, ( educational professionalism )
• Dropout research ( early school leaving )

Publications

• Death and society . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2004 (2nd, revised edition 2010), ISBN 978-3531173504
• Sociology compact . 4th, extended edition, VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3531341880
• Educational science on the move . VS Verlag, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 978-3531147420

Web links

• Literature by and about Klaus Feldmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Klaus Feldmann's website
• Homepage of Klaus Feldmann at the WU Vienna