Martin Schenk (activist)
Martin Schenk (* 1970 in Vienna ) is an Austrian human rights activist and deputy director of Diakonie Österreich . Schenk is particularly active in the area of poverty research .
Life
Martin Schenk was born in Vienna in 1970, studied psychology at the University of Vienna and completed the psychotherapeutic propaedeutic course . Since 1989 he has been working with young people , especially those who have committed criminal offenses. He worked for two years in the care of people with disabilities , later with the homeless , and finally in refugee care . He was a co-initiator of numerous social initiatives such as the sea of lights , the "Vienna Donation Parliament", the Hemayat association and the "Visible Becoming" project for people affected by poverty.
Schenk currently works as a social expert and deputy director of Diakonie Österreich, his main areas of expertise include social policy , health , children and youth and integration . He was a co-founder of several initiatives, such as the poverty conference and the "Hunger for Art and Culture" initiative. Schenk is a lecturer in the social work course at the FH Campus Wien and has been a member of the Human Rights Advisory Board, an advisory body of the Austrian Ombudsman Board, since 2000 . He writes regularly for Augustin , Die Furche , Die Presse and the Standard .
Publications
- with Nikolaus Dimmel and Christine Stelzer-Orthofer (eds.): Handbook Armut in Österreich. Studienverlag, Vienna 2009 and revised new edition 2014, ISBN 978-3-7065-5292-9 .
- with Siroos Mirzaei (ed.): Images of torture. 15 years of work with traumatized refugees. Mandelbaum, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85476-351-2 .
- with Michaela Moser: It's enough! For all! Ways out of poverty. Deuticke , Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-552-06114-9 .
- with Eva Maria Bachinger: The integration lie. Deuticke, Vienna 2012, ISBN 978-3-552-06185-9 .
- with Florian Riffer: Gaps and barriers in the Austrian health system from the perspective of those affected by poverty. A participatory survey. The Poverty Conference, Vienna 2015. (PDF; 1.6 MB) Retrieved on October 22, 2017 .
- with Eva Maria Bachinger: worth and dignity. An interjection. Carl Hanser, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25400-8 .
- with Katharina Meichenitsch and Michaela Neumayr (eds.): New! Better! Cheaper! Social innovation as an empty promise? Mandelbaum, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-85476-508-0 .
- with Martin Schriebl-Rümmele: Enough whining! Why we need a strong social network right now. Ampuls 2017, ISBN 978-3-9504509-0-3 .
Awards
- 1997: Human rights award for essays in the newspapers Die Furche, Der Standard and Die Presse ;
- 2004: Austrian of the year in the category "humanitarian engagement" of the daily newspaper Die Presse ;
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Schenk in the catalog of the German National Library
- Martin Schenk's blog
- Ombudsman , short biography
- Poverty is the last wagon , interview with Martin Schenk, accessed on February 18, 2014.
proof
- ↑ a b Art University Linz: Mag. Martin Schenk. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ team. Diakonie Österreich, accessed on June 29, 2017 .
- ↑ Donated. Martin Schenk's blog: About. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ↑ Diakonie specifically: Martin Schenk. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
- ^ Ombudsman Board: The Human Rights Advisory Board. Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schenk, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian human rights activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |