Elisabeth Huber

Dr. Elisabeth Huber

Center for Environmental Sensitivity

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About the person

Elisabeth Huber is a social and cultural anthropologist and sociologist and has finished her PhD studies in 2017 with a thesis on the interrelations of poverty and the protection of the environment in West African cities. Since 2023 she is a member of SPACE (Social space-based research in built environment) at the University for Continuing Education Krems. Her research interests cover housing conditions in informal settlements as well as inclusive housing for women and other vulnerable groups. She is also eager to explore possibilities for socioecological transformations.

Projects (Extract Research Database)

Running projects

Socio-sPatial framework conditions for inclusive housing for persons with complex mental health needs in rural and small-town areas

Duration: 02/02/2023–01/02/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: Bundesländer (inkl. deren Stiftungen und Einrichtungen)

Strengthening Research and Educational Competences of HEIs for Gender sensitive Urban (InfoRmal Settlement) Transformation

Duration: 01/05/2022–30/04/2026
Principle investigator for the project (University for Continuing Education Krems): Tania Berger
Funding: Bund (Ministerien)

Lectures (Extract Research Database)

Navigating uncertain assumptions in a research project on housing for persons with complex mental health needs

10th Ethnography and Qualitative Research International Conference, 11/07/2025

Innovative Wohnformen, funktionierende Nachbarschaften, sorgende Gemeinschaften. Ansätze und Modelle für mehr Inklusion

Social Work Science Day, 08/05/2025

Particularities of conducting transdisciplinary processes on questions of urban transition in Ethiopia: Reflections on expectations and challenges

Re-/Searching to Transgress Collaborative Formats and Practices of Social-ecological Transformation, 10/04/2025