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Lisa Waldenburger

University of Innsbruck


Lisa Waldenburger

Lisa Waldenburger is a researcher at the University of Innsbruck, working on the research project ‘Learning from long-term care practices for the European Care Strategy (LeTs-Care)’. She has a background in sociology and human geography, and has conducted research on topics such as the ‘Intimisation of the Public’ and ‘Digital Stress in Everyday Media Life’. She completed her doctorate on ‘Resonance and Alienation on Facebook’ under the supervision of Prof Dr Hartmut Rosa. Her areas of expertise include digital culture/media sociology, social theory/critical realism, current social theories, and qualitative methods. Currently, her research is focused on innovative long-term care practices and the understanding of care in Austria.

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Countries Austria; Denmark; Germany; Italy; Lithuania; Netherlands; Spain;
Topics Access to care; Ageing in place; Attitudes and Expectations about Long-Term Care; Autonomy; Care Homes; Care in rural and other non-urban settings; Care inequalities; Care innovations; Care needs poverty and deprivation; Care work and migration; Cash benefits; Community-based LTC; Continence Care in LTC; Costs of LTC; Culturally appropriate LTC; Day Care; Demand for Long-Term Care; Digital Technology; Ecosystems of care; End-of-life care and LTC; Healthcare access in LTC; Information needs; Living alone; Living arrangements; Loneliness among older people; LTC Policy; LTC Reforms; LTC Systems; LTC Workforce; Outcomes for unpaid/informal carers; Pensions; Person-centered care; Primary Health Care; Quality of care; Research gaps and priorities in LTC; Residential LTC services; Risk in Long-Term Care; Social Innovation in LTC; Sustainability; Technology and LTC; Unmet needs; Unpaid / informal care; Value of LTC; Workforce capability; Workforce pay and conditions;
Methods Case studies; Comparative policy analysis; Creative research methods; Critical Discourse Analysis; Discourse analysis; Document analysis; Ethnography; Expert consultations; Focus groups; Grounded Theory; Interviews; Literature reviews and synthesis; Longitudinal qualitative studies; Mixed methods; Observational studies; Qualitative studies; Questionnaire; Research diaries; Science communication; Theory and frameworks; Vignettes and narratives;
Role Research;
Interest Groups Ageing and Place; Continence Care in Long-Term Care; Economics of Long-Term Care; Employment Education and Family carers; Innovation in Long-Term Care; Integrated Long-Term Care; Long-Term Care Policy; Migration Mobility and Care Workers; Qualitative Research; Technology and Long-Term Care; Unmet need inequalities and care poverty (UNICAP); Working Conditions and Wages in Long-Term Care;
Websitehttps://www.uibk.ac.at/en/department-of-sociology/the-institute/lisa-waldenburger-english/
ORC.ID0000-0002-4903-635X
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LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-waldenburger-633853372/