Ilse Marschalek

Graduated Social Worker.
Area of expertise: community studies and projects, organizer of different cultural events for large audiences Research fields: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Processes (university of Klagenfurt, Faculty of Interdisciplinary research and communication), participation and negotiation processes, intercultural exchange.

Fields of Research and Activity:
Ilse MARSCHALEK is a graduated social worker and sociologist. She is an expert in community studies and projects and she is the organizer of several cultural events for large audiences.
Research fields: Inter- and Transdisciplinary Processes (University of Klagenfurt, Faculty of Interdisciplinary research and communication), participation and negotiation processes, intercultural exchange.

Language Skills:
German: mother tongue
English: excellent
French and Spanish: conversation

Project Leadership/
2008 Step by Step, Austrian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management
2006-2007 Polytope Spaces in Vienna, City of Vienna
2005 Schätze in der Nachbarschaft, Nachbarschaft schätzen, intergenerational participatory study, Vienna
2000-2004 Wasserweltfest 2000 – 2004 (participatory festivals) in Vienna, Integration project public space: “freitag 15” in Vienna Conceptional, organisational, integrative community work, Local Agenda 21 process
2002 Transhranice – Eine Momentaufnahme in Mikulov, Intervention in Mikulov, Czech Republic

Project Management and Coordination:
2005-2008
EU Project “HAMMAM – Hammam, Aspects and Multidisciplinary Methods of Analysis for the Mediterranean Region, 6th Framework Programme, Specific Targeted Research Projects (STREP) (FP6-2003-INCO-MPC-2, Contract number: 517704)
2002-2005 EU-China Project “SUCCESS – Sustainable Users Concepts for China Engaging Scientific Scenarios” (ICA4-CT-2002-10007), 5th Framework Programme, INCO – DEV

Research Projects
2007-2009
ORGANIC – Organic ReGional Agriculture saving Nature In China, within the Mobility Programme of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Science and Research in Cooperation with the Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology
2005-2008

HAMMAM – Hammam, Aspects and Multidisciplinary Methods of Analysis for the Mediterranean Region, (FP6-2003-INCO-MPC-2, Contract number: 517704), interdisciplinary field research in 3 study cities, Cairo, Ankara and Damascus
2002-2005

SUCCESS – Sustainable Users Concepts for China Engaging Scientific Scenarios, (ICA4-CT-2002-10007), 5th Framework Programme, INCO-DEV A 4, interdisciplinary field research in 4 Chinese villages
2002 SUCCESS Pilot on behalf of the Austrian Ministry of Science, Oikodrom Vienna

Participation Projects :
2004 “Frauen’L’eben im fünfzehnten Bezirk”, Participatory photo interview study, Vienna
2000-2004
“Jugendbezirksvertretung Wien 15”, concept and moderation of participatory workshops for pupils in schools in the 15th district of Vienna since 2001
Workshop leading and trainings (Women, Empowerment), Conceptions and lectures (Local Agenda 21), Political education (Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, Vienna), Anti-discrimination campaign (EU)

Additional Experience:
1997 Radio broadcasting, editorial and speaking work
since 1990 Founder of the migrants consulting institute “Asyl”

Selected Publications :
2008
Science meets public – how the HAMMAM project interacted with local residents and stakeholders at the case study sites, in: in: Insaniyat – Special Volume: “The hammam as a microcosm”, edited by Nouria Remaoun and Heidi Dumreicher, Algeria, in press

2008
The Concept of Participatory Local Sustainability Projects in DUMREICHER, Heidi; PRÄNDL-ZIKA, Veronika (eds.): Chinese Villages and their Sustainable Future, Special Issue, Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier.

2005
Participation processes in seven Chinese villages towards sustainable future images by implementing small project concepts 11th International Conference on Urban Planning & Regional Development in the Information Society – Manfred Schrenk (Hg.) ISBN 3-9502139-0-2

2004 :with KOLB, Bettina: Fotos als Denkimpulse, Wien 15. Wie nutzen Frauen und Mädchen den öffentlichen Raum, Augustin Nr. 148., Vienna, p. 15.
2004 Partizipation in der Nachhaltigkeitsforschung, Salzburger Armutskonferenz 2004, conference proceedings
2004 “From Participation to Selforganisation”, final report SUCCESS Pilot (bm:bwk Vienna, May 2004)

Presentations and Lectures:
2008
Geschlechtergerechtes Formulieren, Workshop im Österreichischen Parlament, Arbeitsgruppe Parlamentsdirektion, February

2007
Participatory Knowledge Generation for Organic Agriculture in the Chinese Village, at Jiangxi Academy for Agricultural sciences (JAAS). Nanchang December

2007
Participatory Knowledge Generation for Organic Agriculture in the Chinese Village, ORGANIC Symposium, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Sanitary Engineering and Water Pollution Control, September

2007
Participation and its results: implemented projects, lecture course, Sustainable Rural China: Results from the EU-China project SUCCESS, University of Vienna, Department for Sinology

2006
Participation in Rural China, World congress of participatory Action Research, Groningen 2006, conference proceedings

2005
The impact of SUCCESS at three levels at Symposium Chinese Villages and their Sustainable Future, Shanghai Academy for Social Sciences (SASS) April 25 to 26 2005

2005
The impact of SUCCESS at three levels at Symposium Chinese Villages and their Sustainable Future, International Conference on Sustainability, Jinma Hotel, China Agricultural University, Beijing, April

2005
Participation processes in seven Chinese villages towards sustainable future images by implementing small project concepts 11th International Conference on Urban Planning & Regional Development in the Information Society – Manfred Schrenk (Hg.) ISBN 3-9502139-0-2

2005
Participatory Community research, Poster presentation at European Community Psychology and the Mediterranean ” Participation and relationship in the urban and regional context. Tools and Methodologies for local empowerment”- Naples 15-16-17 September 2005

2004
ENCOS – 1st European Networks conference on Sustainability in Practice, Project presentation SUCCESS, Berlin 2004