Dr. Elisabeth T. Sandler is a qualitative methodologist specialising in innovative research approaches to lived experiences and identity studies. She is currently working as an empirical researcher (FWF-funded project, University of Innsbruck & University of Vienna), as an external lecturer in qualitative methodologies (University of Graz), and is author of the forthcoming book ‘The Diary-Interview Method: A Practical Guide for Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Researchers’ (Verlag Barbara Budrich).
Elisabeth’s work bridges rigorous academic research with practical methodological development.
News
21.04.2026
I am looking forward to being part of this year’s public lecture series InTheSo (Innsbrucker Theologische Sommertage) with the talk “Hoffnung in Krisenzeiten:
Denkanstöße aus kirchlichen COVID-19 Narrativen” (English translation: Hope in times of crisis: Reflections from ecclesial COVID-19 narratives’): https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/theol/intheso/
04.03.2026
Newsletter update regarding the empirical part of the ‘Freedom of Religion and Belief in Times of Pandemic’ study: https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/theol/kommunikation/newsletter/01-2026/forschung/
23.09.2025
An official welcome – I am grateful to be part of this exciting study! https://www.uibk.ac.at/de/praktheol/aktuelles/2025/neue-projektmitarbeiterin/
21.09.2025
The following publication is now available via open access:
Sandler, E. T. (2025). The co-construction of non-normative identities: What stigma, labeling, and othering theory have underemphasised. Deviant Behavior. 10.1080/01639625.2025.2552923
25.08.2025
Forthcoming in Deviant Behavior: ‘The co-construction of non-normative identities: What stigma, labeling, and othering theory have underemphasized’
