Dr. Elisabeth T. Sandler is a methodologist and sociologist specialising in innovative research approaches to lived experiences and identity studies.
She is currently working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Karlsuhe Insitute of Technology (KIT) and as an external lecturer in qualitative methodologies.
Elisabeth’s work bridges rigorous academic research with practical methodological development.
News
01.07.2026
With July 2026, I started a postdoc position (House of Competence, KIT) for the “PartiKomp” study. It is truly wonderful to be part of such an exciting project and collaborative, supportive team! https://www.hoc.kit.edu/21_2168.php
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’
