Ruth Weiler

Ruth Weiler teaches at the Institutes of Industrial Design, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, and eHealth.
In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is in charge of International Relations at the Institute of Industrial Design.

She studied English and American Studies and Sociology at the University of Graz and completed a two-semester Erasmus study abroad programme at the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She earned her doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences (Dr. rer. soc. oec.) from the University of Graz.

In recognition of her academic achievements, she received the “Faculty Award for an Outstanding Diploma Thesis” from the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences in Graz, as well as the “Research Award from Sozialforum – Österreichisches Hilfswerk, Vienna”.

Ruth Weiler spent several years abroad, including her Erasmus study year at the University of Warwick and a research stay as a Visiting Scholar at the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, A Designated Research Centre of the Economic and Social Research Council, in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Her research interests include English for Specific Purposes, teaching and learning in higher education, as well as topics in sociology and historical social research.