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Dr.in Sarah Knoll, BA MA
Contact: sarah.maria.knoll@univie.ac.at
Sarah Knoll is a historian. She studied history with a special focus on contemporary history at the University of Vienna. She completed her PhD at the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Vienna with the dissertation “Austria and Cold War refugees from the Communist Bloc (1956 – 1990). Aid organizations in the spotlight” (Zwischen Aufnahme und Transit bei transcript Verlag).
At the University of Vienna she is part of the research group New Cold War Studies .
She is editor of HSoZ-Kult for ‘Austrian/Habsburg History, Southeast Europe’.
Her current research project focuses on the history of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and analyses development aid between humanitarian aid and technical assistance.
Research Interests:
- Austrian Contemporary History
- Migration and the Cold War
- International Organizations and NGOs
- Humanitarianism and humanitarian aid in the 20th century
- History of the Prater in Vienna