This volume treats the multiple roles of teachers, students and staff of the University of Vienna and of the University as an institution in politics, economy and society from 1848 to the present. Central topics are the power and socioeconomic status relations within the institution as well as the role of the University and its members in politics, society and the economy in the broader sense.

Dr. Mitchell G. Ash ist ordentlicher Universitätsprofessor für Geschichte der Neuzeit an der Universität Wien. Dr. Josef Ehmer ist ordentlicher Universitätsprofessor für Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte an der Universität Wien.