Curriculum Vitae
Sascha Gell, BA MA

Sascha Gell, BA MA
Project Assistant
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sascha.gell@mci.edu




Sascha Gell, BA MA


Sascha Gell studied Sociology and International Health & Social Management with a special interest in the phenomenon of non-take-up of social (services). This topic was taken up in cooperation with the Institute for Social Services (ifs) for a status analysis in the Vorarlberg area during his Master's thesis. Currently working at the Center for Social & Health Innovation as a project staff member, he accompanied research projects with public health (nutritional environments at schools, health literacy among children and adolescents, COVID19 Social Indicator Survey) and social policy topics (social space analysis and inclusion of people with disabilities).

2019 - present
Project Assistant - Project assistance in research activities, administrative activities, communication with external partners, participation in the preparation of project reports and publications, data management. - Center for Social & Health Innovation

2017 - 2019
International Health & Social Management - Management Center Innsbruck (MA)

2016
Sociology - ERASMUS+ - University College Cork, Ireland (BA)

2014 - 2017
Sociology - Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck (BA)

  • Engel, E., Gell, S., Heiss, R., & Karsay, K. (2023). Social media influencers and adolescents' health: A scoping review of the research field. Social Science & Medicine. 116387. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116387
  • Gell, S., Pejkovic, E., Heiss, R. (2023). How (Un-)Healthy are Austrian School Food Environments? Evidence from Focus Groups and Citizen Science. Appetite, 188. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106636
  • Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., & Boost, M. (2023). Die Einbindung von Menschen mit Behinderungen in qualitative Sozialforschung. Qual.Met, 1(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.53205/qualmet.v1i1.9 (https://qualmet.org/journal/issue/view/1)
  • Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Nesimovic, A. & Weinkogl, Ph. (2022). The inclusive, social space-oriented participation of people with disabilities in the Bavaria-Tyrol border region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Comparative Social Work 17(1). https://doi.org/10.31265/jcsw.v17.i1.391
  • Heiss, R., Gell, S., Röthlingshöfer, E., Zoller, C. (2021). How Threat Perceptions Relate to Learning and Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19: Evidence From a Panel Study. Personality and Individual Differences, 175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110672
  • Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Nesimovic, A., Röthlingshofer, E., Heiss, R. and Zoller, C. (2020). Integrating child's health promotion in schools - local mechanisms and strategies. European Journal of Public Health, 30(Supplement_5). https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckaa165.1135

  • Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., & Reichmann, P. (46). Vulnerable Gruppen in der Krise. WISO-Wirtschafts- Und Sozialpolitische Zeitschrift, 2023(1), 116-130. https://www.zeitschriftwiso.at/ausgaben/alle-bisherigen-hefte/magazine-detail/12023

  • Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Reichmann, P. & Meindlhumer, M. (2022). Die sozialen Auswirkungen der Corona-Pandemie auf vulnerable Personengruppen. In A. Exenberger (Hrsg.), Armutsbetroffenheit in der Krise: Eine Studie des Tiroler Armutsforschungsforums 2020-22 (S. 65-146).
  • Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S. & Reichmann, P. (2022). Kinderarmut und Schule in der Pandemie: Delphi Konzeption. In A. Exenberger (Hrsg.), Armutsbetroffenheit in der Krise: Eine Studie des Tiroler Armutsforschungsforums 2020-22 (S. 291-310).

    Gell, S., Pejcovic, E., Heiss, R. (2023, November). How School Food Environments Influence Food Choices: Evidence from Citizen Science and Focus Groups. Presentation at the 16th European Public Health Conference, November 9-11, Dublin.

    Gell, S., Engel, E., Heiss, R., Karsay, K. (2023, November). Challenges and Benefits of Social Media Influencers for Adolescent Health - A Scoping Review. Presentation at the 16th European Public Health Conference, November 9-11, Dublin.

    Heiss, R., Bode, L., Bradshaw, S. R., MacCarthy, M., Porter, E., Engel E., & Gell, S. (2023). Countering Misinformation on Social Media: A Socio-Ecological Response Model. Presentation to the Information Technology, & Politics Division at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), August 31 - September 3, Los Angeles, USA.

    Kerschbaumer, L., Reichmann, P. & Gell, S. (2023). Unlocking access: Overcoming barriers to social services. 29TH ANNUAL Foundation for international Studies of Social Security CONFERENCE, Sigtunahöjden, Sweden June 12th, 2023.

    Engel, E., Gell, S., Heiss, R., & Karsay, K. (2023). Social Media Influencers and Adolescents' Health: A Scoping Review. Presentation to the Health Communication Division at the 73rd annual conference of the International Communication Association (ICA), May 25-29, Toronto, Canada.

    Gell, S., Engel, E., Heiss, R., Karsay, K. (2023). Social Media Influencers and Adolescents' Health: A Scoping Review. Presentation at the Etmaal 2023, 25th Edition, February 25-26, Twente, Netherlands.

    Kerschbaumer, L., Sascha, G. & Reichmann, P. (2022). Non-Take-Up in Tirol. Josefikreis Zwischentreffen (27.6.2022), Seehof AK Tirol

    Reichmann, P., Kerschbaumer, L. & Gell, S. (2022). Working Poor - Prekäre Lebensrealitäten im Fokus. Tiroler Armutsforschungsforum in Kooperation mit der Universität Innsbruck und FH Gesundheit. FHG (09.06.2022).

    Gell, S. & Kerschbaumer, L. (2022). Armutsdynamik in der Covid-19 Pandemie - Prekarisierung und Resilienz. IDEENREICHTUM Vor!-Konferenz für junge Armutsforscher*innen, 23-25 Mai, St. Virgil, Salzburg.

    Kerschbaumer, L. & Gell, S. (2022). Sozialraumorientierte und inklusive Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen. FFH Open Access Repository. 15. Forschungsforum der österreichischen Fachhochschulen. http://ffhoarep.fh-ooe.at/handle/123456789/1528

    Gell, S., Kerschbaumer, L. (2022, April). Case Study on the Inclusion of People with Disabilities in Research - Combining and Triangulating Face-to-face, Phone, and Digital Interviews with a Qualitative Online Survey. Methodological Innovations. BSA Virtual Annual Conference 2022: Building Equality and Justice Now, 20.-22. April 2022.

    Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S.(2022, April). Sozialraumorientierte & Inklusive Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen in der Grenzregion Bayern-Tirol. D2-Track2-Teil3: Cross-border Cooperations - Vorsprung durch grenzüberschreitende Forschung. 15. Forschungsforum der österreichischen Fachhochschulen, 20.- 21. April 2022, Villach, Kärnten.

    Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Reichmann, P. (2022, März). Armutsdynamiken und soziale Resilienz - Perspektiven aus Tirol. "Armut und Armutsgefährdung heute - ein Blick in unsere Region und die Auswirkungen der Covid 19 Pandemie". Regionalmanagement KUUSK, Kufstein, Tirol.

    Heiss, R., Gell, S., Röthlingshöfer, E., Zoller, C. (2021, July). How Threat Perceptions Relate to Learning and Conspiracy Beliefs About COVID-19: Evidence From a Panel Study. Personality and Individual Differences. Presentation at the (virtual) annual meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP), July 11-13.

    Gell, S., Kerschbaumer, L., Nesimovic, A. (2021, June). The inclusive, social space-oriented participation of people with disabilities in the Bavaria-Tyrol border region during the COVID-19 pandemic. 5th Transforming Care Conference - Time in Care: The Temporality of Care Policy and Practices, June 24. - 26., Venice, Italy.

    Kerschbaumer, L., Gell, S., Nesimovic, A., Röthlingshofer, E., Heiss, R., Zoller, C. (2020, October). Integrating health promotion in schools - local mechanisms and strategies. Presentation at the (virtual) 16th World Congress on Public Health, October 12-16, Rome, Italy.

    Gell, S. (March, 2020). Enabling and restricting factors for the utilization of social services. Vor!-Konferenz "Ideenreichtum", 12th Austrian Poverty Conference-Voices against poverty, Salzburg.

    Gell, S., & Heiss, R. (2020, February). FoodExplorer - A Citizen Science Project to Improve School Food Environments. Invited presentation at the workshop "Health and Wellbeing: Addressing today's Global Paradox", Department of Sport Science, Leopold-Franzens University of Innsbruck, February 6, Innsbruck, Austria.

  • Keschbaumer, L.; Gell, S. (2023). Sozialraumorientierte & Inklusive Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderungen in Bildungseinrichtungen in der Grenzregion Bayern-Tirol. Multiplier Event Mob4All (Ulysseus - MCI). Inklusion & Hochschule, 26. April 2023, MCI Innsbruck, Tirol
  • Heiss, R., Kerschbaumer, L., Zoller, C., Gell, S., Walch, S., Röthlingshöfer, E., & Nesimovic, A. (2021). COVID-19 Social Indicator Survey (SUF edition, V1), AUSSDA Dataverse, https://doi.org/10.11587/F7CD4D

2021 - present
Project Assistant - Experiences of poverty and the working poor in Tyrol - Center for Social & Health Innovation / unicum:mensch

2020 - 2021
Project Assistant - Social space-oriented and inclusive participation of people with disabilities in the border region Bavaria - Tyrol - Center for Social & Health Innovation / Diakonisches Werk Rosenheim e.V.

2020 - 2021
Project Assistant - FoodExplorer: A citizen science project to improve school food environments - Center for Social & Health Innovation

2019 - 2021
Project Assistant - Health Literacy in Childhood - Center for Social & Health Innovation / Österreichische Gesundheitskasse / Gesundheit Österreich GmbH

2019 - 2021
Project Assistant - Evaluation of the "Healthy School Tyrol" programme - Center for Social & Health Innovation / Österreichische Gesundheitskasse