Currently, Nora works as a researcher and project manager at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights (LBI-GMR) in Vienna. Her research focuses on the prevention of torture and ill-treatment, in concrete on strengthening procedural rights in the criminal justice system and the rights of persons with intellectual and/or psychosocial disabilities who are deprived of liberty, as well as the prevention of human trafficking.
Scientific article on COVID-19 and crime
• Katona, N. & Mayer, E. (2021). Open Research behind closed doors: Assessing the impact of COVID-19 measures on persons with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities deprived of liberty. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Fundamental and Human Rights. https://bim.lbg.ac.at/sites/files/bim/attachments/factsheet_en_final_0.pdf