The Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences promotes innovative, excellent, problem-oriented research that aspires to contribute to societal debates and address key global challenges.
The cohorts trained and supported by the ViDSS are part of a vibrant research environment and international networks. The ViDSS encompasses and fosters connections between a broad range of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives. The ViDSS embraces the entire range of epistemological, methodological and theoretical approaches that are employed at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Doctoral candidates receive research training and write a doctoral thesis in the fields of communication, demography, development studies, nursing science, political science, science and technology studies, social and cultural anthropology, and sociology. The ViDSS aims for the highest standards in doctoral training and close supervision to ensure a mastery of social scientific debates and relevant theories and methods. As a result, ViDSS graduates are highly employable both within and outside academia.
New publications by ViDSS students
Multilingual Challenges: Empirical Social Research in Migration Societies, Transnational Spaces, and International Contexts. / Holzinger, Clara; Draxl, Anna-Katharina.
Social Inclusion, 2026.Publications: Book › Special Issue › Peer Reviewed
“I don't attribute that to the fact that I'm a foreigner” : Female CEE migrants in Austria and their perspectives on deskilling experiences. / Holzinger, Clara; Draxl, Anna-Katharina.
In: Zeitschrift für Politik (ZfP), 2025.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Austria (Vol. 16, 2023). / Bauer, Dominique; Mattes-Zippenfenig, Astrid.
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 16. ed. / Ahmet Alibašić; Dominique Bauer; Stephanie Müssig; Egdūnas Račius. Vol. 16 Leiden : Brill, 2024. p. 54-72 (Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 16).Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed
Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show
When good intentions aren’t enough: Intersectional invisibilities in academia and the decolonial turn. / Bauer, Dominique; Paredes Grijalva, Daniela.
In: Gender - Zeitschrift für Geschlecht, Kultur und Gesellschaft, Vol. 16, No. 3, 22.10.2024, p. 217-230.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Conducting marine genetic research for whom? Mapping knowledge flows from science to patents. / Dunshirn, Paul (Corresponding author); Zhivkoplias, Erik.
In: npj Ocean Sustainability, Vol. 3, No. 1, 50, 08.10.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Tactics and affordances in the mediatization of war: pro-Ukrainian cyber resistance on Telegram. / Canevez, Richard; Maikovska, Kateryna; Zwarun, Lara.
In: Digital War, 07.10.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show
Knecht, Alban (2024). Mit Sozialpolitik regieren. Eine ressourcentheoretische Policy-Analyse der Beschäftigungsförderung benachteiligter Jugendlicher in Österreich. Opladen, Berlin und Toronto: Verlag Barbara Budrich. / Malschinger, Paul.
In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS), 10.2024.Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Book/Film/Event review
Sustainable flying? The effects of greenwashed claims in airline advertising on perceived greenwashing, brand outcomes, and attitudes toward flying. / Neureiter, Ariadne (Corresponding author); Hirsch, Melanie; Matthes, Jörg et al.
In: Environmental Communication, Vol. 18, No. 7, 10.2024, p. 873 – 890 .Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Revisiting Reflexivity: Liveable Worlds in Research and Beyond. / Davies, Sarah (Editor); Schikowitz, Andrea (Editor); Mora-Gámez, Fredy (Editor) et al.
Bristol University Press, 2025. 272 p. (Dis-positions: Troubling Methods and Theory in STS).Publications: Book › Collection › Peer Reviewed
The Structural and Temporal Curb of Populism: A Cross-Country Analysis of Authoritarian Populist Influences on Journalism. / Celik, Burce; Radl, Marlene; Ribac, Marko et al.
In: Journalism Studies, 26.09.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Von Erreichtbarkeit und dem Erreichtwerden : Älter werdende Eltern mit Pflegeverantwortung im Forschungskontext. / Falkenstein, Thomas; Werner, Marlene; Nagl-Cupal, Martin.
Schwer erreichbar?: Soziale Teilhabe für besonders verletzliche Menschen. ed. / Elisabeth Reitinger; Heimerl Katharina; Gert Dressel; Ilona Wenger. Esslingen : der hospiz verlag, 2024. p. 377 - 390.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter
Felt-bodily communication as a medium for parents and their children with care needs: a neo-phenomenology perspective. / Falkenstein, Thomas; Mayer, Hanna; Nagl-Cupal, Martin.
2024. 15 20th European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science, Graz, Austria.Publications: Contribution to conference › Other contribution to conference › Peer Reviewed
“Do you practice what you preach?” : The effects of celebrities' pro-environmental messages on social media on young adults’ pro-environmental behavior. / Quesada Baena, Luis; Binder, Alice; Neureiter, Ariadne et al.
In: Young Consumers, 12.09.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Health-related communication of social media influencers: A scoping review. / Kanková, Jaroslava; Binder, Alice; Matthes, Jörg.
In: Health Communication, 11.09.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Four eyes, two truths: Explaining heterogeneity in perceived severity of digital hate against immigrants. / Kirchmair, Thomas; Koban, Kevin; Matthes, Jörg.
In: Communications - The European Journal of Communication Research, Vol. 49, No. 3, 05.09.2024, p. 468-490.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
Blurring Boundaries: A longitudinal analysis of skills required in journalism, PR, and marketing job ads. / Bernhard, Jana; Russmann, Uta.
In: Journalism & mass communication quarterly, Vol. 101, No. 3, 09.2024, p. 612-636.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
"I can't see the forest for the ticks, uhm, trees…” : The role of online forums in parents’ vaccination trajectories. / Paul, Katharina Theresa (Corresponding author); Pichelstorfer, Anna; Hansl, Nora et al.
In: Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 357, 117183, 09.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed
The more you know…? How disclosures, persuasion knowledge training, and political fit impact cognitive processing of targeted political ads. / Noetzel, Selina (Corresponding author); Binder, Alice; Matthes, Jörg.
In: International Journal of Advertising , 17.08.2024.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed