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.

Fellowship and award winners
 

Aleksandra Fila from the Department of Development Studies was awarded a GO.INVESTIGATIO Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences for her ethnographic and archival research in the Polish cities of Oleśnica and Warsaw. Aleksandra’s doctoral research project investigates the feminist political economy of creativity in the Polish neoliberal transformation in the 1990s. Congratulations!
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Fellowship and award winners
 

Communication scientist Andrea Stockinger was awarded the Top Student Best Paper Award 2025 of the Communication & Technology Division of the International Communication Association for her paper “Tackling online incivility and misinformation: A user-centric evaluation of different content moderation strategies”. Congratulations!
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Media articles and press releases
 

Together with Katharina T. Paul, political scientist Nora Hansl presents the project “Valuing Vaccination” which investigates the importance that different stakeholder groups attach to vaccinations. In her doctoral thesis, Nora focuses on valuation practices of parents and health care workers concerning childhood vaccination and primary care. (In German)
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Radio and podcast
 

What does “Generation Z” think about politics, work and social cohesion? How does society consider their perspectives and how can communication between generations be improved? In Ö1 “Punkt eins”, sociologist Paul Malschinger presents his research about young people, their goals, perspectives and participation in society. (In German)
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Radio and podcast
 

What is a family? Why do parents separate? How much say should children have in a divorce? In the Podcast “Focus” of ORF Radio Vorarlberg, sociologist Viktoria Parisot presents a project in which divorce was researched through a participatory approach. (In German)
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Together with Annie Waldherr, communication scientist Jula Lühring presents the project “Emotional Misinformation”. Based on the analysis of large data sets and computer simulations, an interdisciplinary team explores how misinformation spreads in social media and which psychological interventions prevent users from trusting false information and spreading it further. (In German)
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Video
 

The perfect protein shake, the five signs of ADHD, the optimal workout routine? Communication scientists and ViDSS Students Elena Engel and Sascha Gell were interviewed for the science communication initiative FÄKT. Together with Kathrin Karsay and Raffael Heiss, they explain how we can distinguish between genuine health tips and hidden advertising. (In German)
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Political scientist Petra Kolb explains how the Maria-Theresien-Platz, the square between the Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Art History in Vienna, has developed from a space where youth protested against pressures to consume and perform in society into a brand used by political parties. (In German)
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Radio and podcast
 

Giorgia Zogu and Ying Liang Zhang talk with Jana Bernhard-Harrer and Nisa Iduna Kirchengast about their experiences with co-authorship. How have they dealt with challenges related to joint publications and how have they benefited from contributing to co-authored papers? Find out about disciplinary specifics and get practical advice on building productive research partnerships.
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New publications by ViDSS students

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Inclusive Citizenship Education in Teacher Education through Interaction and Active Relationship Building. / Straub, Sarah.
Inclusive Citizenship: Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Bürgerschaft und politische Bildung. ed. / Steve Kenner; Malte Kleinschmidt; Dirk Lange; Frank Reichert; Christiane Schröder. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2025. p. 413-422 (Citizenship - Studien zur politischen Bildung).

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

Mehr Klarheit beim Thema Impfen. Über den gesellschaftlichen Stellenwert von Impfungen. / Hansl, Nora (Interviewee); Paul, Katharina Theresa (Interviewee).
In: Kurier, 2025.

Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Newspaper/Magazine article

Proteste als radikale Demokratiebildung. / Kolb, Petra.
Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. SpringerVS, 2025.

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

Rassismuskritische und Dekoloniale Bildung. / Schuller, Maida; Heinemann, Alisha.
Handbuch Bildung zu nachhaltiger Entwicklung. Wochenschau, 2025.

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter

Stadtproteste. Eine gegenhegemoniale Intervention in der neoliberalen Stadt? / Kolb, Petra.
In: Momentum Quaterly, Vol. 13, No. 3, 2025, p. 99-156.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

“That’s a tricky question”: perceptions of mandatory vaccination among parents and paediatricians in Austria. / Hansl, Nora; Paul, Katharina Theresa (Corresponding author).
In: Health Policy, Vol. 157, 2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

"Und ist ganz einfach eingeschlafen": Eine Geschichte aus der ehrenamtlichen Tätigkeit in einem Pflegewohnheim. / Dressel, Gert; Heimerl, Katharina; Hutter, Evelyn et al.
In: Fachzeitschrift für Palliative Geriatrie, Vol. 1, No. 1/2025, 2025, p. 35-37.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Understanding news media trust through the lens of phenomenological sociology. / Garusi, Diego; Juarez Miro, Clara; Hanusch, Folker.
In: Communication Theory, 2025, p. 1-10.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Zwischen Deutungswissen und Selbst-Bildung. Über deliberative Beteiligungsformen als Thema von Demokratiebildung. / Kolb, Petra; Bredl, Patrick.
Innovationen in der politischen (Weiter-) Bildung: Politikdidaktische Strategien, Konzepte und Methoden in Zeiten der Polykrise. ed. / Elizaveta Firsova-Eckert; Dirk Lange. SpringerVS, 2025. p. 161-170 (Bürgerbewusstsein).

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

A narrow gateway from misogyny to the far right: Empirical evidence for social media exposure effects. / Weiß, Phelia; Koban, Kevin; Matthes, Jörg.
In: Information, Communication & Society, 27.12.2024.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

No chance to fool young consumers when it comes to the environment: Effects of false and compensation claims in airline advertising on perceived greenwashing. / Neureiter, Ariadne; Grosul, Arina ; Nemcova, Veronika et al.
In: International Journal of Advertising , 25.12.2024.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Specification Overfitting in Artificial Intelligence. / Roth, Benjamin; Luz de Araujo, Pedro Henrique; Xia, Yuxi et al.
In: Artificial Intelligence Review, 20.12.2024.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Austria. / Bauer, Dominique; Mattes-Zippenfenig, Astrid.
Yearbook of Muslims in Europe. ed. / Ahmet Alibašić; Dominique Bauer; Stephanie Müssig; Egdūnas Račius. Leiden: Brill, 2024. p. 54-72 (Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 16).

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

Helpful or harmful? Navigating the impact of social media influencers’ health advice: Insights from health expert content creators. / Kanková, Jaroslava; Binder, Alice; Matthes, Jörg.
In: BMC Public Health, Vol. 24, No. 1, 3511, 18.12.2024.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Angry tweets: How uncivil and intolerant elite communication affects political distrust and political participation intentions. / Saumer, Melanie (Corresponding author); Maikovska, Kateryna; Neureiter, Ariadne et al.
In: Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 06.12.2024, p. 1-17.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 16. / Alibašić, Ahmet (Editor); Bauer, Dominique (Editor); Müssig, Stephanie (Editor) et al.
1 ed. Leiden: Brill, 2024. 748 p. (Yearbook of Muslims in Europe, Vol. 16).

Publications: Book › Collection › Peer Reviewed

Reproduktive Normen und zeitliche Aspekte. / Gül, Elif; Leibetseder, Doris.
Reproduktion und das gute Leben: Intersektionale Perspektiven. ed. / Isabelle Marcinski-Michel; Claudia Wiesemann. Transcript Verlag, 2024. p. 123-146.

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

IN THE FINE PRINT: INVESTIGATING EDTECH PROVIDERS’ DATA PRIVACY COMMITMENT - TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS. / Barud, Katarzyna; Henne, Theresa; Saillant, Clara et al.
ICERI2024 Proceedings: 17th annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation. 2024. p. 6185-6194.

Publications: Contribution to book › Contribution to proceedings

Forschen mit Ablaufdatum: Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler im Kampf gegen befristete Job-Chancen. Holzinger, Clara (Interviewee). 2024.

Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show

Unpacking news consumption and trust decisions through a folk theory approach: A study of Austrian young adults. / Garusi, Diego (Corresponding author); Juarez Miro, Clara.
In: Media, Culture & Society , 07.11.2024.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

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