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.

Media articles and press releases
 

A recent publication by ViDSS Student Carolin Hirt (co-authored with Alina Brad, Etienne Schneider, Christian Dorninger, Willi Haas, Dominik Wiedenhofer and Simone Gingrich) reveals that climate policy in Austria focus on efficiency improvements and technological alternatives. Measures aimed at directly reducing emissions-intensive demand remain largely untapped. (In German)
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Fellowship and award winners
 

Communication scientist, ViDSS Alumna and former sowi:doc Fellow Selina Noetzel received one of the 40 Awards of Excellence (Staatspreise für die besten Dissertationen) for her doctoral thesis “Why am I seeing this? Cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral effects of online political microtargeting”. Congratulations!
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Blog
 

(by Jule Kegel)

When asked about their views on politicians, the British public does not hold back. Eight in ten Britons agree that the gap between ordinary people and politicians is wider than the differences among ordinary people. The same proportion say that MPs in Parliament ...
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Together with Ulrike Zartler and Lena Grabner, sociologist Vera Dafert presents the project “How 2 Survive A Pandemic” which investigates how the Covid-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdowns changed the daily lives of youth and the competencies they developed to overcome this crisis. (In German)
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Video
 

Political scientist Adham Hamed was interviewed by the TV channel Puls 24 about the implications of the 20-point Gaza Peace Plan initiated by US President Donald Trump and the risks related to its implementation. (In German)
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Together with Katharina T. Paul, political scientist Nora Hansl explains that while klindergartens could serve as an important opportunity for distributing information about vaccinations among parents, they are not yet included in official vaccination education strategies. (In German)
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Fellowship and award winners
 

The sowi:doc Awards for the academic year 2024/2025 are awarded to Ivan Josipovic (“The politics and legitimacy of digital evidence in asylum governance”), Selina Noetzel (“Why am I seeing this? Cognitive, attitudinal, and behavioral effects of online political microtargeting”) and Christina Siegert (“Poverty risk within couples across the family life course”). Congratulations!
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Social and cultural anthropologist and ViDSS Student Alberto Enrique Buela Acevedo was awarded a DOC Fellowship by the Austrian Academy of Sciences for his doctoral thesis project on social networks and resilience among indigenous rural communities in the Arctic. Congratulations!
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Radio and podcast
 

Felix Maile and Dorota Vargová provide insights into their experiences with archives and data bases. Learn about the extraordinary lengths they had to go to chase primary sources, which ethical questions they have to deal with and why they are not using any AI tools for their analyses.
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New publications by ViDSS students

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Gleichheit als Prinzip – Gleichheit als Kritik. / Kolb, Petra.
In: Magazin erwachsenenbildung.at. Das Fachmedium für Forschung, Praxis und Diskurs., 2025.

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“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), Vol. Special Issue 12, 2025, p. 197.

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Impfaufklärung im Kindergarten – ungenutztes Potenzial gegen vermeidbare Krankheiten. / Hansl, Nora (Interviewee); Paul, Katharina Theresa (Interviewee).
In: Der Standard, 2025.

Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Newspaper/Magazine article

Impfen ist ein lebenslanges Projekt. / Hansl, Nora (Interviewee).
In: Gesund&Leben, 2025.

Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Newspaper/Magazine article

Impfentscheidung von Eltern: Zwischen Wissen, Zweifel und Vertrauen. / Hansl, Nora (Interviewee); Paul, Katharina Theresa (Interviewee).
In: Der Standard, 2025.

Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Newspaper/Magazine article

Inclusive Citizenship Education in Germany, Austria and Australia. A Comparative Analysis. / Wolf, Christoph; Straub, Sarah; Lange, Dirk.
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. 389-397 (Citizenship - Studien zur politischen Bildung).

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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).

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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

Multiple ‘in-betweens’: Experiencing partial privilege while navigating racialised migrant labour hierarchies. / Holzinger, Clara.
In: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2025.

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New Municipalism and the Challenges of Design: Context, Instruments and Implementation. / Ahn, Byeongsun (Corresponding author); Kazepov, Yuri Albert Kyrill.
In: Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Vol. 116, No. 4, 2025, p. 409-423.

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Oltre le redazioni. Come il giornalismo locale esce dalle redazioni per incontrare il suo pubblico. / Garusi, Diego.
In: Problemi dell'Informazione, 2025, p. 113-132.

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Periphere Akteure im Journalismus. / Nölleke, Daniel; Hanusch, Folker; Maares, Phoebe et al.
Journalismusforschung. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlag, 2025. p. 565-584.

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Platformization and News Trust in a European Hybrid Media System. / Splendore, Sergio ; Garusi, Diego.
The European Media in the Platform Era. Springer, 2025. p. 105–121.

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Proteste als radikale Demokratiebildung. / Kolb, Petra.
Radikale Demokratiebildung: Postfundamentale Streifzüge. ed. / Werner Friedrichs; Lara Kierot; Dirk Lange; Oliver Marchart. SpringerVS, 2025. p. 239-249 (Citizenship - Studien zur politischen Bildung).

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

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Reflective smartphone disengagement as a coping strategy against cyberbullying: A cross-country study with emerging adults from the United States and Indonesia. / Khaleghipour, Maryam; Koban, Kevin; Stevic, Anja et al.
In: New Media & Society, Vol. 27, No. 10, 2025, p. 5640-5658.

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Resource or crisis? Cognitive functioning after widowhood and why paid work status matters. / Cabaraban, Maria Karlene Shawn I; Bordone, Valeria; Weber, Daniela.
In: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences, 2025.

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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).

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"Sie ist die liebste Ärztin, die ich kenne... UND sie kennt sich aus!": Empathie und Kompetenz als essenzielle Aspekte sensibler Gesundheitsversorgung aus der Sicht queerer Personen. / Ihrig, Felix Lene.
Trans* und Inter* Studien : Machtkritische Perspektiven auf Repräsentation, Medizin und Wissen. ed. / Marek Sancho Höhne; Esto Mader; Caspar Rehlinger; Kilian Schmidt; Jul Tirler. Verlag Westfaelisches Dampfboot, 2025. p. 63-81 (Forum Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, Vol. 54).

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

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