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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Fellowship and award winners
 

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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Author Correction: A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw. / Gartler, Susanna (Corresponding author); Scheer, Johanna (Corresponding author); Meyer, Alexandra et al.
In: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol. 6, No. 1, 234, 25.03.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Correction › Peer Reviewed

The impact of local culture on journalistic roles and practices: Evidence from the Pacific Islands. / Leonhardt, Birte Marina; Hanusch, Folker; Singh, Shailendra B. .
In: Journalism, 11.03.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Mainstreaming and transnationalization of anti-gender ideas through social media: the case of CitizenGO. / Righetti, Nicola (Corresponding author); Kulichkina, Aytalina; Paroni, Bruna Almeida et al.
In: Information, Communication & Society, 22.02.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Affective politics and neoliberal subjectivities in ‘left behind’ places: Counter-narrating regional decline within/from Finland’s ‘Capital of Pessimism’. / Gansauer, Grete; Lilius, Johanna; Adams, Ria-Maria.
In: Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space, 19.02.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Time to BeReal! Exploring users' well-being in relation to BeReal use duration. / Kanková, Jaroslava; Stevic, Anja; Binder, Alice et al.
In: New Media & Society, 19.02.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Policy briefings deriving from WP2-5 M24. / Ramadani, Gentiana; Chatziefraimidou, Angeliki; Sarikakis, Katharine et al.
65 p. 2025.

Publications: Other publication › Other

A transdisciplinary, comparative analysis reveals key risks from Arctic permafrost thaw. / Gartler, Susanna (Corresponding author); Scheer, Johanna (Corresponding author); Meyer, Alexandra (Corresponding author) et al.
In: Communications Earth & Environment, Vol. 6, 21, 16.01.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Für eine dekoloniale Wende in der Wissenschaft: blog interdisziplinäre geschlechterforschung. Bauer, Dominique (Author); Paredes Grijalva, Daniela (Corresponding author). 2025.

Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Web publication

Listen to me! Target perceptions of digital hate: A scoping review of recent research. / Khaleghipour, Maryam (Corresponding author); Koban, Kevin; Matthes, Jörg.
In: Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Vol. 26, No. 5, 12.2025, p. 1082-1096.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

LOCAL INITIATIVES IN SHRINKING CITIES: On Normative Framings and Hidden Aspirations in Scholarly Work. / Sandmann, Leona (Corresponding author); Gunko, Maria (Corresponding author); Shirobokova, Irina (Corresponding author) et al.
In: International Journal for Urban and Regional Research, Vol. 49, No. 1, 01.2025, p. 214-223.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Writing Choreographies: (STS) Knowledge Production in Post- digital Academia. / Schikowitz, Andrea; Dessewffy, Esther; Davies, Sarah et al.
In: Tecnoscienza: Italian Journal of Science & Technology Studies, Vol. 1, 01.2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › 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, Vol. 28, No. 13, 2025, p. 2377-2395.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Bedeutung von Emotionen in interprofessionellen Lehr- und Lernkontexten. / Frenzel, Anne C (Corresponding author); Götz, Thomas; Schmid, Theresa.
Interprofessionelle Bildung für die Gesundheitsversorgung . ed. / Ursula Walkenhorst; Martin Fischer. Springer, 2025. p. 29-39.

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

Betonieren, Versiegeln, Verbauen - über ein Straßenbauprojekt mitten in der Klimakrise. / Kolb, Petra.
In: Politix : Zeitschrift des Instituts für Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 53, 2025, p. 38-42.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Building transdisciplinary bridges and learning from the Svalbard context. / Meyer, Alexandra; Olsen, Julia (Corresponding author).
In: Polar Journal, 2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Die SPÖ und das Auto. / Kolb, Petra; Greß, Johannes.
In: Augustin. Die erste österreichische Boulevardzeitung, 2025.

Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Newspaper/Magazine article

Diversität im journalistischen Selbstverständnis. Eine Analyse des Rollenselbst- und -fremdbildes traditioneller und peripherer Akteur*innen im österreichischen Journalismus. / Löhmann, Kim Dana; Maares, Phoebe; Hanusch, Folker et al.
In: Medien und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Vol. 73, No. 3, 2025, p. 424–441.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Ektogenese als feministische Utopie? Potenziale der Dekonstruktion von Geschlecht. / Beck, Celina.
In: Medien & Zeit: Kommunikation in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart, 2025.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

Fem-vertised and fem-washed advertising on Instagram: How do they affect the attitude towards the brand and purchase intention? / Noronha dos Reis, Iara (Corresponding author); Harm, Katharina; Saumer, Melanie et al.
Advances in advertising research XIII: Frontiers of advertising: Re-considering its shapes and forms. ed. / Daria Gunina; Martin K. J. Waiguny. 1. ed. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2025. p. 145-159 (European Advertising Academy).

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter

From Crisis Governance to Electoral Normality and the Longest Coalition Negotiations: The 2024 Austrian Parliamentary Election. / Scharrer, Manuel; Gahn, Christina; Bernhard-Harrer, Jana et al.
In: West European Politics, 2025, p. 1-20.

Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › Peer Reviewed

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