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
 

Elif Gül, ViDSS student in science and technology studies, was awarded the Johanna-Dohnal-Förderpreis by the Johanna Dohnal Archive for her doctoral thesis project on the material-semiotics of obstetric violence. The award honours authors of outstanding dissertations that promote gender democracy and equality, and serve as role models for women in education. Congratulations!
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Fellowship and award winners
 

Michaela Forrai, Alexandra Wölfle, Thomas Kirchmair and Aleksandra Lazić won the Klaus Schönbach Award 2025 of the Department of Communication. The award aims to support doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers in pursuing, refining and enhancing their own international lines of research.

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Fellowship and award winners
 

We warmly welcome our new sowi:docs Fellows! Léa Dudouet (science and technology studies) will explore the sociotechnical meanings of fertility tracking and reproductive decision-making in Austria. Clara Lerch (communication) will investigate how political and media discourse influences public perception and policymaking in three European Member States.
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Blog
 

(by Alice Vadrot, Emil W. Hildebrand, Carolin Hirt, Wenwen Lyu, Felix Nütz, Hristina Talkova)

Kingston, Jamaica. July 2025. The tickets to Jamaica were already booked, the US transit visa secured, and a field note outline meticulously prepared. Then the news broke: academics and civil society actors would be barred from fully accessing this year’s Council Meeting of the ...
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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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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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Media articles and press releases
 

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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New publications by ViDSS students

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

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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).

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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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Inteligência Artificial e privacidade: A Urgente Necessidade da Literacia Mediática das Crianças. / Sarikakis, Katharine; Chatziefraimidou, Angeliki.
In: Revista Comunicando, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2025.

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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

Mortality. / Cabaraban, Maria Karlene Shawn; Tanalgo, Klarriness.
Ageing and Health in the Philippines: Wave 2. ed. / Grace Cruz; Christian Joy Cruz; Yasuhiko Saito. Jakarta: Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, 2025. p. 113-129.

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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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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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Politische Selbst-Bildung. Fachdidaktische Überlegungen zur Aktualisierung der Subjektorientierung. / Nagy, Nicola; Lange, Dirk.
In: Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft, Politik (GWP), Vol. 3/2025, 2025, p. 386-398.

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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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Psychological safety in workplace communication. How internal communication can encourage employees to speak up. / Hagelstein, Jens Philipp Wilhelm; Huber, Jeannine; Einwiller, Sabine.
Collection No 2: Unser Jahreskompendium 2025/2026. Akademische Gesellschaft für Unternehmensführung & Kommunikation, 2025.

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

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