Open positions
The University of Vienna is announcing fully funded doctoral positions in the social sciences all year round.
The University offers both predefined doctoral projects within the framework of externally funded projects and positions as predoctoral university assistants announced by the departments or the doctoral schools. Currently, the following doctoral positions in the social sciences are announced by the ViDSS or the departments supporting the ViDSS.
- University assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Sociology
Research group: Knowledge and Culture
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 3 years | application deadline: 19 January 2026 - University assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Science and Technology Studies
Research field: technosciences, materiality, and digital cultures
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 25 January 2026 - University assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Government
Research field: comparative politics
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 28 January 2026 - University assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Political Science
Research field: political theory
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 30 January 2026 - University assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Demography
Research field: demographic analysis of population-environment interactions
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 8 February 2026 - University-wide call: 40+ doctoral positions in the social sciences, humanities and cultural studies
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 2 March 2026
Why apply to the ViDSS?
- We offer doctoral training across all research fields of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna,
- close supervision by top researchers in the social sciences and
- a structured doctoral programme and support through cohort integration, career development and different funding programmes.