Welcome to the Department of Sociology

The Department of Sociology combines sociological research and teaching at the University of Vienna.

Sociological research at the Department is characterised by a wide range of key research areas and methodologies as well as numerous research projects. In the area of teaching, the Department offers a six-term bachelor´s programme and a four-term master´s programme in Sociology.

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 News

New publication
 

"Fatherhood Practices and Shared Parental Leave: Advancing Gender Equity in Parenting"

Read the full article now online (open access)!

 
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News
 

VII. Conference of the International Alfred Schutz Circle for Phenomenology and Interpretive Social Science

April 24-26, 2025 | University of Vienna
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Ausschreibung
 

US scholars can apply for the Fulbright Visiting Professorship at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the academic year 2026/27 (start: October 2026 or...
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Press/media
 

The new "marrying down": Women are now more likely to marry a less-educated man than men are to marry a less-educated woman.
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Team Steiber is represented at the conference “Education, Markets, and Families: The Dynamics of Social Stratification and Inequalities”.
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Team Steiber is represented at the conference “Gender Inequalities, Fertility, and the Future of Family Demography: Intersectionality in an Era of...
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 Events

Talk/Discussion
 

Talks & Discussion: Paulus Wagner and Lisa de Vries

Wed, May 7, 2025 | 1:15 PM | Seminar Room 3, Department of Sociology
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Sociological Workshop Conversations
 

Ilami Yasna

Tue, May 13, 2025 | 12:30 - 14:00 | Conference room, 4th floor, Rooseveltplatz 2

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