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Call for Application
 

"Inequalities and the City. Old Issues, New Challenges." hosted by University of Vienna

Deadline: 29 Dec 2026

New publication
 

"Cassandra from the far right: how the German and Austrian populist radical right links climate skepticism with economic issues"

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The Austrian Association of University Professors (UPV) invites you to a panel discussion on October 14 at 18:00 in the Small Ceremonial Hall (Kleiner...

New publication
 

"Qualitative Interview Research in Multilingual Contexts—A Comparative Discussion of Language-Related Decisions in Two Empirical Studies"

Visiting scientist
 

We are excited to welcome three new visiting PhD scholars to our department! Find out more about their research projects.

New publication
 

"Personality Traits and Provision of Grandparental Childcare: Evidence from Europe"

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New publication
 

Reserach area: Queer and Trans Studies, Healthcare

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Job opening
 

Application Deadline: 17.09.2025

We look forward to receiving your application!

Press/media
 

Mijić traveled to Chicago as part of her FWF project “IRI.S – Creating Identity from War and Migration.”

Read her report on Rudolphina!

Award
 

Congratulations to our colleague Christina Siegert on receiving the Kurt-Rothschild-Award for her research “Poverty Risk Among Women in Couple...

New publication
 

"Narratives of Disruptive Economic Change: Claiming and Contesting the Social Order"

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Team Bordone is participating in the European Consortium for Sociological Research (ECSR) 2025 Conference, themed “Demography and Social Inequality”....

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Team Steiber is represented at the conference “Demography and Social Inequality”.

New publication
 

"Political emotions: a new policy science for tackling the climate crisis"

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The Department of Sociology warmly thanks Professor Chien-Juh Gu for joining the Faculty of Social Sciences as Fulbright University of Vienna Visiting...

Award
 

On June 25, 2025, the Theodor Körner Fund presented its 2024 scholarship awards at the Vienna Chamber of Labor's Education Center. Christina Siegert...

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We are happy to announce that our colleague Dagmar Vorlíček received one of this year’s FWF Astra Awards for her project “Remaking security:...

New publication
 

"Ideal features of post-divorce co-parenting: family professionals’ constructions"

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Talk with Olena Tkalich hosted by Gerlinde Mauerer

Mon, 23 June 2025, 6 p.m. at Frauenhetz in Vienna and online via Zoom

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Our Professor Anna Durnová receives one of two ERC Advanced Grants for the University of Vienna! This prestigious research grant is endowed with 2.5...

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On Wed, May 28, the Working Group for Sustainability (AGNIS) is once again organizing a Sustainability Day for all students and employees of the...

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

April 24-26, 2025 | University of Vienna

Award
 

For the first time, the Faculty of Social Sciences is presenting the Teaching Award Social Sciences in 2025. Nomination deadline: 16.04.2025