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

Call
 

"(How) Is It Possible to Live Together? On the We-Relationship and Collective Life"

Submission deadline: 30 June 2026
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Call
 

Yuri Kazepov and the organising committee are looking for student volunteers to help with the three-day international RC21 Conference ‘Inequalities...
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New Staff
 

Since April 2026, Lisa Bock-Oswald is a pre-doctoral research assistant in the Knowledge and Culture Research Group (Team Michaela Pfadenhauer).
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Call
 

U.S. scholars may apply until September 15, 2026, for the Fulbright Visiting Professorship at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of...
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Project
 

Manuel T. Valdés, Nadia Steiber and Laura Zilian are project leaders for ‘Gendered STEM Pathways: The Role of Family in Women's Field Choice and...
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New publication
 

‘How am I supposed to feel?’: navigating the emotional ambivalences of abortion decisions

Read online now (open access)!
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 Events

The Sustainability Working Group (AGNIS) is once again organising a Sustainability Day at the Department of Sociology!

Wed, 20 May 2026 | from 09:00
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Research Lab
 

Wed, 3 June 2026 | 14:00-17:00 | EPC conference venue, Bologna, Italy

Register by 1 April 2026
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Research Lab
 

Wed, 3 June 2026 | 15:30–17:00 | EPC conference venue, Bologna, Italy

Register by 20 April 2026
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Talk/Discussion
 

w/ John Clarke (Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, The Open University, UK)

Wed, 10 June 2026 | 13:15-14:45 | Seminar Room 2
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Conference
 

International Conference on Urban and Regional Development​

Organised by Team Kazepov

20-22 July 2026 | Main Building, University of Vienna
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