Third-party Funded Research Projects
The Department of Sociology carries out a variety of third-party funded research projects. The diversity of topics and methods plays an important role in extending and deepening academic knowledge.
Current Research Projects
Loneliness, Emotions, and Regulation: Understanding Institutions through Privacy (LONERS)
Durnová, A. (Project Lead)
1/06/26 → 31/05/31
Project: Research funding
Families and inequality in a flexible world of work (FLIN)
Berghammer, C. (Project Lead)
1/10/24 → 30/09/29
Project: Research funding
Personal Sphere: Companionship and ComAI
Pfadenhauer, M. (Project Lead) & Aistleitner, M. (Admin)
1/01/25 → 31/12/28
Project: Research funding
Gendered STEM Pathways: The Role of Family in Women's Field Choice and Career Persistence (STEMPATHS)
Valdés Fernández, M. T. (Project Lead), Zilian, L. S. (Co-Lead), Steiber, N. (Co-Lead) & Liedl, B. (Admin)
1/04/26 → 31/03/28
Project: Research funding
Creating Identity out of War and Migration
Mijic, A. (Project Lead)
1/02/25 → 31/01/28
Project: Research funding
CIDAPE: Climate, Inequality, and Democratic Action: The Force of Political Emotions
Durnová, A. (Project Lead), Hilmar, T. (Project Staff), Lind, F. (Project Staff), Schäfer, S. H. (Project Staff), Herzog, S. (Project Staff), Zeberer, Z. (Project Staff), Ebner, V. (Project Staff) & Boomgaarden, H. (Project Staff)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research funding
FAMREG: Family outcomes of assortative mating: New insights based on couple-level survey/register data
Steiber, N. (Project Lead), Baranowska-Rataj, A. (Co-Lead), Striessnig, E. (Co-Lead), Liedl, B. (Scientific Project Staff), Metzger, S. (Scientific Project Staff), Sandow, E. (Scientific Project Staff), Siegert, C. (Scientific Project Staff) & Zilian, L. S. (Scientific Project Staff)
1/01/24 → 31/12/27
Project: Research funding
CHIAS: Cognitive health in aging society - The role of context for cognitive functioning and related policy implications in Europe
Bordone, V. (Project Lead), Weber, D. (Co-Lead), Cabaraban, M. K. S. (Scientific Project Staff) & Hauer, K. (Scientific Project Staff)
1/02/23 → 31/10/27
Project: Research funding
Same-sex families in Austria. A demographic and economic analysis of lesbian and gay families based on register data
Göltl, G. (Co-Lead) & Berghammer, C. (Project Lead)
1/11/24 → 31/10/27
Project: Research funding
MiKA - Mit Kindern anders über Familie forschen
Zartler, U. (Project Lead), Erben-Harter, S. (Scientific Project Staff), Grabner, L. (Scientific Project Staff), Parisot, V. (Scientific Project Staff), Schimek, D. (Scientific Project Staff) & Sirka, S. (Scientific Project Staff)
1/09/24 → 31/08/27
Project: Research funding