Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences

Six doctoral candidates in our programme are among this year’s recipients of a DOC Fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Congratulations to Audacia Alicia Machado Ngunza, Manuela Novoa-Villada, Veronika Nowak, Azadeh Shamsi, Johanna Greiwe and Leon Holger Switala!

In a recent study, ViDSS student member Jule Kegel (co-authored by Falk Scheidig) examined the effect of politician visits to schools on the political attitudes of adolescents. Their analysis suggests that in-school visits with politicians improve students’ perceptions of politicians and political efficacy.

Together with Markus Hadler, ViDSS student member Franziska Windisch was a guest on the programme ’Punkt eins’ on ORF and discussed how the welfare state is under pressure to make savings and what measures the public would like to see. (In German)

Gabriel Eyselein (political science) will spend his research stay in Kassel and Barcelona, Lina Theresa Schmid (political science) will continue her research in Madrid and Buenos Aires and Arjin Taş (social and cultural anthropology) will be staying in Antwerp. Congratulations!

A recent publication by ViDSS student member Claire Roney (co-authored with Jana Laura Egelhofer and Sophie Lecheler) indicates that researchers often find themselves torn between wanting to communicate their findings and fearing negative reactions in politicised discourse. (In German)

Paul Malschinger was awarded the Österreichischer Berufsbildungsforschungspreis for his doctoral thesis entitled ’Unequal paths towards the future? Young people’s future life goals after compulsory secondary school in Vienna and goal development over time’. Congratulations!