The Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences promotes innovative, excellent, problem-oriented research that aspires to contribute to societal debates and address key global challenges.
The cohorts trained and supported by the ViDSS are part of a vibrant research environment and international networks. The ViDSS encompasses and fosters connections between a broad range of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives. The ViDSS embraces the entire range of epistemological, methodological and theoretical approaches that are employed at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Doctoral candidates receive research training and write a doctoral thesis in the fields of communication, demography, development studies, nursing science, political science, science and technology studies, social and cultural anthropology, and sociology. The ViDSS aims for the highest standards in doctoral training and close supervision to ensure a mastery of social scientific debates and relevant theories and methods. As a result, ViDSS graduates are highly employable both within and outside academia.
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New publications by ViDSS students
Social media information literacy: Conceptualization and associations with information overload, news avoidance and conspiracy mentality. / Heiss, Raffael; Nanz, Andreas; Matthes, Jörg.
In: Computers in Human Behavior, Vol. 148, No. 148, 107908, 11.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Distracted children? Nighttime smartphone use, children's attentional problems, and school performance over time. / Stevic, Anja; Schmuck, Desiree; Thomas, Marina Frederike et al.
In: The Journal of Early Adolescence, 05.09.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Book readers in the digital age: Reading practices and media technologies. / Schwabe, Annika; Kosch, Lukas; Boomgaarden, Hajo et al.
In: Mobile Media & Communication, Vol. 11, No. 3, 09.2023, p. 367-390.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Drop in, drop out, or stay on: Patterns and predictors of panel attrition among young people. / Malschinger, Paul; Vogl, Susanne; Schels, Brigitte .
In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS), Vol. 48, No. 3, 09.2023, p. 427-450.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Growing into participation? Influences on youth’s plans to engage socially or politically and their changes over time. / Malschinger, Paul; Valls Casas, Ona; Flecker, Jörg.
In: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie (ÖZS), Vol. 48, No. 3, 09.2023, p. 381-404.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Bücher am Bildschirm. Empirische Befunde zu Leseerfahrungen und Lesepraktiken mit digitalisierter Literatur. / Kosch, Lukas; Stocker, Günther; Schwabe, Annika et al.
In: Zeitschrift für Literaturwissenschaft und Linguistik, 31.08.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Fear of missing out, reflective smartphone disengagement, and loneliness in late adolescents. / Matthes, Jörg; Stevic, Anja; Koban, Kevin et al.
In: CyberPsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, 14.08.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sovereignty against extractivism : Re-centring decolonisation on Indigenous territorial struggles in Bolivia. / Andreucci, Diego; Radhuber, Isabella M.; Chávez, Marxa et al.
Neoextractivism and Territorial Disputes in Latin America: Social-ecological Conflict and Resistance on the Front Lines. London : Routledge, 2023. p. 207-222.Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › peer-review
Price-setting power in global value chains: The cases of price stabilisation in the cocoa sectors in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. / Staritz, Cornelia (Corresponding author); Tröster, Bernhard; Grumiller, Jan et al.
In: European Journal of Development Research, Vol. 35, No. 4, 08.2023, p. 840-868.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
The way we use social media matters: A panel study on passive versus active political social media use and affective polarization. / Matthes, Jörg; Nanz, Andreas; Kaskeleviciute, Ruta et al.
In: International Journal of Communication (IJoC), Vol. 17, 08.2023, p. 5223-5245.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Blurring Boundaries: A longitudinal analysis of skills required in journalism, PR, and marketing job ads. / Bernhard, Jana; Russmann, Uta.
In: Journalism & mass communication quarterly, 15.07.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Multimedia output
Arctic Roads and Railways: Social and Environmental Consequences of Transport Infrastructure in the Circumpolar North. / Povoroznyuk, Olga (Corresponding author); Warwick, Vincent F. (Corresponding author); Schweitzer, Peter et al.
In: Arctic Science, Vol. 9, No. 2, 06.2023, p. 297-330.Publications: Contribution to journal › Review › peer-review
Social campaigns to social change? Sexual violence framing in U.S. news before and after #metoo. / Noetzel, Selina; Mussalem Gentile, Maria F. ; Lowery, Gianna et al.
In: Journalism, Vol. 24, No. 6, 06.2023, p. 1232-1262.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Blaming it on NATO? Framing the role of NATO in the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine on Twitter. / Kobilke, Lara; Kulichkina, Aytalina (Corresponding author); Baghumyan, Ani et al.
In: Frontiers in Political Science, Vol. 5, 1122439, 24.05.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Citizenship in times of crisis: biosocial state–citizen relations during COVID‑19 in Austria. / Radhuber, Isabella; Haddad, Christian; Kieslich, Katharina et al.
In: BioSocieties, 22.05.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show
The psychological influence of dating app matches: The more matches the merrier? / Thomas, Marina Frederike; Binder, Alice; Matthes, Jörg.
In: New Media & Society, 20.04.2023.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Tracing (in)visibilising practices: engaging with simulations for architecture and spatial planning. / Dessewffy, Esther; Schikowitz, Andrea; Davies, Sarah R.
In: Digital Creativity, Vol. 34, No. 2, 13.04.2023, p. 127-142.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Luck and the ‘situations’ of research. / Davies, Sarah (Corresponding author); Pham, Bao-Chau.
In: Social Studies of Science, Vol. 53, No. 2, 04.2023, p. 287-299.Publications: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review