Open positions
The University of Vienna is announcing fully funded doctoral positions in the social sciences all year round.
The University offers both predefined doctoral projects within the framework of externally funded projects and positions as predoctoral university assistants announced by the departments or the doctoral schools. Currently, the following doctoral positions in the social sciences are announced by the ViDSS or the departments supporting the ViDSS.
- Predoctoral researcher at the Department of Communication
Within the project ENCODE: Unveiling Emotional Dimensions of Politics to Foster European Democracy
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 27 months | application deadline: 27 January 2025 - Predoctoral researcher at the Department of Sociology
Within the project Creating Identity out of War and Migration
Working hours: 26 | employment duration: 1+2 years | application deadline: 30 January 2025 - Predoctoral researcher at the Department of Government
Within the research field of comparative politics
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 10 February 2025 - 5 PhD candidates within the Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism,
a cooperation between TU Wien, University of Vienna, and WU Wien
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 1+3 years | application deadline: 10 February 2025
Why apply to the ViDSS?
- We offer doctoral training across all research fields of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna,
- close supervision by top researchers in the social sciences and
- a structured doctoral programme and support through cohort integration, career development and different funding programmes.