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.
- University assistant predoctoral at the Department of Communication
Vienna Media Change and Innovation Lab
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 30 June 2026 - University assistant predoctoral at the Department of Sociology
Remaking Security: Technopolitics in the Global East (RE-SECURE)
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 30 June 2026 - University assistant predoctoral at the Department of Political Science
Political Theory
Working hours: 30 | employment duration: 4 years | application deadline: 10 July 2026
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.