ViDSS students benefit from the supervisory structure of the Doctoral School, take part in cohort-related activities and can apply for additional funding for research and travel expenses. To join the ViDSS, doctoral candidates have to

• find a supervisor who is a member of the ViDSS,
• enrol in the doctoral programme in Social Sciences (Directorate of Studies 40) at the University of Vienna and
• consent to the Code of Good Practice for Doctoral Schools when submittung the ViDSS online application form.
  

Public presentation at the Faculty within the first year

For candidates who have not yet successfully passed the public presentation at the Faculty, membership in the ViDSS will initially be temporary for nine months, after which they should complete the public presentation at the Faculty. The ViDSS may extend this deadline by up to three months.

Participation in activities

Student members of the ViDSS are expected to regularly submit progress reports and to participate regularly, at least once per year on average, in the events of the ViDSS (kick off retreat, workshops, brownbag sessions etc.). Student members are also expected to join a PhD Club – disciplinary or thematic groups of doctoral candidates who meet monthly to discuss their work in progress – and present their work in the form of a departmental or faculty-wide lecture or at an international conference at least once during the first three years of doctoral studies.