My DocSchool
The Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences is one of the top destinations for ambitious and highly qualified doctoral candidates in the social sciences. ViDSS focuses on supporting excellent research through close supervision, cohort integration, career development initiatives, and funding programmes tailored to the needs of doctoral candidates at different stages of their research projects.
Routes to a doctoral degree Join DocSchool Visiting membership
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Networking and visibility
- Welcome activities and cohort-building
- PhD clubs
- Forums
- Podcast
- Summer event: Rising Voices
- Meeting rooms
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Career development and internationalisation
- Transferable skills and academic writing
- Brownbag sessions
- Career days
- Seminars by guest professors
- International workshops
- Travel and research abroad
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Funding and prizes
- Research Funds
- Final Year Fund
- Short-term Finishing Contracts
- sowi:doc Awards
- External funding