ViDSS Brownbag Sessions
The ViDSS Brownbag Sessions provide possibilities for meeting and learning from experienced colleagues, graduates and guests. Most sessions take place online in order to allow as many early career researchers as possible to participate.
International careers in and beyond academia
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 10:00–11:30
Are you eager to pursue a career in the international labor market? Do you wonder what skills and competencies to bring to the table? While there is plenty of information and support available for planning and conducting research stays abroad during the doctoral studies, what happens when you are close to completion or have already graduated and are considering applying for positions outside Austria?
Join our online ViDSS Brownbag Session and connect with ViDSS Alumn who ventured abroad after graduating from the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences. Gain insights into international academic paths and discover how the competences that you have developed (or will develop) during your studies can be applied in fields beyond the university context.
Three graduates will share their career trajectories and experiences across various occupational sectors in Europe and beyond:
- Bernhard Braun, Head of CareerDesign@TUM
- Kristina Eisfeld, Projects and Campaigns Officer at the Climate Alliance European Secretariat
- Ina Tessnow-von Wysocki, Ocean Nexus Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong
Moderation: Roman Pfefferle
Target group: doctoral candidates in and graduates of the Doctoral Programme in Social Sciences, postdoctoral researchers at the Faculty of Social Sciences
Venue: online via Zoom
Registration: via e-mail to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at until 15 October 2025
Previous ViDSS Brownbag Sessions
- Researcher – student – lecturer? How to handle and benefit from teaching duties during the PhD (2025)
- Defending your thesis and handling transitions: learn from your peers (2025)
- Getting ready for submission: formal requirements, review, defence (2025)
- From PhD research to (non-profit) project idea with impact (2024)
- Interdisciplinary research in social sciences (2022)
- International mobility during the doctoral studies (2022, 2023, 2025)
- Career paths beyond academia (2022)
- Getting through the final phase of your doctoral studies (2021)
- Doctoral research in the social sciences in times of COVID-19 (2021)