International mobility during the doctoral studies

Tuesday, 21 January 2025, 14:00–15:30

This ViDSS Brownbag Session deals with international mobility during the doctoral studies. It aims at providing useful tips and tricks for planning a research stay or field work abroad and for submitting a successful funding application.

The following questions, among others, will be addressed: Which international mobility opportunities are available for PhD candidates? How do I find and approach a suitable hosting institution? What should I pay attention to when applying for financial support for a research stay abroad or a leave of absence from the University of Vienna? And how do I prepare for staying abroad for a longer period of time?

With doctoral candidates who have conducted research stays abroad and experts on funding opportunities for doctoral candidates:

• Barbara Good, Head of the International Office
• Elena Heinz, ViDSS Student in political sience
• Pierre Wenzel, ViDSS Student in anthropology

Moderation: Roman Pfefferle

Target group: doctoral candidates in the social sciences and related fields

Venue: online via Zoom

Registration: via e-mail to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at until 15 January 2025

Getting ready for submission: formal requirements, review, defence

Wednesday, 26 March 2025, 11:30–13:00

What should I do if parts of my thesis have already been published? How do I find potential reviewers? What sort of funding does the University provide for the final phase? And, what is the role of my supervisor/s during the final phase of my doctoral studies?

Join us for a Q&A with colleagues from the StudiesServiceCentre and the ViDSS and clarify all questions related to the submission and the review of your doctoral thesis and the public defence in the doctoral programme in Social Sciences (SPL 40). With:

• Eva Kössner, Coordinator of the ViDSS
• Danièle Lipp, Head of the StudiesServiceCentre Social Sciences
• Birgit Muskovich, responsible for the organisation of the review of theses, public defences and the completion of studies in the StudiesServiceCentre Social Sciences/Doctoral Studies

Moderation: Roman Pfefferle

Target group: doctoral candidates in the doctoral programme in Social Sciences (SPL 40)

Venue: Meeting Room of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (Seminar Room 11), 1st Floor, Kolingasse 14–16, 1090 Vienna

Registration: via u:rise or by email to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at

The session is part of the Completion Course offered in the doctoral programme in Social Sciences in the summer semester of 2025 but is open also to doctoral candidates (SPL 40) who are not registered for the course.

Researcher – student – lecturer? How to handle and benefit from teaching duties during the PhD

Wednesday, 2 April 2025, 13:30–15:00

For many doctoral candidates teaching is an obligatory part of their employment with the University. Others wonder: How do you get teaching responsibilities if you are not a staff member?

Teaching a course is a useful way of putting knowledge into practice, sharing first-hand insights into your research topic and developing your academic portfolio. However, having to teach yet another course can be experienced as an additional burden. It’s not surprising that recommendations from supervisors and fellow PhD students on whether and how much to teach during the doctoral studies vary considerably.

How do you make the most of teaching without spending weekends reading seminar papers or answering emails from students? How do you include your own research in your courses and how do you get the “interesting” courses in the first place? Who supports you as an early career university lecturer and what do you do if you find out that you love teaching?

Join us for a ViDSS Brownbag Session with doctoral candidates and alumn who will provide insights into their teaching experiences. What have they learned from conducting their own classes and what would they do differently from today’s perspective? With:

• Sandra Banjac, Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen
• Michael Anranter, ViDSS Student in social and cultural anthropology
• Vera Dafert, ViDSS Student in sociology

Moderation: Roman Pfefferle

Target group: doctoral candidates in the social sciences and related fields

Venue: online via Zoom

Registration: via u:rise or by email to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at