Social Sciences, Education & Social Research – Doctoral Positions (SSH Call 2026)
- Prepare a highly original and internationally competitive PhD thesis in your designated field.
- Publish in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and present your research at international conferences.
- Design and teach university courses and supervise students according to the requirements specified in the collective agreement for predoctoral researchers.
- Complete the public presentation of your PhD thesis within one year of your contract starting date.
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Your Tasks
- a completed Master in Demography, Geography, Social Sciences, or other relevant fields
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in German and English
- Excellent quantitative and analytical skills, excellent programming skills in R or similar packages
- Ability to work independently and to collaborate with a broader research team
- Solid knowledge of demographic methods
- Experience with demographic data
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Your future workplace:
- Developing and strengthening an independent research profile
- Participation in research projects
- Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
- Organisation of lecture series and participation in seminars and events
- International publications and presentations
- Teaching duties as defined by the collective agreement
- Supervision of students
- Participation in the departmental, teaching and research administration
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Participation in research projects and grant applications
- Participation in publications / academic articles / presentations
- Participation in organising workshops, conferences, symposia
- We expect you to finalise your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months
- Participation in and independent teaching of courses within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement
- Supervision of students
- You take on administrative tasks in the department, teaching, and research administration
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You participate in international collaborations, research projects, and academic studies in the field of development sociology.
- You publish internationally and give presentations.
- You apply for projects and acquire external funding.
- You independently teach courses, including examinations, in the field of development sociology, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
- You supervise students in teaching and their theses.
- You participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- You assume administrative tasks in research, teaching, and at our department.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Dealing with issues of democracy and human rights from a social science perspective (including the collection and analysis of quantitative empirical social science data)
- Strategic planning
- Accompanying administrative tasks
- Networking among the researchers of the research network
- Planning and implementation of conferences, workshops, and other events
- Communicating relevant activities, including knowledge exchange (“third mission”) with the public sector and the general public
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Cognition, Behaviour & Environmental Sciences – Doctoral Positions (SSH Call 2026)
- Prepare a highly original and internationally competitive PhD thesis in your designated field.
- Publish in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals and present your research at international conferences.
- Design and teach university courses and supervise students according to the requirements specified in the collective agreement for predoctoral researchers.
- Complete the public presentation of your PhD thesis within one year of your contract starting date.
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Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your personal sphere of play:
- You are involved in research projects of the research group.
- You collect and analyze data, and cooperate on scientific publications.
- You hold courses in Sport Psychology (teaching load: 2 SWS) and help with supervising student theses.
- You are involved in the lab’s dissemination activities.
- You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching, and administration.
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Tasks:
- Committed collaboration in the preparation and implementation of projects
- Administrative participation in teaching as well as in the supervision of students
- Organizational support in the supervision of exercises
- Cooperation in organizational and administrative tasks in the field of teaching
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Your personal sphere of play:
- Develop a distinct profile within the field of environmental and climate mobilities, establish yourself as an expert and build a foundation for a long-term academic career.
- Actively collaborate in ongoing research, networking, teaching and dissemination activities within the working group (e.g., ECM Network, Climate Mobilities Knowledge Hub).
- Engage in international publishing and present research findings at academic conferences to enhance visibility and impact within the field.
- Independently acquire third-party funding (e.g., ERC, FWF) to support ambitious research projects
- Conduct independent and collaborative empirical research in the field of environmental and climate mobilities, driving innovative contributions to the field.
- Supervise students on Bachelor, Master and PhD level and independently teach courses as outlined in the collective agreement, mentoring the next generation of researchers and leaders in environmental and climate mobilities studies.
- Play an active role in university academic self-administration, contributing to strategic decisions and ensuring smooth operations.
- Be part of an international and diverse research team committed to advancing socially impactful research in environmental and climate mobilities.
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You develop a research profile in the field of distributed systems.
- You get involved in research projects and scientific studies.
- You publish internationally and give scientific lectures.
- You join UniVie Doctoral School Computer Science: https://docs.univie.ac.at/
- You work on and complete your doctoral dissertation.
- You co-supervise the research conducted by students.
- You participate in teaching as defined by the collective agreement.
- You engage with colleagues from adjacent fields and collaborate on interdisciplinary research.
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Areas of work:
- Writing a dissertation
- Submitting a dissertation agreement (outline) within 12-18 months of project start
- Contribution to scientific studies and international publications
- Conference travel to present (PhD) research
- Travel to field studies (as part of the disaster task force)
- Involvement in international collaborations
- Support in acquiring third-party funded projects
- Involvement in / Independent teaching based on the collective bargaining agreement
- Support in Bachelor’s and Master’s student supervision and examination activities
- Participation in evaluation activities and in quality assurance
- Integration into the research group and participation in administrative duties
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Your personal scope of action:
- Renowned management programs: e.g. M.Sc. in Business
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Your Tasks
- Performing research along the research lines of the group
- Writing and submitting scientific articles summarizing your findings
- Supporting the group leader in writing project proposals
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- You are involved in research projects and scientific studies in the field of Training Science (Head of working group: Dr. Robert Csapo).
- We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 6 months.
- You work on your dissertation and its completion.
- You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
- You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.
- You contribute to publications and scientific articles.
- You participate in coordinating and managing academic events.
- Project application and (external) fundraising.
- Examination activities.
- You support students.
- You participate in evaluation activities and in quality assurance.
- You participate in administration of the department.
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You develop and strengthen a research profile in the field of health psychology and health promotion in an increasingly digital world.
- You support coordination and research activities of the research platform “AI-powered Personalized Nutrition for well-being and disease prevention (AIPN)”.
- You contribute to research projects / studies.
- You write manuscripts for publication in international peer-reviewed journals.
- You present at national and international conferences and meetings.
- You contribute to science communication activities.
- You are responsible for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding.
- You teach courses independently as defined by the collective agreement.
- You supervise students.
- You participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- You are involved in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration.
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Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your personal sphere of influence:
- Developing and strengthening your independent research profile
- High-quality research, international presentation and publication activity
- Collaborating on research studies with a dynamic team of demographic experts
- Participate in the doctoral programme of the VIDSS, complete 30 ECTS through course attendance and external activities (see detail here: https://vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/doctoral-programme/)
- You hold courses independently within the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement
- Involvement in the department’s administration, in research dissemination and in scientific and teaching activities.
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Your Tasks
- PhD in a field related to animal cognition.
- Prior experience working and publishing both bioacoustic and animal behaviour/cognition research.
- Prior experience training animals in a lab setting would be ideal.
- Comfortable handling animals. Prior experience, especially with small birds, would be ideal.
- Strong written and oral English.
- The candidate should be able to integrate into a multi-disciplinary research team.
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Ihr persönlicher Spielraum:
- Sie stärken ein Forschungsprofil im Bereich der Gesundheitspsychologie und Gesundheitsförderung mit Schwerpunkt auf Gesundheitsverhalten in einer zunehmend digitalisierten Welt.
- Sie unterstützen die Koordination und die Forschungsaktivitäten der Forschungsplattform „AI-powered Personalized Nutrition for well-being and disease prevention (AIPN)“
- Sie wirken an Forschungsprojekten / bei wissenschaftlichen Studien mit.
- Sie verfassen Publikationen in internationalen wissenschaftlichen Fachzeitschriften.
- Sie halten Vorträge auf nationalen und internationalen wissenschaftlichen Konferenzen.
- Mitwirkung bei Wissenschaftskommunikationsaktivitäten.
- Sie beantragen Projekte und werben Drittmittel ein.
- Mitwirkung an und selbstständige Abhaltung von Lehrveranstaltungen im Ausmaß der kollektivvertraglichen Bestimmungen.
- Sie betreuen Studierende.
- Sie wirken an Evaluationsmaßnahmen und Qualitätssicherung mit.
- Sie übernehmen administrative Tätigkeiten in Forschung & Lehre.
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