Faculty of Social Sciences
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Department of Communication
- Univ.-Prof. Hajo Boomgaarden, PhD
Research focus:
Hajo Boomgaarden’s research focusses on various aspects of political communication, such as election campaigning, the role of social media for political participation, misinformation and knowledge resistance, media and its interaction with migration within and beyond Europe, or on wider issues of how digitalisation (re)shapes democracy. Methodologically there is a focus on various computational methods, ranging from text analysis to networks or simulation models. Yet all empirical types of projects are welcome. Another strand of research is interested in modality effects, looking at digital reading practices and their consequences as well as virtual reality.
More information can be found at:
www.hajoboomgaarden.com
- Univ.-Prof. Folker Hanusch, PhD
Research Focus:
Prof Hanusch’s research deals with all areas of journalism studies. Specific foci lie in comparative journalism studies, journalistic culture, journalistic boundary work, audience expecations of journalism, lifestyle journalism, Indigenous journalism.
More information can be found at:
https://journalismstudies.univie.ac.at/team/folker-hanusch/
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Sophie Lecheler
Research Focus:
Main Areas of the Political Communication Research Group:
- Digital Humanism
- AI Innovation and Democracy
- Digital Political Journalism
- Politics and Science Communication
More information can be found at:
https://polcom.univie.ac.at
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Matthes
Research Focus:
Digital media;
social media;
youth and digital media use;
children and digital media use; media and terrorism;
media effects;
media psychology;
political communication
More information can be found at:
https://advertisingresearch.univie.ac.at/
- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Claudia Wilhelm
Research focus:
Main research focus:
• Digital communication
• Media use and effects, especially digital games and gender aspects
• Digital Visibility
• Children, Adolescents and Media
More information can be found at:
https://publizistik.univie.ac.at/wilhelm-claudia/
- Univ.-Prof. Hajo Boomgaarden, PhD
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Department of Demography
- Assoz. Prof. Dr. Eva Beaujouan
Research Focus
Fertility, number of children, family formation timing, delayed parenthood, trends and international comparisons of fertility.
More information can be found at
https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/person.html?id=113898 - Assoc. Prof. Erich Striessnig
Research Focus:
Population-environment interaction
More information can be found at
https://ufind.univie.ac.at/de/person.html?id=112123
- Assoz. Prof. Dr. Eva Beaujouan
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Department of Development Studies
- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Muschik
Research Focus
history of development, international organizations, United Nations, decolonization, peacekeeping, World Bank, IMF, North-South Conflict, structural adjustment
More information can be found at
https://ie.univie.ac.at/institut/mitarbeiterinnen/wissenschaftliche-mitarbeiterinnen/eva-maria-muschik/
- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Muschik
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Department of Government
- Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger
Research Focus:
In general: Comparative Politics
In particular: Political Competition, Political Behaviour, Electoral Democracy and Elections, Governments and Coalitions.
More information can be found at:
http://www.univie.ac.at/staatswissenschaft/
- Assoz.Prof. Dr. Carolina Plescia
Research Focus:
Electoral politics, voting behaviour, democratic representation, digital democracy.
More information can be found at
www.carolinaplescia.com
- Univ.-Prof. Markus Wagner PhD
Research Focus:
political behaviour, political parties, polarization
More information can be found at:
www.wagnermarkus.net
- Assoz.Prof. Christopher Wratil
Research Focus:
European and EU politics, democratic representation, public opinion and political behavior
More information can be found at:
www.wratil.eu
- Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger
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Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology
- Univ.-Prof. Manuela Ciotti, PhD
Research Focus:
Anthropology of the future
Art and anthropology
Political anthropology
Digital Anthropology
Global South
India and South Asia
More information can be found at:
https://ksa.univie.ac.at/en/department/people/professorinnen/ciotti-manuela/ - Mag. Dr. Monika Palmberger
Research Focus
(Forced) Migration, (im)mobility, and citizenship Digital cultures and digital ethnography Gender and generation Social inequality and social change Care, ageing and transnational care Memory and politics of history Region: Europe, Southeast Asia, Middle East Qualitative and participatory methods
More information can be found at
https://www.monikapalmberger.eu
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Schweitzer
Research Focus:
Anthropology of the Built Environment
Mobilities
Remote Areas
Climate Change
Indigenous Movements
Cultures and Identities
History of Anthropology
Arctic and Subarctic
former Soviet Union
I will only supervise candidates whose research interests are close to mine.
More information can be found at:
https://ksa.univie.ac.at/
- Assoz. Prof. Dr. Sanderien Verstappen
Research Focus
social anthropology, visual and media anthropology, urban anthropology, mobility studies
More information can be found at:
https://ksa.univie.ac.at/en/department/people/professorinnen/verstappen-sanderien/
- Univ.-Prof. Manuela Ciotti, PhD
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Department of Sociology
- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Emma Dowling
Research Focus:
social change (including just transition/eco-social transformation); social movements; sociology of work; emotions and work; care work, care regimes and social reproduction; welfare and public services; financialisation; feminist political economy reproduction; financialisation, feminist political economy.
More information can be found at
https://emmadowling.net/
- Univ. Prof. Yuri Kazepov
Research Focus:
My research portfolio covers several urban and environmental relevant themes adding a territorial dimension to the analysis of citizenship, environmental issues, youth transitions, migration, poverty, … I address mainly issues at the intersection between multilevel governance arrangements and citizenship. The research projects I have been involved in from the very beginning of my career have always been characterized by two aspects: 1) interdisciplinarity; 2) comparativeness. Whenever possible I tried to investigate poverty, social policies, environmental issues, inequality and segregation, social assistance, activation policies, scalar configurations and multilevel governance, adopting a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods embedded in the understanding of the working of institutional settings. Funding comes predominantly through competitive procedures at international (European) level.
More information can be found at:
https://www.soz.univie.ac.at/kazepov
urban-futures.at
- Ass.-Prof. Dr. Emma Dowling