PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Political Science in Austria

WU Vienna’s Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law is offering a funded four-year Teaching and Research Associate position designed for doctoral study in tax law. The successful candidate will develop an independent dissertation and contribute to research publications in Austrian and international tax law. The role also combines doctoral research with teaching responsibilities, providing an opportunity to work within one of the world’s largest tax law institutes. Based in Vienna, Austr...

Mundus MAPP is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Public Policy for the 2027–2029 cohort. The programme focuses on European and international public policy, governance, development and political economy. Students study across a consortium of partner universities in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, gaining an international and comparative perspective on public policy. The programme includes compulsory mobility across two countries and is designed for students interested in...

The University of Vienna’s Institute of Political Science is seeking a pre-doctoral university assistant to conduct doctoral research at the intersection of migration and transformations of democracy . The doctoral project should examine current challenges and changes in democracies in the context of migration and increasing ethnocultural diversity. Potential perspectives include migrant political participation, anti-migration parties and movements, transnational political participation, the rol...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral university assistant for the Department of Political Science, within the research area Transformations of Democracy . The successful candidate will develop and complete a political science dissertation supervised by Associate Professor Fabio Wolkenstein. The research focuses particularly on democratic resilience and democratic regression . Possible topics include the institutional, party-political, and ideological conditions that support democrat...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral university assistant for its Department of Political Science, within the research areas of Comparative Politics and Migration. The position is located at the intersection of Comparative Political Science and International Migration and Mobility, with a particular interest in political economy and international migration. The doctoral researcher will develop and complete a political science dissertation in the field of labor migration. Possible re...

The University of Vienna is seeking a pre-doctoral University Assistant at its Institute of Political Science, within the Faculty of Social Sciences. The successful candidate will pursue and complete a political science dissertation at the intersection of Comparative Political Science and International Migration and Mobility. The research focuses on the political economy of international migration and mobility. Potential topics include migration-policy regimes, policy instruments and practices, ...

The University of Vienna is offering a predoctoral Scientific Project Assistant position in the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy. The successful candidate will join Meike Levin-Keitel’s team and the FWF-funded ADJUST project, “Adaptation for Just and Sustainable Transitions,” within the #connecting minds program. The doctoral research will examine climate adaptation and just transitions from a spatial planning perspective, at the interface of geography and other geo-sciences. T...

The University of Vienna is seeking a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Constitutional and Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, in the Chair of Public Law in Its European Context, led by Professor Anuscheh Farahat. The successful candidate will conduct research, teach, and undertake administrative duties in constitutional and administrative law in Europe, with particular emphasis on migration law and human rights law. Responsibilities include contributing to research projects, pursuing...

The University of Vienna is recruiting a University Assistant Predoctoral in the Faculty of Law to join the research team of Univ.-Prof. Dr. Chris Thomale. The position focuses on International Corporate and Commercial Law and offers an opportunity to develop a doctoral project while contributing to research, teaching, publications and academic administration. The successful candidate will participate in research projects and scientific studies, work toward completing a dissertation, finalize a ...