PhD Opportunities in History in Austria

The Department of Art History at the University of Vienna is recruiting a predoctoral scientific project assistant for the FWF project “A Third Art History? All-Women Exhibitions as Art-Historiographical Interventions.” Led by Ass.-Prof. Dr. Maria Bremer, the project examines all-women exhibitions as sites of feminist art-historical knowledge production. The research addresses how exhibitions organized during and around second-wave feminism challenged male-dominated frameworks in universities an...

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...

This PhD project at the Medical University of Innsbruck investigates the mechanistic origins of chromosomal instability (CIN) in cancer and its role in immune evasion, therapy resistance, and metastatic spread. The research addresses how tumors can suppress interferon signaling and evade immune detection before metastasis. The doctoral researcher will develop the computational core of a multimodal artificial intelligence system in close collaboration with wet-lab scientists and clinical teams. T...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral assistant for the Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology, in the field of Metal Age lifeworlds. The position is connected with Katharina Rebay-Salisbury’s Body and Material Culture research group and focuses on bioarchaeological research into features and finds from research and rescue excavations. The successful candidate will participate in ongoing research projects and develop a dissertation on Iron Age burial or settlement featur...

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 Innsbruck in Austria is seeking a motivated PhD student to join the Virology of Microorganisms group in the FWF-funded HALOCHAT project. The research focuses on microbiology, archaeal biology, haloarchaea, extracellular vesicles and microbial interactions. The project will investigate extracellular vesicles in haloarchaea and examine their role in communication and interactions between microorganisms living in extreme environments. Applicants should have a background in microbi...

Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, Austria, is offering up to five funded PhD places in Comparative History for the 2027/28 academic year. The four-year programme is accredited in Austria and the United States and welcomes interdisciplinary research proposals examining interconnected historical cultures and geographies. Historical Studies at CEU has particular strengths in the history of Central Europe and the Eastern Mediterranean, while faculty research also covers areas ranging from...

Central European University in Austria is offering up to five funded PhD places in Late Antique, Medieval and Early Modern Studies for the 2027/28 academic year. The four-year program is accredited in Austria and the United States and is designed for students pursuing source-based research in historical studies. Historical Studies at CEU emphasizes interdisciplinarity and supports research across a broad geographical range, including Central Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean, the United States, ...

[Up to 5 funded PhD places; full tuition waiver; monthly stipend; research allowance currently 5,200 EUR for the duration of the program.] Central European University is offering up to 5 funded PhD places in Comparative History for the 2027/28 academic year. The program sits within Historical Studies and is designed for applicants who want to pursue interdisciplinary historical research across regions, cultures, and time periods, rather than working on a faculty-led project. The research environ...