PhD 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...

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 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 ...