Welcome to the Department of Government !

The Department of Government covers a wide range of political science topics in Austrian and Comparative Politics. Research and teaching mainly focus on political representation, party competition, political institutions, political economy and political behavior.

Further information on our team, current research projects and teaching can be found on the following pages.

Information on research of the research center 'Vienna Center for Electoral Research (VieCER)' can be found on the webpage of VieCER.

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The MEDem research infrastructure has been included in the ESFRI Roadmap 2026 and is establishing its headquarters at the University of Vienna under...
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Democracy can backslide even when most people say they support it. University of Vienna political scientist Marta Vukovic explains why citizens...
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Many people perceive politicians as an elite outgroup that is untrustworthy and extremely different from the ordinary citizen. To some extent, this...
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The new Core Facility NexusSoSci is being established at the Faculty of Social Sciences. NexusSoSci provides the infrastructural and technical...
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The new Core Facility NexusSoSci is being established at the Faculty of Social Sciences. NexusSoSci provides the infrastructural and technical...
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The new Core Facility NexusSoSci is being established at the Faculty of Social Sciences. NexusSoSci provides the infrastructural and technical...
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The Seminar Series Talk on June 1st, 11:30 a.m. will discuss the topic "Kiss, Marry, Kill: Appearance-Based Discrimination in Politics"
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We are delighted to welcome Cezara Para as a student assistant at our department and we wish her a pleasant time at the University of Vienna.
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How is voters’ satisfaction with democracy affected when a populist party wins an election but is shut out of government? Classic winner–loser...
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Das Projekt DIGIPARL, unter Leitung von Univ.-Prof. Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik, zeigt, dass die offenen Daten des Parlaments keine bloße...
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We are delighted to welcome Dr. Marta Vukovic as a Senior Scientist in the Research Network for Democracy and Human Rights, led by Univ.-Prof. Dr....
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Benedikt Seisl successfully defended his dissertation "Exploring Climate and Environmental Policy Preferences - Caught Between Material Needs and...
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12.06.2020
 

Pitch a Thesis - online: Forschung und (Berufs-)Praxis für Sozialwissenschaftler*innen

Am 16. Juni, 13:00 bis 14:30 Uhr stellen Studierende aus dem Sowi-Bereich den Forschungszweck ihrer Abschlussarbeit vor.
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24.04.2020
 

Announcement: post doc position for 4,25 years; application deadline: 30.05.

For a person with excellent knowledge of quantitative methods in the social sciences and interest in data science.
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09.03.2020
 

The Effects of a Wall: Gender Attitudes and Political Gender Gaps in Unified Germany

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