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.

 News

The Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Eri Bertsou.

Rudolphina dem Wissenschaftsmagazin der Uni Wien: Nationalratswahl 2024: Vorhersehbares Ergebnis mit unerwarteten Überraschungen

1. Oktober 2024

Gastbeitrag von Markus Wagner

Das Ergebnis der Nationalratswahl 2024 entspricht weitgehend den vorab ermittelten Umfragewerten. Bei...

Rudolphina dem Wissenschaftsmagazin der Uni Wien: Nationalratswahl: Unzufriedenheit oder Radikalisierung?

30. September 2024

Gastbeitrag von Carolina Plescia

Was die Umfragen vorausgesagt hatten, ist eingetreten: Die FPÖ hat die Wahl klar für sich...

The Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Mikael Persson.

We are happy to welcome Max Gschwandtner as a student assistant in our department and wish him a good start at the University of Vienna!

We are happy to welcome Simon Fernezelyi within the project 'MULTIREP' by Christopher Wratil at the department and wish her a great time!

We are happy to welcome Lóránt Ó Hannracháin as University Assistant Praedoc at our department from October 1st. We wish Lóránt a good start!

We are happy to welcome Benjamin Riesch within the project 'Party Congresses Politics' by Wolfgang C. Müller at the department and wish her a great...

Die Demokratie in Österreich befindet sich in einer kritischen Phase. In den letzten Monaten haben sich zahlreiche Akteure aus Politik, Wirtschaft,...

Kurz vor der Nationalratswahl nimmt Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik vom Institut für Staatswissenschaft im Podcast-Interview Karriereverläufe von...

The Department of Government, subunit of the Faculty of Social Sciences, is looking for a university assistant (post doc) in research areas...

The fifth meeting of the German Political Psychology Network will take place at the University of Vienna on September 19 and 20, 2024.

News Archive

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.

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.

09.03.2020
 

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