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

We are happy to announce that PhD student Manuel Wagner successfully defended his thesis "From the Shop Floor to Cabinet: Social Mobility and the...

We are delighted to welcome Leonardo Carella as University Assistant Postdoc at our Deparmtent and wish him a good start at the University of Vienna!

The latest election report examines the political context, key campaign issues, voter movements, and the long way to a three-party coalition.

We are delighted to welcome Sarah Ledoux as a predoc in Christopher Wratil's 'MULTIREP' project and wish her a wonderful time at the University of...

We are delighted to welcome Assistant Professor Reto Bürgisser to our department and wish him a good time at the University of Vienna.

The term “identity politics” has become a popular buzzword in recent years. Indeed, multi-disciplinary research demonstrates that identity (i.e., who...

Die finale Version des Datensatzes des Austrian Corona Panel Project (ACPP) ist ab sofort über AUSSDA verfügbar.

In 2023 Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni made headlines with a contentious statement commemorating the Ardeatine massacre, when she stated that...

Carolina Plescia and colleagues explore the diverse conceptualizations of voting among citizens in their upcoming Oxford University Press book...

From 8 to 9 May 2025, the workshop ‘Citizens’ Views on Representations’ took place under the direction of Associate Professor Christopher Wratil with...

On 15 May 2025, Klaudia Wegschaider hosted a book manuscript workshop at Yale University.

Our most recent inaugural lecture by Prof. Thomas M. Meyer and Prof. Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik on 14 May 2025 was a complete success.

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