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 competition and elections, governments and coalitions, political protest and politics of remembrance.

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

Buchpräsentation mit Emmerich Tàlos - Donnerstag, 26. September 2024 um 19:00 Uhr - Kulturkeller

Emmerich Tálos, Reinhold Gutschik, Michaela Hudler-Seitzberger und Elias Weiss präsentieren „Sicherheitsempfinden und bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen“...

Wie hat sich unser subjektives Sicherheitsempfinden verändert?

Welche Rolle spielen die Pandemie und deren Folgen?

Für die Nationalratswahl 2024 in Österreich hat Politools mit Wissenschafter*innen des Instituts für Staatswissenschaft zusammengearbeitet. Das Team...

Für das Paper 'Does Right-Wing Violence Affect Public Support for Radical Right Parties? Evidence from Germany' wurde an Werner Krause und Miku...

We are happy to welcome Peter Luca Versteegen as University Assistant Post Doc at our department from September 1st. We wish Luca a good start!

We are happy to welcome Ling Liu within the project 'MC Infotrust' led by Markus Wagner at the department and wish her a great time!

We are happy to welcome Laura Fraunschiel and Florian Kärcher as student assistant at our department and wish a good start at the University of...

We are happy to welcome Klara Pernsteiner and Rosalie van den Brink as student assistants within the project "MULTIREP" led by Christopher Wratil and...

We are happy to welcome Alvaro Calvo Rodríguez, Rasmus Kappelgaard Gustafsson and Gatti Mattia as Visiting PhDs at our department and wish a good time...

The Department of Government is looking for an university assistant (post poc) as a temporary replacement with good knowledge of political bahavior...

Am 2. August war Prof. Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik in der ZIB2 live zu Gast. Inhaltlich drehte sich das Interview um die bei der Nationalratswahl...

Am Institut ist eine neue Stelle als Organisationsassistenz (20 Wochenstunden) ausgeschrieben. Bewerbungsfrist: 15. August.

 

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