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

Koichi Osamura successfully defended his thesis on “Seeking Office, Policy, or Votes? Legislative Coalitions, Motivations, and Behavior in Multiparty...

The Seminar Series Talk on October 12th 11:30 a.m. will discuss the topic "Autocratic Modernity? Psychological Cracks in a Dystopian Vision of...

Several of our members attended the annual conference of the European Consortium for Political Research to exchange ideas with international...

We are happy to welcome Luke Fischer as Predoc at our department and we wish him every success with his new position.

The Seminar Series Talk on October 5th 11:30 a.m. will discuss the topic "Homeowners in Office and Housing Policy".

Reto Bürgisser, together with Bilyana Petrova (Texas Tech University), has been awarded a grant from the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE)...

We welcome Maximilian Berndl as a research assistant for the Core Facility Nexus SoSci at our department and wish him all the best at the University...

We would like to congratulate Katharina Pfaff on her new role as Senior Scientist for the Online Panel Lab at the new Nexus SoSci Core Facility and...

We are delighted to welcome Alexa Federica as University Assistant Postdoc at our department and we wish er her all the best for her new position.

We congratulate Matthias Kaltenegger on taking up his new positions as Senior Lecturer & Senior Scientist in the field of 'Austrian Politics'. We wish...

We are happy to welcome Robert Stelzle as Visiting PhD from September 1. We wish him a nice time at the University of Vienna.

Online targeted advertising has become an increasingly powerful tool with which political parties can engage their electorate. Utilizing data left by...

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