Department of Government

Department of Government

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.

Research

Study & Teaching

Team

News

Job Alert! The Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism is looking for five PhD candidates

The Vienna Doctoral College on Digital Humanism, an interdisciplinary doctoral training programme addressing critical societal challenges in the...

Job Alert! University Assistant Post Doc from June 1, 2025 - Job ID 3415

We are looking for a university assistant (post doc) in research areas represented at the Department of Government, especially political...

Neue Daten: AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024

Die neuen Daten der AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 (verfügbar in Deutsch und Englisch) wurden vom Austrian Social Science Data Archive (AUSSDA)...

Guest Talk by Delia Zollinger, Monday, 02.12.2024, 11:30 a.m.

The Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Delia Zollinger.

Neue Wahlhilfe bot Nationalratswähler*innen zusätzliche Einblicke

Wahlorientierungstools sollen Wähler*innen dabei helfen, sich einen Überblick über die inhaltlichen Positionen verschiedener wahlwerbender Parteien zu...

JOB ALERT! Postdoc in Computational Social Science within the Project 'MULTIREP'

The position is offered within the MULTIREP project funded by a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (September 2023 – August 2028) and...

Guest Talk by Katjana Gattermann, Monday, Nov. 8th 2024, 11:30 a.m.

Tthe Department of Government kindly invites you to the Seminar Series Talk by Katjana Gattermann.

Guest Talk by Eri Bertsou, Monday, 04.11.2024, 11:30 a.m.

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

Hannah Segers als Organisationsassistentin am Institut

Wir freuen uns Hannah Segers als Organisationsassistentin an unserem Institut begrüßen zu dürfen und wünschen eine schöne Zeit an der Universität...

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...

Guest Talk by Prof. Mikael Persson, October 14, 11:30 a.m.

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

News Archive

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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.

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

Gastvortrag Diana Z. O'Brien am 9. März

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

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Mon: 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Tue: 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Wed: 9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Thu: 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

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Tue: 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Wed: 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Fri: 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.