Research
Research
In its research and teaching, the Department of Government primarily focuses on comparative and Austrian politics. Its research is concerned with political behaviour, political actors, such as political parties and politicians, political institutions, the processes governed by these institutions, as well as their outcomes. It includes work on political participation, voting behaviour, parties and party competition, coalition politics and Austrian politics in general and is mostly based on rationalist and behavioural approaches.
Our goal is to conduct high-level, internationally competitive research in the area of Comparative Politics with the collaboration of international project partners and research networks. At the Faculty of Social Sciences the department is mainly engaged in the key research area ''Political Competition and Communication: Democratic Representation in Changing Societies'.
The department’s approach places it in the discipline’s empirical-analytical core and is mostly based on quantitative social science methods. To map empirical phenomena accurately, researcher in the department focus on the continuous development of survey design, as well as on the analysis of empirical data by applying the best suited statistical model. The department aims to achieve the best work on Austrian politics and to make important contributions to the international academic literature on Comparative Government and Politics.
An overview of current publications and activities at the department can be found below and on the personal websites of our team.
Publications
Impfquote gestiegen, Zustimmung für eine allgemeine Impfpflicht überwiegt
- Author(s)
- Jakob-Moritz Eberl, Julia Partheymüller, Katharina Theresa Paul
- Abstract
Die Ereignisse im Zusammenhang mit der COVID-19-Pandemie überschlugen sich in den letzten Wochen: Die Infektionszahlen stiegen seit Ende Oktober 2021 rasant an, neue Corona-Regeln wurden erst eingeführt (3G-Regel am Arbeitsplatz, 2G-Regel für Freizeit, Kultur, Gastronomie und Handel), kurz darauf wurden bundesweit der Handel und die Gastronomiebetriebe ganz geschlossen (“Lockdown”) und die Bundesregierung kündigte eine neue Impfpflicht ab 1. Februar 2021 an. Die Impfquote stieg zudem an. Inzwischen wurden laut dem Impfdashboard des Gesundheitsministeriums 6.404.837 Menschen (Stand: 5. Dezember 2021) in Österreich mindestens einmal geimpft.[1] Vor diesem Hintergrund beleuchtet der vorliegende Beitrag die Entwicklung der Impfbereitschaft in der österreichischen Wohnbevölkerung ab 14, die Einstellungen zu impfpolitischen Maßnahmen sowie die Frage, inwiefern nicht geimpfte Personen noch auf die Zulassung anderer Impfstoffe warten.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Communication, Department of Government, Department of Political Science
- Publication date
- 12-2021
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 303026 Public health, 504007 Empirical social research
- Keywords
- Sustainable Development Goals
- SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/43514a40-f764-47c4-8df4-235a3faab0ca