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

Immunisierung durch Impfung und Infektion: Der Stand im Februar 2022

Author(s)
Jakob-Moritz Eberl, Julia Partheymüller, Katharina Theresa Paul
Abstract

Trotz der Einführung einer Impfpflicht stagniert die Impfquote sowie die Impfbereitschaft in Österreich seit Beginn des Jahres 2022.
Die Anzahl der Genesenen ist seit Jänner 2022 deutlich gestiegen.
Insgesamt wiesen im Februar 2022 rund 90 Prozent der Befragten eine (Teil-)Immunisierung entweder durch Impfung und/oder Infektion auf.

Organisation(s)
Department of Communication, Department of Government, Research Platform Governance of digital practices, Department of Political Science
Publication date
02-2022
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
504007 Empirical social research, 303026 Public health
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/d60090f4-ad41-4e6e-b8b6-7868a2cbd213