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🧩 FWF Bewilligung einer neuen Forschungsgruppe „Vererben in komplexen Familien“ (2026-2031)

Ulrike Zartler ist Mitglied des Konsortiums ab Okt. 2026 am Institut für Soziologie Wien. Kooperation mit der Uni Graz und dem Institut für Zivilrecht ➡️ tinyurl.com/yfznfme6

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Neue Forschungsgruppe „Vererben in komplexen Familien“ vom FWF bewilligt (2026 – 2031)

Der Österreichische Wissenschaftsfonds (FWF) hat erstmals eine Forschungsgruppe im Förderumfang von 1.5 Millionen Euro für fünf Jahre im Bereich der Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften bewilligt. Die For...

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February 12, 2026 at 10:22 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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🚨 #JobAlert - Join our team!
Prof. Anna Durnová @evrop-anka.bsky.social is looking for a University assistant (pre-doc) #politicalsociology #sociologyofemotions
Apply by 27th of February 2026 ➡️ jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

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#Sociology #Soziologie #PraeDoc #JobOpening #Job

Universitätsassistent*in Praedoc - Politische Soziologie

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February 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM

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Ageing Sociology Vienna

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👏 Congratulations to our #womeninscience Team on all the small and big successes of everyday scientific life
#InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience #WomenInScience

Read more on each team member 👉 www.soz.univie.ac.at/forschung/fo...

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February 11, 2026 at 11:45 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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📢For the 1st time, the @fwf-at.bsky.social has approved an interdisciplinary research group in the field of legal and social sciences. From Oct 2026, Prof Ulrike Zartler will lead the #FamilySociology strand of the research group "Inheriting in complex families". 🤝 Collab w/ @uni-graz.at
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Neue Forschungsgruppe „Vererben in komplexen Familien“ vom FWF bewilligt (2026 – 2031)

Der Österreichische Wissenschaftsfonds (FWF) hat erstmals eine Forschungsgruppe im Förderumfang von 1.5 Millionen Euro für fünf Jahre im Bereich der Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaften bewilligt. Die For...

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February 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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👋We are happy to welcome Carmela Chiapperini (University of Bari Aldo Moro in Bari, Italy) as a new #VisitingPhDCandidate at the team of Prof. Yuri Kazepov until August 2026! Learn more about her research ➡️ www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/detail-ne...
@univie.ac.at #UrbanSociology #TerritorialInequalities

February 10, 2026 at 12:09 PM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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⏰ #DontMiss Anna Durnová @evrop-anka.bsky.social (our Prof. for #PoliticalSociology) will be moderating this event on 19 Feb 2026, 18:30 at the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Vienna ⤵️

IWM Vienna @iwm.at · 7d

Democracies worldwide face populism, attacks on truth, and tech-driven division. What to do?

👉 Join @verajourova.bsky.social, Amb. Jiří Šitler, Misha Glenny & Anna Durnova (@ifswien.bsky.social) at the CZ Embassy on 19 February for an evening charting paths forward: www.iwm.at/event/democr...

February 10, 2026 at 9:36 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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👏🎉 Herzlichen Glückwunsch an Dr. Eva-Maria Schmidt zur erfolgreich abgeschlossenen #Habilitation! Wir freuen uns, dass sie die Lehrbefugnis für das Fach #Soziologie erhält und wünschen ihr weiterhin viel Erfolg in Forschung und Lehre.
📸: Eva-Maria Schmidt (4. v. r.) mit Kommission
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Gruppenbild von Eva-Maria Schmidt mit der Habilitationskommission, im Hintergrund ihre Präsentation mit dem Titel "Multiple relationalities and multiple perspectives"

February 6, 2026 at 8:53 AM

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📢 New #OpenAccess article by Ana Mijić, Michael Parzer, Yelyzaveta Zolotarova and Olena Tkalich: "Of Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones: Navigating Multilingual Challenges in Reconstructive Forced Migration Research" ➡️ www.cogitatiopress.com/socialinclus... @univie.ac.at #SocialResearch

Of Stumbling Blocks and Stepping Stones: Navigating Multilingual Challenges in Reconstructive Forced Migration Research | Article | Social Inclusion

Ana Mijić, Yelyzaveta Zolotarova, Olena Tkalich, Michael Parzer

www.cogitatiopress.com

January 29, 2026 at 10:50 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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👋A warm welcome to Julia Leesch @julialeesch.bsky.social, (MPI for #DemographicResearch) visiting from Rostock for 2 weeks to work with Prof. Nadia Steiber @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and Sandrine Metzger @metzgers.bsky.social on #LifeCourse research.
Learn more ➡️ t.ly/jQp2d
@univie.ac.at #Sociology

January 27, 2026 at 1:52 PM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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⏰Reminder to take your chance and apply by 1 February 2026!
🔎 Prof. Michaela Pfadenhauer is looking for a University assistant (pre-doc) in her working group #Knowledge and #Culture
➡️ jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
@univie.ac.at #Sociology #Soziologie #Wissenssoziologie #PraeDoc #Job

January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM

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New publications from Dagmar Vorlíček @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social!

📝 New article in Security Dialogue on epistemic insecurity and the lab leak controversy: t.ly/1zPOI

📖 New book chapter: Science and International Relations: Knowing and Making the International: t.ly/0Zdc5

Abstract: Between conspiracy and critique: the politics of epistemic insecurity in the “lab leak controversy”

Technoscientific controversies are not only public disputes over science and technology. Some of them may also evolve into security events that shape how security knowledge is produced and contested. A prime example of this dynamic is the “lab leak controversy” about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. Focusing on this case, the article asks: how was the epistemic authority of liberal global health institutions challenged throughout this controversy, and how did this shape the prospects of making security public? To explore how the authority of established security knowledge producers is challenged and destabilized, the article introduces the concept epistemic insecurity and develops a framework for analyzing the construction, management, and political effects of epistemic insecurity. Through this lens, the paper studies the transformation of the “lab leak” conspiracy theory into an expert hypothesis considered by established political and scientific authorities and examines how this process interacted with the epistemic authority of global health institutions and shaped the space for their critique. It finds that the management of epistemic insecurity by liberal institutions initially delegitimized any critique and later led to the personalization and technocratization of critique, thus preventing a deeper critical reflection on the entanglements of science and security.

January 22, 2026 at 11:53 AM

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European Sociological Review

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New in ESR
Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions?
🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey

Abstract. This study examines the implications for gender equality of the increasing prevalence of heterosexual couples in which the woman is more highly e

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January 19, 2026 at 8:43 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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📢 Check out this new article by Nadia Steiber (our Professor for Social Structure Research and Quantitative Methods) and Christina Siegert!
@nadiasteiber.bsky.social @stinasiegert.bsky.social
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#Sociology #Hypogamy #GenderEquality ⤵️

European Sociological Review @europeansocreview.bsky.social · 24d

New in ESR
Does educational hypogamy promote gender equality—or does it reflect who selects into these unions?
🌟New #OpenAccess study by @nadiasteiber.bsky.social and #CSiegert constrasts optimistic, pessimistic, and selection-based narratives of hypogamy within couples!
👉 doi.org/10.1093/esr/...

Educational hypogamy and gender equality within couples: a review of competing hypotheses and evidence from the Generations and Gender Survey

Abstract. This study examines the implications for gender equality of the increasing prevalence of heterosexual couples in which the woman is more highly e

doi.org

January 20, 2026 at 9:35 AM

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Ageing Sociology Vienna

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Thanks @marcoalbertini.bsky.social for visiting our Team and for your very interesting talk today @ifswien.bsky.social
#E-administration #education #age #digitaldivide

January 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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📣 Veranstaltungshinweis

Wir freuen uns besonders, dass unser Professor Yuri Kazepov vom Institut für Soziologie als Panelist an der Diskussion beteiligt ist.

IWM Vienna @iwm.at · Jan 13

How do citizenship policies, border regimes, and immigrant labor economies produce statelessness today? Why do these different “sites of statelessness” matter? And which histories and repertoires do they evoke?

📚 Join our book presentation next Tuesday evening: www.iwm.at/event/sites-...

January 14, 2026 at 10:42 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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📢 New application deadline for this Pre-Doc position at Michaela Pfadenhauer's working group "Knowledge and Culture"!
➡️ Apply by 19 January 2026
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
@univie.ac.at #Sociology #Wissenssoziologie #Soziologie

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien @ifswien.bsky.social · Dec 19

🚨 #JobAlert - Join our team!
Prof. Michaela Pfadenhauer is looking for a University assistant (pre-doc) in the working group #KnowledgeAndCulture
Apply by 9 January 2026 ➡️ jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...

@univie.ac.at #Sociology #Soziologie #PraeDoc #JobOpening #Job #SociologyOfKnowledge

January 9, 2026 at 3:30 PM

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#EventTip 12.01.2026: Anna Durnová @evrop-anka.bsky.social im #BMFWF Science Talk mit Eva-Maria Holzleitner (Bundesministerin für Frauen, Wissenschaft und Forschung) & Heinz Fischer (Bundespräsident a.D.)
⏰19:00 Uhr |📍TU Wien, Prechtlsaal, Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Wien
Mit Anmeldung ➡️ t.ly/JJcqP

Science Talk: "Was braucht unsere Demokratie? Über die Rolle und Verantwortung unserer Hochschulen"
Montag, 12. Jänner 2026, Beginn 19:00 Uhr, Neuer Veranstaltungsort: TU Wien, Karlsplatz 13, Prechtlsaal, 1040 Wien

Podiumsdiskussion mit:
Eva-Maria Holzleitner (Bundesministerin für Frauen, Wissenschaft und Forschung), Heinz Fischer (Bundespräsident a.D.) und Anna Durnová (Professorin für Politische Soziologie an der Universität Wien)
Moderation: Nikolaus Possanner (BMFWF)

January 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM

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Ageing Sociology Vienna

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On Monday our Team will host a talk by @marcoalbertini.bsky.social who will talk about "A decade of E-administration utilization in Europe: a tale of income, education, and age-related digital divides"

📅⏰📍Join us on the 12th of January at 11:30 in Seminar room 2 @ifswien.bsky.social

For details 👇

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien @ifswien.bsky.social · Jan 7

📣 Talk by Marco Albertini (Professor of #Sociology, University of #Bologna)
"A decade of E-administration utilization in Europe: a tale of income, education, and age-related digital divides"
📅 12 Jan 2026 | ⏰ 11:30-13:00
📍 Department of Sociology, Seminar room 2, @univie.ac.at
All info ➡️ t.ly/WS8oH

January 8, 2026 at 10:44 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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Unsere Professorin für #Familiensoziologie Ulrike Zartler im Gespräch mit dem @spiegel.de für die Cover-Story "Puh, Patchwork. Wie Familie trotz Trennung gelingen kann" (Heft 52/2025). Jetzt (mit Abo) lesen ➡️ tinyurl.com/yz2me7v7
#Soziologie #Patchwork
Cover: Der Spiegel / Foto: @univie.ac.at

Eine Collage: Links das Der Spiegel Cover, rechts: Porträt von Ulrike Zartler

January 8, 2026 at 10:41 AM

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Valeria Bordone

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📢 PhD positions @univie.ac.at

Follow this link 👇 to apply for one of the 40 paid PhD positions @univie.ac.at and select #ViDSS also for available topics and supervisors in #Sociology @ifswien.bsky.social

Sophie Lecheler @solecheler.bsky.social · Jan 7

@univie.ac.at is advertising 40 paid PhD positions in the Social Sciences, Humanities & Cultural Studies. ⭐

All information on the call here: careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Select the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (VIDSS) for available topics & supervisors in Communication. 😍

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January 7, 2026 at 11:38 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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📣 Talk by Marco Albertini (Professor of #Sociology, University of #Bologna)
"A decade of E-administration utilization in Europe: a tale of income, education, and age-related digital divides"
📅 12 Jan 2026 | ⏰ 11:30-13:00
📍 Department of Sociology, Seminar room 2, @univie.ac.at
All info ➡️ t.ly/WS8oH

January 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM

Institut für Soziologie, Universität Wien

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📣 Einladung zum Vortrag von Barbara Hönig (FH JOANNEUM Graz) zur #InstitutionalEthnography (Dorothy E. Smith)
📅 07.01.2026 | ⏰ 17:00 Uhr
📍 Institut für Soziologie, Seminarraum 3, @univie.ac.at
Alle Infos auf unserer Website ⤵️
#Soziologie