Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government
LightNews LightNews
banner
stawi-univie.bsky.social
Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government
@stawi-univie.bsky.social
370 followers 210 following 21 posts
Covers a wide range of political science topics in Austrian and Comparative Politics. Research focus: political competition, elections, governments, coalitions.
Posts Replies Media Videos
stawi-univie.bsky.social
New Book! 📖

Department head Sylvia Kritzinger and Johanna Willmann contributed their expertise to "Wie wir leben wollen - Visionen für eine bessere Welt" by C. Friesl, E. Meinhart, R. Polak, which explores visions for Austria's future. 💚

Get your copy here:
www.edition-a.at/buecher/wiss...
November 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
🚨 Job Alert!

The Department of Government is offering a position as Senior Lecturer in ‘Quantitative Methods and the Political System of Austria’.

Interested? Find the full vacancy here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Senior-L...

Applications are open until 27th of October! ✉️‼️
October 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
Awards, awards, awards! 🏆✨

At the 11th Annual @oegpw.bsky.social Conference, three members of the Department of Government @univie.ac.at were among the awardees:

🎓 Best PhD – @christinagahn.bsky.social
📘 Best MA – Benjamin Riesch
📗 Best BA – Luca Conte

👏 Huge congrats to all! 🎉

#PoliSky 🧪
Two award recipients stand smiling in front of an ÖGPW banner. Both hold rolled certificates. The banner reads “Österreichische Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft – Das Netzwerk für Politikwissenschaft in Österreich. Vernetzen. Fördern.” Slide projected on a screen with the heading “PhD Awards 2025.” On the left, text reads: Christina Gahn, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Thomas Meyer. Title: Debunking the Myth of Targeted and Tailored Political Advertising. On the right, a portrait of Christina Gahn smiling, wearing a dark blue top. A large screen displays a slide titled “Master Awards 2025.” The slide shows a portrait of Benjamin Riesch smiling, with text: Benjamin Riesch, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Laurenz Ennser-Jedenastik. Title: Negative Campaigning in the Austrian National Election. In the foreground, three people stand at a lectern in a lecture hall, with empty chairs and glasses on the table. A large screen shows a slide titled “Bachelor Awards 2025.” The slide includes a portrait of Luca Conte smiling with arms crossed, and text: Luca Conte, Universität Wien. Supervisor: Katharina Pfaff. Title: How Experiencing Climate Change Affects Climate Change Attitudes in Austria. In the foreground, three presenters stand at a lectern in a lecture hall with chairs and glasses on a table.
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
📯Neuer Digitize!-Kurzbericht von Katharina Pfaff und Jerg Gutmann @jerggutmann.bsky.social mit interessanten Ergebnissen aus der letzten Digitize!-Befragungswelle über Vertrauen der österreichischen Bevölkerung in die Justiz❗: digitize.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/us...
July 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
From 26 to 28 June 2025, the 15th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association will take place in Madrid, Spain. Many of our colleagues will attend the conference and present their research. #EPSA2025. The presenters are: 🧵 1/3
The schedule of the presenters from the EPSA2025
June 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
From March 13 to 14, 2025, the ‘PARTISAN’ project by @markuswagner.bsky.social hosted a workshop on partisan politics.
Researchers from the Department of Government and international guests came together to discuss political stereotypes, affective polarization and more. ✍️ 🗳️
April 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
We are happy to announce that PhD student Belén Abdala successfully defended her thesis "From Voting to Candidacy: An Analysis of Individuals’ Motivations to Participate in Politics" on 12th of March!

Congratulations, Belén! Wishing you all the best in your future endeavors!

#PhDone
March 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
stawi-univie.bsky.social
On 23rd of January, the Department of Government celebrated its 50th anniversary in the Skylounge of Vienna University with many guests and former employees.

We would like to thank everyone involved for this wonderful and unforgettable event!
February 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM