Follow the link to learn about the application process, criteria, and doctoral training opportunities and to prepare your application:

careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Details about supervisors and supervision areas:

careers.univie.ac.at/en/praedoc/p...

Please feel free to get in touch with any of the potential supervisors.

Application deadline: March 2, 2026, 2 pm CET

Applications to Sarah Davies are also possible, but please note that Sarah currently has a similar position open and prioritize applying to this:

jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi....

#STS For applications in Science and Technology Studies, please feel invited to consider these potential supervisors:
- Maximilian Fochler,
- Christian Haddad
- Nina Klimburg-Witjes

Funded doctoral positions at the University of Vienna, deadline March 2nd 2026

40 funded #doctoral positions across the Social Sciences & Humanities ( #SSH ).

This thematically open call allows you to apply with your own research project and choose your preferred supervisor.

Europa:
„Die EU reagierte unterdessen #zurückhaltend. Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen #erinnerte an das Völkerrecht, verzichtete aber auf direkte Kritik. Die EU-Außenbeauftragte Kaja Kallas #mahnte zur Einhaltung des Völkerrechts und #rief zur „Zurückhaltung“ auf.“

Thanks Health-in-Society research hub @univie.ac.at , my Department @stsvienna.bsky.social , and @erc.europa.eu and @fwf-at.bsky.social for financial support for this workshop! Much appreciated!

I would like to thank my @alterbiotic-erc.bsky.social team, Kirsty Bentley, Andreas Albiez Erin Paterson

And yes, we had brilliant #keynotes @janinakehr.bsky.social @kirchhelle.bsky.social on ghostly matters and microbial absences in global health 👻 🦠 🌍

Photo1: sub auspices maestris 😉
Photo 2: in-place-of-conclusions 🤔
Photo 3: this amazing group of scholars!!! 🤩🤩🤩

A week ago, we had amazing 2 days with wonderful people! Debating #global & #planetary health & the politics of immunity and #resistance @univie.ac.at

#AMR #vax #antibiotics

Indebted to my friend and colleague @katharinatpaul.bsky.social — and to our wonderful teams, colleagues, and supporters! ⬇️

We @ifswien.bsky.social are looking for a new colleague! #quali #methods #theory ⬇️

Hey everyone in Vienna next Monday, interested in #microbes, #polititcs and #globalhealth — join us for a public conversation with two leading scholars in this field @kirchhelle.bsky.social @janinakehr.bsky.social

@ifswien.bsky.social @stsvienna.bsky.social @univie.ac.at

Looking forward to discuss the #Antibiotics #polycrisis

It’s the first time I’ll present my @erc.europa.eu project #ALTERBIOTIC together with my newly formed and very brilliant team —Erin, Andreas and Kirstin!

@alterbiotic-erc.bsky.social @stsvienna.bsky.social
@univie.ac.at

„…sowie Gegenstände mit nationalsozialistischem Hintergrund“ #surpirise

Certainly worth attending!! @stsvienna.bsky.social

Agree. Perhaps it’s worth now revisiting Wilhelm Reich! (The Reich before his “orgon-turn”, clearly — Mass psychology of fascim, published first in 1933, for instance). It’s already a fascinating critique of the (alleged) economism of class consciousness (and lack thereof)

Working on shifts in global heath - related to #AMR, #vaccines and #antibiotics?
This workshop is for you!! 👇 #CfA send us your #abstract and join us in Vienna @univie.ac.at

👁️ @ifswien.bsky.social @stsvienna.bsky.social @lshtmamrcentre.bsky.social @sjvanders.bsky.social

Schöner Beitrag über ein tolles Projekt und eine fantastische Kollegin @stsvienna.bsky.social !!
> unbedingt reinhören!!

Anti-microbial Resistance: innovation challenges for viable futures | VIVE - Det Nationale Forsknings- og Analysecenter for Velfærd Historically, antibiotics transformed health and healthcare in many parts of the world; however, serious issues have emerged surrounding antimicrobial resistance (AMR) (including antibiotic resistance...

#STS critical health #R&D studies folks!

TUE 10th: Webinar on #AMR, antibiotic innovation & the quest for safe, viable and sustainable global health futures

I will be discussing w great panelist from industry & the NGO sector!
Register free & join! ⬇️

@stsvienna.bsky.social @ifswien.bsky.social

Maybe it is enjoyable, but maybe we are just a „brain in a tank“ that thinks it is enjoyable
( my likely outdated summary of some of the cutting edge analytic philosophy debates )

🧩 The ALTERBIOTIC project explores the emerging biomedical research field focused on reshaping antibiotic #R&D to address antimicrobial resistance ( #AMR ), investigating the visions, challenges & barriers in creating a viable, equitable and sustainable innovation ecosystem to tackle AMR

🚨JOBS
Interested in #STS research on pharmaceutical innovation and microbial biopolitics?

2 position available @stsvienna.bsky.social to work with me on my @erc.europa.eu ERC Project #ALTERBIOTIC:

PhD: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/PhD-posi...

POSTDOC: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Postdoc-...

Invitation Vienna STS Talks x IPW Talks by Kean Birch on May 08, 2025, 17:00-18:30

📆‼️‼️Join the cohosted #ViennaSTSTalk & #IPWLecutres by Kean Birch (York University) on Do Artefacts Have Political Economy? @univie.ac.at‼️‼️
🔽🔽🔽
sts.univie.ac.at/news-events/...

Again, a politics by the death drive.
#BeyondBiopolitics

FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

Perhaps, from now on, when we teach politics of life, we will have to complement, if not replace, Foucault’s biopolitical economy of vital forces with Freud’s libidinal economy of the death drive as a conceptual starting point… 😳

🇬🇧 London calling with what it does best: misty rainy weather, full English breakfast and splendid academic events!

🦠 Very excited to partake in this event #AMR, meet wonderful colleagues
💊 and present a bit on the #antibiotic #innovation crisis from my current (and upcoming) work

#ALTERBIOTIC