Sociology

6. March 2024

Technology Studies

Europe in the space race

Social scientist Nina Klimburg-Witjes examines the construction of the European launcher rocket Ariane 6 and asks: What role will Europe play in the new space age? Our video team met the researcher to learn more.

11. October 2023

New Materials

What the future is made of

New materials are considered very promising for solving the acute challenges of our time, but they also create new problems. We take a closer look at those materials that have shaped us and those that are yet to come.

20. September 2023

AI ethics

Why we need global governance frameworks for artificial intelligence

An interdisciplinary body of experts, including three academics affiliated with the University of Vienna, supports Austria in the implementation of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence. Rudolphina asked them why AI governance requires a global approach and which possibilities and risks this entails.

23. May 2023

Society and History

Who deserves what? Making sense of inequalities during times of crisis

Do we deserve our gains and losses in the aftermath of social crises? In this guest post, University of Vienna social scientist Till Hilmar, author of "Deserved," draws important lessons from the lived experiences of post-1989 transformations.

5. October 2022

Presenting … Sociologist Ana Cartaxo

Missed Nursing Care in Austria

The Corona crisis has shown: nurses keep our health system running. And although Austria has the highest hospital bed density, the number of nursing staff is low. Ana Cartaxo is investigating this discrepancy in her PhD project. Watch the video to learn more about her research.

12. April 2022

Presenting... Sociologist Faime Alpagu

Migration Narratives

Migration shapes society: "In my research, I want to draw attention to the complexity of this phenomenon", says Faime Alpagu from the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences. Watch the video to find out more about her research project.

11. November 2021

Demography

People decide to have children later in their life

A few decades ago most women had children in their 20s. Today, across the high-income countries, they tend to have children in their 30s. The demographer Eva Beaujouan investigates the challenges and the changes that low-fertility countries are facing.

6. April 2021

Presenting... Sociologist Wanda Spahl

Health Needs of Refugees

Wanda Spahl conducts research on the health needs of refugees and investigates whether and how these needs are met. She is a PhD candidate at the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences.