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The Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience (VDS CoBeNe) was granted in 2016 as one of the first Doctoral Schools at the University of Vienna, and was based in the Faculty of Life Sciences. After integrating the Faculty of Psychology, as well as researchers in the humanities, in 2020, the VDS is now a major interdisciplinary Doctoral School at the University of Vienna. CoBeNe combines the strength of four main research areas: Psychological Science, Behavioral & Cognitive Biology, Neuroscience, and the Cognitive Humanities.

The aim of the VDS CoBeNe is to foster structured doctoral education at the University of Vienna and to create an environment supporting interdisciplinary research and research training. The school integrates excellent existing research centers in Cognition, Behavior, and Neuroscience in Vienna. These centers were previously mostly independent, and range from molecular/cellular/developmental biology to psychological sciences and the humanities.

The mission of the Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience is to enhance academic and professional development of graduate students, advance intellectual communication and scholarship across disciplines, and promote cultural diversity, scientific integrity, and international collaboration.


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 News & Events

15.11.2024
 

Again this year our doctoral school together with VDSEE and VDS-MES will join to celebrate the Christmas spirit together at the joint Christmas party!

11.11.2024
 

This online session, offered by the Doctorate center is interesting for all of the PhD candidates in the need of the residence permit and visa in...

31.10.2024
 

In cooperation with Austrian Transition to Open Access Two / Subproject "Predatory Publishing, University of Vienna invites you to an exchange about...

09.10.2024
 

Is your research data organization the stuff of nightmares? Do your files...go bump in the night? Do you like treats, not tricks?

03.10.2024
 

Engaging in academic work, particularly through reading and writing, requires a balance between maintaining a steady writing routine and producing...

27.09.2024
 

Organisational team of five of our doctoral candidates have invited a speaker, Professor Alex Thornton of Cognitive Evolution at the Human Biological...

 PhD Stories

24.05.2024
 

The doors were wied open from four different locations, from the main University building, to Biology and Chemistry building as well as University...

01.03.2024
 

Congratulations to Rojan Amini-Nejad for winning the ÖAW Dissertation Prize for Migration Research!

 

02.07.2023
 

Congratulations to Julia Reiter for winning the Impact Award 2023!

 

 Defenses

05.11.2024
 

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“The (Will)Power to Change the World: The Influence of Lay Beliefs in the Context of Global...

30.09.2024
 

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“Optimizing Exposure for Therapy personalization using neuro-physiological decoding and...

30.09.2024
 

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“Investigating the Effects of D2 Dopamine Receptor Antagonism on Computational Mechanisms...

09.09.2024
 

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“Meta-Analytical Investigations of Boredom: Associations With Arousal and Performance”

06.09.2024
 

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“Too stressed for sex? Associations between sexual experiences, sexual behavior, stress,...

03.09.2024
 

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Biology

''Investigating the behavior and larval development of the invasive parasitic fly, Philornis...

 Books

28.09.2022
 

Thomas Bugnyar, 2022, Brandstätter Verlag. Sie sind bekannt für ihre verblüffende Intelligenz, für das clevere Benutzen von Werkzeugen und für ihr...

09.12.2021
 

Jakob Pietschnig, 2021, Ecowin. Was Intelligenz ist, wie man sie messen kann und warum das so spannend ist, erklärt der österreichische...

09.12.2021
 

Angela Stöger, Brandtstätter Verlag, 2021. Wie Tiere kommunizieren und was wir lernen, wenn wir ihnen wirklich zuhören