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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
Seven public lectures from the Vienna CogSciHub environment will take place in the summer semester 2023 as part of the Young Science event series at...
Are you an early career researcher struggling to balance work and personal life, feeling overwhelmed or lacking self-confidence? VDS CoBeNe cares...
Researches who would like to present their topic to a new audience are invited to participate in the Children's University activities 2023.
Seven public lectures from the Vienna CogSciHub environment will take place in the summer semester 2023 as part of the Young Science event series at...
This summer school aims to bring together renowned scientists, postdocs, doctoral researchers and interested master students to discuss a great...
Papers in all disciplines of social sciences, humanities and law are eligible for submission.
Defenses
PhD Defense of Camilo Rodríguez Lopez: 23.02.2022, 17:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Biology.
“Examining the mechanisms underlying territorial tradeoffs in a Neotropical poison frog:...
PhD Defense of Alexander Haselgruber: 14.12.2021, 11:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Field of Research: Psychology
“Cumulative Childhood Trauma and Foster Children’s Complex Psychopathology: A Special...
PhD Defense of Katharina Sölva, 29.11.2021, 09:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.
“Resilience in children and adolescents in foster care: Risk assessment, adaptation, and...
PhD Defense of Theresa Matzinger: 24.11.2021, 14:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Biology.
"The role of prosody in language learning, language change and language evolution"
PhD Defense of Katja Kerman: 22.11.2021, 14:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.
“When Work Enters the Off-Job Time: Implications for Employee Health and Well-Being”
PhD Defense of Claudia Kawai: 19.11.2021, 11:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.
“Color me your color: A cross-cultural investigation into implicit associations between...
