Interested in PhD research in Psychology, Cognition, Behavior or Neuroscience?

The VDS CoBeNe Doctoral Program emerged from an integrative and interdisciplinary alliance of four independent research areas in Psychological Science, Behavioral and Cognitive Biology, Neuroscience and the Cognitive Humanities. The research questions deal with the influence of social and ecological factors on human and non-human cognition and behavior, understanding its underlying cognitive, emotional, physiological, and neurological bases, and probing their evolutionary origins and development.

The mission of the Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience is to enhance academic and professional development of early career researcher, advance intellectual communication and scholarship across disciplines, and promote cultural diversity, scientific integrity, and international collaboration. VDS CoBeNe fosters structured doctoral education at the University of Vienna and creates an environment supporting interdisciplinary research and research training.



 News & Events

24.02.2023
 

The seminar will revolve around a discussion of Blaise Pascal’s statement that “The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing about” in light...

24.02.2023
 

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...

15.02.2023
 

This year's focus of the annual spring school *Interdisciplinary College 2023* (IK2023) is *"Dynamics of Experience - Minds, Bodies, and Things"*. ...

13.02.2023
 

The Bank Austria Foundation offers a main award in the amount of € 4.000,-- and two merit awards of € 1.000,-- each. The target group of this prize...

01.02.2023
 

It's a pleasure to announce the 2nd Annual Doctoral Student Conference - the VDS CoBeNe PhD Academy for 01.-03. February 2023 at the main building of...

24.01.2023
 

In need for a Statistics Self-Help Group?

Come by! 24/01/2023 - Meta-Regression, Meta-SEM and Network Meta-Analysis

 Defenses

04.04.2022
 

PhD Defense of Blance Spee: 05.04.2022, 18:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

“Neuromodulatory and Neuropsychopharmacological Perspectives on Art Interaction in the...

10.03.2022
 

PhD Defense of Anja Feneberg: 30.03.2022, 9:30

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

“Music as medicine? Music listening for the management of stress and somatic complaints in...

07.03.2022
 

PhD Defense of Julia Schöllbauer: 10.03.2022, 14:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

"Grenzenlos und unvorhersehbar: Psychologische Implikationen zeitgenössischer...

25.02.2022
 

PhD Defense of Markus Wrbouschek: 03.03.2022, 13:30

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

“Moods in Transition”

26.01.2022
 

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:...

25.11.2021
 

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...

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