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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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If you want to know other students as well as leading experts in primate vocal communication you are welcome to apply for the Kyoto-Vienna Autumn...
Summer is gone only temporarily. In the hope of it returning soon, we would like to invite you to a summer edition of our informal get-togethers! As...
The Research Training Group ‘Situated Cognition’ will start its training generation of twelve new PhD students, with the second cohort simultaneously...
Annika is a postdoc in Alex Schier’s lab, Biozentrum, the University of Basel and studies the evolution of behaviour in African cichlids.
The Vienna Doctoral School in Cognition, Behavior and Neuroscience (VDS CoBeNe) from Biology to Psychology and the Humanities warmly welcomes you at...
Funding agencies such as FFG Expedition Zukunft are highlighting the importance of the research impact in their application guidlines. The United...
Defenses
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology
“Reweighting of Binaural Cues: Generalizability and Applications in
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Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology
“Beiträge zur Modellierung latenter Variablen in Multistage Designs”
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology
“Entscheidungsfindung im onkologischen Kontext. Ein multiperspektivischer Ansatz”
PhD Defense of Mario Gallego-Abenza, 30.09.2022, 17:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Biology.
"Social cognition and fission-fusion dynamics in non-breeder Common ravens (Corvus corax)”
PhD Defense of Magdalena Boch: 30.09.2022, 15:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.
"How dogs and humans perceive and understand each other: a comparative neuroimaging...
PhD Defense of Claudia Massaccesi: 29.09.2022, 16:00
Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology
"Neurobiology and state-dependency of human social affiliation: behavioural,...
