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.


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 News & Events

14.06.2023
 

We would like to invite all of the Life Sciences PhD candidates and Master students to a digital roundtable event with the new data steward, Dr. Emily...

13.06.2023
 

Prof. Leslea Hlusko, from UC Berkeley and the Spanish National Research Centre for Human Evolution (CENIEH), will give a role model seminar for early...

25.05.2023
 

We are excited to announce that the next international Computational Psychiatry Course organised by the Translational Neuromodeling Unit (TNU; PI:...

24.05.2023
 

The aim of these meetings is to bring together researchers and philosophy students who are interested in the theoretical approaches to cognition.

19.05.2023
 

The department of Material Sciences and Process Engineering, Institute of Physics and Material Science is seeking a Postgraduate Research Associate

17.05.2023
 

We are excited to invite you to the talk provided by Prof. Maurice Grinberg at the Cognitive Science Research Center from the New Bulgarian...

 PhD Stories

 Defenses

30.09.2022
 

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...

29.09.2022
 

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,...

27.09.2022
 

PhD Defense of Ada Sil Patterer 27.09.2022, 17:30

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology

“The social environment of work: An investigation of relatedness needs,

social support,...

31.08.2022
 

PhD Defense of Sophie Oczlon: 31.08.2022, 11:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

“Cultural Diversity in the Classroom - the Role of the Classroom Context in the...

27.07.2022
 

PhD Defense of Trinh Nguyen: 27.07.2022, 15:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

“Interpersonal neural and physiological synchrony in early development: The role of...

18.07.2022
 

PhD Defense of Helena Hartmann: 18.07.2022, 15:00

Public Defense in the Doctoral Research Field: Psychology.

“Another’s pain in my brain: Clarifying the specificity of shared representations of pain...

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