5th PhD Academy - VDS CoBeNe Annual Doctoral Conference

 When: 16th & 17th of February, 2026

 Where: University of Vienna, Main Building, Universitätsring 1, 1010 Vienna

 18th of February, 2026 - workshop and lab tours

  • A three-day event bringing with inspiring scientific talks, insightful discussions and exchange
  • A chance for doctoral candidates to present their work to an audience of peers at any stage of their PhD journey & gain 4 ECTS
  • An occasion for master students to present a scientific poster
  • Keynote lectures by CoBeNe alumni
  • Career advise in a alumni panel discussion and alumni lunches
  • Conference dinner and socializing during coffee breaks
  • CoBeNe PI members meeting
  • Closing lecture by Prof. Onur Güntürkün
  • After the main conference we offer lab visits to facilitate exchange between disciplines and a workshop

 Registration information

Registration for PhD candidates (presenting)

  • Please register via u:find
  • Please upload your abstract via moodle

Registration for Master's students (poster presenters)

  • Please register via moodle
  • Please upload your abstract via moodle

Registrations (only attending)

  • Please register via moodle
  • Registration is necessary due to catering planning - Thank you!

Abstract Submission Guidelines

For presenters

  • No more than 250 words
  • Submitting work in progress, preregistrations, etc. is also highly encouraged
  • Abstracts must be written for an interdisciplinary audience (i.e., people outside your specific field of research should understand what your talk will be about)
  • Abstracts must contain clear information on what is being presented (i.e., preregistration / study plan, work in progress, or a completed study); depending on what is being submitted, abstracts should include information about the theoretical background of the work/research gap, research question, sample, study design, analytic procedures, and results

 Organizers Team

The CoBeNe PhD academy is orgainzed by CoBeNe PhD candidates/alumni:

  • Tab Bellmann
  • Viktoria Groiß
  • Teresa Kamencek
  • Susanne Kerschbaumer
  • Morgan Knoester
  • Ece Kurnaz
  • Daniel Reiter
  • Franz Schmid
  • Stephan-Mathias Schulreich
  • Annika Trapple
  • Markus Tünte
  • Olena Vitkovska

We would like to thank Priscila Borges for creating the logo.