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
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.
