Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution (VDSEE)

Mission Statement

Our mission is to offer an internationally competitive doctoral training, combining excellent research and teaching. The Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution provides PhD candidates an excellent research environment and infrastructure to carry out cutting edge research and to advance our knowledge on the organization and development of individual organisms to ecosystems.

Doctoral programme

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Research Areas

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Activities & Events

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Newest Publications

2026

Fink, C., Steger, F., Schmidt, S., Hilts, E., Unger, F., Ruddyard, A., Klein, M., Akerboom, B.-J., Stehrer-Polašek, T., Drießler, S., Gurav, S., Fennessy, R. T., Smith, J., Bochmann, G., & Rittmann, S. K.-M. R. (2026). Pilot-scale production of leucine from CO2. Trends in Biotechnology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2026.07.014

Waltenberger, L., Rebay-Salisbury, K., Desideri, J., Mitteroecker, P., Spannagl-Steiner, M., & Pany-Kucera, D. (2026). The invisible evidence of birth: evaluating the relationship between pelvic shape and parity with a pelvic pattern index. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 18(9). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-026-02533-2

Cai, R., Lechtenfeld, O. J., Tanentzap, A. J., Sachs, J. P., Kao, S.-J., Osterholz, H., Yan, Z., Zhao, C., Yi, Y., Li, P., Zhang, C., Jiao, N., Koch, B. P., Herndl, G. J., & He, D. (2026). Rapid microbial production of long-lived dissolved organic carbon in the global ocean. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 123(31), Article e2601044123. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2601044123

Rauschkolb, R., Dietrich, V., Knickmann, B., Nordt, B., Freiberg, M., Hensen, I., Meier, T., Lang, I., Wenk, J. K., Krause, L., & Römermann, C. (2026). Above- and Belowground Traits are Linked Within Species, but Vary Differently Along Environmental Gradients. Ecology and Evolution, 16(8), Article e74109. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.74109

Brey , A. V., Kiehn, M., & Eder, E. (2026). Erste-Hilfe-Kompetenzen von Lehrkräften in Österreich. Pravention und Gesundheitsforderung, 21(3), 535-542. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11553-025-01222-7