Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution

The Vienna Doctoral School of Ecology and Evolution is devoted to educating students in advancing our knowledge on the ecology and evolution of extant and ancestral organisms, populations and communities. In Ecology, the ambition is to better understand the mechanistic and evolutionary drivers of patterns and processes from gene regulation to the structure and function of ecosystems and the impact of communities on the biogeochemical cycles and their adaptive capacity in response to environmental change. In Evolution, we address the evolutionary processes leading to changes in organization and temporal dynamics of organisms, populations and species at the molecular, developmental, morphological and physiological level.

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"We welcome highly motivated PhD candidates, who share the enthusiasm and spirit of our Doctoral School to provide scientific answers to global challenges in ecology and evolution under changing environmental conditions. Our Doctoral School provides excellent conditions and an intellectual environment that allows realizing international competitive research."

Gerhard J. Herndl, Head of the Vienna Doctoral School Ecology and Evolution 2020-2023


Our Calendar

FÖP 15.03.24

Take a look at the schedule for our upcoming public presentations of our new PhD students 


Collaborations:

Opened in 1889, the NHM Vienna is one of the most important natural history museums in the world, with around 30 million objects and more than 841,800 visitors a year.

WasserCluster Lunz is a non-profit research center equally supported by the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna (BOKU Vienna), the University for Continuing Education Krems, and the University of Vienna.

The La Gamba Field Station is a research and teaching facility of the University of Vienna, situated at the edge of the Regenwald der Österreicher (Rainforest of the Austrians) in Costa Rica.

Non-profit organization rooted at the University of Vienna and founded to support and develop sustainable life science practices.

Initiative of female scientists. Support the careers of female scientist & equalize the female-male employment status at the faculty of life science at the University of Vienna.


News

11.03.2022
 

The University of Vienna stands with the Ukrainian people in their struggle for freedom and democracy. We pay respect to all those people in the...

11.03.2022
 

The next public presentations of PhD thesis projects will be held on Friday 11 March 2022, 10-12 hrs.

Location: UBB, Djerassiplatz 1 | HS-1

12.01.2022
 

Scientists at the University of Vienna came up with a migration model for mountain plants. The surprising result: cold-adapted genotypes become more...

05.01.2022
 

VDS Ecology and Evolution PhD student JOHANNES HERPELL in FALTER.Morgen, 04.01.2022

Wie sieht die Welt in zehn Jahren aus? Wir haben fünf Personen...

23.12.2021
 

We are wishing you a wonderful and relaxed holiday break and all the best for 2022! Your VDSEE team

21.11.2021
 

The next presentations at the faculty will take place online on 10 December 2021, 11:00 to 14:30 Vienna time. Five VDSEE doctoral/PhD students in...