Doctoral Programme in Psychology | Responsibilities & Contact persons

Besides your supervisor, the directors of the doctoral studies programme, the members of the doctoral advisory boards and the staff members of the StudyServiceCenters are important contact persons who will support you in the course of the doctorate scientifically as well as in administrative matters.

Directors of the Doctoral Studies (DSPL)

The Directors and Vice-Directors of the Doctoral Studies Programme are important persons of contact regarding study affairs. They are in charge of the approval of the topic of the doctoral thesis and the approval of the doctoral thesis agreement.

Director of the study program in charge of the doctoral programme Psychology und Biology with focus on Cognition, Behavior, and Neurosciences (54)

  • Univ.-Prof. Mag. Mag. Dr. Dr. Dr. Martin Voracek 
  • Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar (Deputy)
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Thomas Hummel (Deputy)
  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jutta Müller (Deputy)

Doctoral Advisory Board

The doctoral advisory board is appointed in order to give advice to the administrative body responsible for study matters, to students and supervisors. The official steps towards the institution of the advisory boards are put down in the statutes §15 (7) governing university studies. The doctoral advisory board is of particular importance concerning students' presentations at the faculty. Its members are in charge of one or more fields of doctoral research or a larger part of a specific field of doctoral research within one curriculum.

  • all habilitated employees/professors (except Voracek, Korunka, Smekal due to other functions). An advisory board from each of the three institutes is consulted for each public faculty presentation.

StudyServiceCenter

The StudyServiceCenters (SSC) are the contact point for all administrative processes during your doctorate from the public presentation of your research proposal to the organisation of the defense of your thesis.

  • SSC Psychology
    Liebiggasse 5, 1010 Vienna
    Opening hours:Tuesday, Wednesday 10:00-13:00; Thursday 15:00-18:00