Research Platforms

At the University of Vienna research platforms are a successful tool for interdisciplinary research collaboration. The initiative to establish them comes from academics and research groups from various disciplines and faculties, who can submit proposals for their institutions in response to calls for proposals. Applications are peer-reviewed internationally.

The calls for proposals are open-ended in terms of subject matter. Research platforms address scientific questions that can only be investigated through an interdisciplinary approach. The scheme therefore serves to fund particularly innovative, interdisciplinary research projects. Research platforms are currently established for a period of four years.

Academics from the Faculty of Social Sciences are currently involved in three research platforms.