Part of our rep work are various university committees. In those, we are members besides the professors and other uni employees, and we try to contribute and emphasize the students' views.

ViDSS steering committee

The Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS) is governed by a speaker and a steering committee, comprising representatives of all research fields present at the Faculty of Social Sciences as well as two student representatives.

VISESS PhD Board

The Vienna International School of Earth and Space Sciences is home to the social sciences PhDs in the Anthroposphere branch. While not connected in an official/formal sense, the PhD board members of this branch are in contact with the PhD student representatives in Social Sciences and co-organise, e.g., the writing Fridays. 

Studies conference

The studies conference is an advisory board to the Directorate of Doctoral Studies for Social Sciences and comprises six members from the group of teachers as well as six members from the group of students.

Faculty conference

The faculty conference is an advisory body of the Faculty of Social Sciences and consists of eight representatives of university professors, four representatives of associate professors as well as of other scientific staff in teaching or research, four representatives of students, one representative of administrative staff and their respective deputies.
The faculty conference at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy works in the same way. One doctoral student representative is appointed by the Social Sciences PhD student representatives to attend the conference. 

Appointment committees

An appointment committee is established whenever a candidate selection process for a professorship or a habilitation procedure begins, and includes student members. Its role is to decide which candidate is selected.