This mentoring scheme supports you in developing a doctoral thesis project in a moderated, peer-to-peer setting, preparing you for the public presentation at the Faculty of Social Sciences (FÖP). You will receive feedback from a coach and your peers on the research design of your project, your chosen theoretical framework and your intended methodology, thereby helping you to develop your research proposal.

Participants will work in small groups led by a postdoctoral researcher or advanced doctoral candidate from the Faculty of Social Sciences. Each group will meet twice during the summer semester of 2026, with several weeks between meetings.

Group 1: Monday, 13 April 12:00–15:00, and Monday, 11 May 2026, 12:00–15:00

Conference Room of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, 6th floor, staircase III (room C628A)

Group 2: Monday, 13 April 15:00–18:00, and Mondday, 11 May 2026, 15:00–18:00

Conference Room of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätsstraße 7, 1010 Vienna, 6th floor, staircase III (room C628A)

Group 3: Tuesday, 14 April 16:00–19:00, and Tuesday, 12 May 2026 16:00–19:00

Meeting Room of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences OG01 (seminar room 11), Kolingasse 14–16 1090 Vienna

Please note that participants need to submit a first draft of their research proposal approximately one week before the first meeting with the mentor via moodle.