Empirical Social Sciences
Resilience & Crises
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Empirical Social Sciences
With this programme, WWTF aims to promote empirically oriented social sciences in order to address relevant societal questions and challenges. Calls in this programme pursue two objectives: on the one hand, to strengthen the scientific foundations in the social sciences, and on the other hand, to contribute to evidence-based decision-making through the funding of societally relevant research projects. A connection to Vienna and Austria is therefore of central importance for the topics to be researched.
Contact: Michael Strassnig
Earlier calls
Empirical Social Sciences
Quantitative Data Research
The WWTF pilot call "Quantitative Data Research" in the field of Empirical Social Sciences was open to researchers at universities and non-university research institutions, who seek to conduct a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research projects (duration: 2 to 4 years) on the basis of large data sets on socially relevant issues. The funding range per project is € 250,000 to € 600,000. The call jury selected 7 excellent projects for funding. Additional funding opportunities were available for collaborative projects between scientists in Vienna and Lower Austria.
Funding volume: € 3,557,349
Number of applications: 55 short proposals, 19 full proposals
Awarding procdure: Selection by international expert panel, based on written reviews
Jury meeting: 25-26 May 2023
Formal decision by WWTF Board of Directors: 19 June 2023
Contact person: Michael Strassnig
Regina Riphahn (chair) | Friedrich Alexander Universität, DE
Nabanita Datta Gupta | Aarhus University, DK
Sara B. Hobolt | London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Annette Jäckle | University of Essex, UK
Bruno Lepri | Fondazione Bruno Kessler, IT
Laust H. Mortensen | University of Copenhagen, DK
Juan Manuel Rodríguez Poo | Universidad de Cantabria Inicio, ES
Rainer Winkelmann | University of Zurich, CH
Funded projects
- ESS22-008 Nadia Steiber (University of Vienna)
Family outcomes of assortative mating: New insights based on couple-level survey/register data
Duration: 60 months, Funding volume: € 565,292 - ESS22-016 Andrea Weber (CEU GmbH - Central European University Private University)
Mobility of Workers in the European Union
Duration: 42 months, Funding volume: € 323,868 - ESS22-025 Christian Koch (University of Vienna)
Misperceptions about the welfare state: Immigration and health behavior
Duration: 44 months, Funding volume: € 341,306 - ESS22-032 Tiago Peixoto (CEU GmbH - Central European University Private University)
Multiscale network modelling of migration flows in Austria
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 649,325 - ESS22-040 Jesus Crespo Cuaresma (WU Wien - Vienna University of Economics and Business)
People-Centered Economic Modelling for Climate Policy
Duration: 48 months, Funding volume: € 648,313 - ESS22-046 Franziska Disslbacher (WU Wien - Vienna University of Economics and Business)
Multidimensional Social Mobility and Pathways to Upward Mobility in Austria
Duration: 40 months, Funding volume: € 594,435 - ESS22-054 Alice Kügler (CEU GmbH - Central European University Private University)
Parental Leave and Career Trajectories of Men and Women in Austria
Duration: 36 months, Funding volume: € 434,810