Interested in PhD research on the Cosmos, Earth or Anthroposphere?

The Big Picture - Our Mission

 

Humanity faces grand challenges such as resource depletion, climate change, and insecurity about future energy supply. The mission of our Vienna International School of Earth and Space Sciences (VISESS) at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy is to address these challenges through inter- and trans-disciplinary academic research connecting the cosmos with planets & atmospheres including its environments and with the anthroposphere. We aim our students to become world-leading experts in either of these three branches while also confidently communicate and contribute across all three branches. We want our school to become a central place in the heart of Europe for training and as a resource of knowledge about our place in space and time.

Earthrise. Taken by astronaut William Anders, Apollo 8. (NASA)


 News

15.02.2024
 

New year, new photos - new photo competition: The "Snapshots of Exploration" photo competition for students at the Faculty of Earth Sciences,...

11.02.2024
 

Science is fascinating, impactful, multifaceted - and female, too! To mark the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on Feb 11, we have...

13.12.2023
 

On the 12th of December 2023, the first "Bake your PhD" event organized by the VISESS PhD Board took place. The task was simple: be creative in the...

03.10.2023
 

VISESS is currently announcing PhD positions in the fields of Cosmos, Earth and Anthroposphere. Apply until the deadline of 15 November 2023!

21.03.2023
 

How to communicate effectively about climate change? Register now and join us for the discussion at the Big Picture Event on 18 April 2023

21.03.2023
 

VISESS is currently announcing PhD positions in the fields of Cosmos and Anthroposphere. Apply until the extended deadline of 15 April 2023!