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Univ. -Prof. Mag. Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger

Univ. -Prof. Mag. Dr. Sylvia Kritzinger

Head of Department

Department of Methods in the
Social Sciences
University of Vienna
Rathausstraße 19/1/9
A-1010 Vienna

E-mail: sylvia.kritzinger@univie.ac.at
Phone: +43-1-4277-49902
Fax:     +43-1-4277-9499

Office hours: Tuesday, 2-3 pm

Students' requests and questions can only be discussed during office hours either by phone or personally. Requests by email cannot be answered.

Please note: No office hours during semester breaks and holidays!

Supervision: Prof. Kritzinger supervises theses in following topic areas:

  • Polical Behavior
  • Electoral Research
  • Democratic Representation
  • Europeanisation of Party Politics
  • Quantitative Methods 

Sylvia Kritzinger is Professor and Head of the Department of Methods in the Social Sciences at the Faculty of Social Sciences.

Sylvia Kritzinger obtained her PhD in Political Science at the University of Vienna and then held post-doc positions at Trinity College Dublin, Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS) and Vienna University. She was Visiting Professor at the Danube-University Krems, the University of Podgorica in Montenegro, the Keele University, and Trinity College Dublin. Her research focuses on Political Behaviour and Electoral Research, Democratic Representation and Political Participation and Quantitative Methods.

She is one of the principle investigators of the Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES) responsible for the Demand Side, and the project leader of the project on ‘Representation in Europe’. Additionally, she is involved in the 7th Framework Programmes of the European Commission PIREDEU and ELECDEM.

Media expertise

  • Public Opinion in comparative European perspective
  • Elections and voting behaviour in Austria (national election and European elections)
  • Italian politics
  • Higher Education policy
Department of Methods in the Social Sciences
University of Vienna

Rathausstraße 19/9
1010 Vienna
T: +43-1-4277-499 01
F: +43-1-4277-9499
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