University of Vienna, Department of Development Studies

Acronym
IE
Description

The Department of Development Studies at the University of Vienna puts its teaching and research focus on the transdisciplinary analysis and critique of global inequalities. It is concerned with theories of and approaches to social, political, economic and cultural developments in an international perspective.

Research areas

In the vain of thematic continuity, the research activities at the Department of Development Studies are based upon the past experiences of the Project International Development. Further elaborating and consolidating these activities, seven transdisciplinary research groups have been established: Transnationalization and Development; Human Rights/Rights based Development; bodies, gender, sex; Geographic and Political Determinants of Economic Development; Bridging Research and Policy; State and Nationhood; and Racism and Development Aid.

Department / Unit
Department of Development Studies
Contact details
E-Mail: elke.christiansen@univie.ac.at
Phone:+43-1-4277-0
Address: University of Vienna | Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1 | 1010 Vienna
Country:Austria
Geographical focus
  • International; Other
Related users
  • Ms Ines Marinkovic

Entry created by Ines Marinkovic on November 11, 2011
Modified on November 11, 2011