The Vienna Doctoral School of Philosophy (VDP) is governed by a Steering Committee, which includes our directors, coordinator, and faculty, non-faculty, and doctoral researcher representatives.

This government is supported by other relevant decision-making structures and an international advisory board.

For more information about our government structure, please see our Constitution.

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Left to right: Lisa Tragbar, Mira Magdalena Sickinger, Donata Romizi, Nianzu Tu, Pia-Zoe Hahne, Raphael Aybar, Anne Sophie Meincke, Arne Moritz, 

• Prof. Benjamin Schnieder - Director (Currently on leave; please contact the deputy director)

• Prof. Arne Moritz - Deputy director

• Prof. Paulina Sliwa - Representative of supervisory faculty

• Ass.-Prof. Dr. Donata Romizi - Representative of supervisory faculty

• Dr. Anne Sophie Meincke - Representative of non-supervisory faculty

• Dr. Ali Emre Benli - Representative of non-supervisory faculty

• Mag. Mira Magdalena Sickinger, MA - Doctoral researcher representative

• Lisa Tragbar, BA BA MA - Doctoral researcher representative

• MSc. Pia-Zoe Hahne, BA - Doctoral researcher representative

• Nianzu Tu, MA - Doctoral researcher representative 

• MSc. Raphael Aybar, MA - Coordinator