The VDTR Supervisors
The supervisors listed here are members of the Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion VDTR. They form a dedicated network of scholars from a wide range of different theological and non-theological disciplines and are committed to providing high-quality doctoral supervision in their respective field of expertise. In this way, they guarantee their doctoral students excellent professional training and support them in forming professional networks.
| Name | Discipline(s) | Research Focus | Faculty | Languages of Supervision |
| Aksünger-Kizil, Handan | Islamic-Theological Studies | Alevi Theology, Lived Religion in Alevi Communities, Interreligious Dialogue, Alevi Religious Education, Alevi Pastoral Care, Integration and Civil Society | Philo./Cu.Stu.*** | |
| Appel, Kurt | Fundamental Theology, Philosophy of Religion | Philosophy and Theology of History, Hegel and German Idealism, Postmodern Philosophy, Eschatology, Question of God | FCT* | German, Italian or English |
| Cicek, Hüseyin | Islamic-Theological Studies | Religious Politics, Religion and Global Encounters, Religion and Violence | Philo./Cu.Stu. | German, English or Turkish |
| Cordoni, Constanza | Jewish Studies | Jewish and Christian biblical reception, Jewish cultural history (late antiquity, Middle Ages), rabbinic literature, Jewish hermeneutics, historical narratology, historical identity research | Hist./Cu.Stu.***** | German, English, Spanish, French, Italian |
| Danz, Christian | Systematic Theology AB (Augsburg Confession) | Fundamental Theology, Dogmatics (doctrine of God, Christology, Pneumatology), Reformation Theology, History of Theology of the 19th and 20th century, Ethics (Human Rights), Theology of Religions, Philosophy of Religion | FPT** | |
| Deibl, Jakob | Catholic Theology, Aesthetics | Religion and Aesthetics, Philosophy of Religion, Poetry, Sacred Architecture | FCT | German, English or Italian |
| Dobos, Karoly Daniel | JewishStudies | Jewish polemics against Christianity, Jewish-Christian coexistence, Jewish-Christian dialogue of the 20th century | Hist./Cu.Stu.***** | German, English, Hungarian |
| Engemann, Wilfried | Practical Theology and Psychology of Religion | Homiletics, Pastoral Care Teaching, Liturgical Studies, Psychology of Religion, Theological Anthropology | FPT | |
| Feulner, Hans-Jürgen | Liturgical Studies and Sacramental Theology (ecumenical) | Liturgies and Rites in the different Churches of West and East, Sacramental Theology, Rituals in Film, Sacral Hygiene | FCT | |
| Filipović, Alexander | Social Ethics | Basic questions of Christian social ethics, ethics of public communication (media ethics), technology ethics/digital ethics, political ethics/practical social philosophy, philosophical pragmatism, social empiricism and ethics, normative aspects of social theory | FCT | German or English |
| Grohmann, Marianne | Old Testament Studies | Psalms and Lamentations, Anthropology and Gender-related Issues, Fertility and Birth in the Hebrew Bible, Hermeneutics, Exegesis in Literary Studies, Theory of Metaphor, Reception of Jewish Biblical Exegesis | FPT | German or English |
| Heil, Uta | Christian History, Archaeology and Art | Late Antiquity/Early Middle Ages (History of Theology, History of the Interpretation of Scripture, "Structuring of Time", Historiography) | FPT | |
| Hoedl, Hans Gerald | Religious Studies | African & African American Religions, Mormonism, Criticism of Religion, Ritual, Religion & Media | FPT | |
| Kowatsch, Andreas | Canon Law and Law on Religion | Austrian Constitutional Law on Religion, "Europeanisation" of Religious Law, Ecclesiastical Constitutional Law, Ecclesiastical Personal Status Law | FCT | |
| Körtner, Ulrich | Systematic theology, protestant | fundamental theology, hermeneutics, dogmatics, ethics, medical ethics | FPT | |
| Langer, Gerhard | Jewish Studies | Jewish Cultural History in Antiquity, Rabbinic Literature, Reception-Historical Studies of Biblical Texts, Processing of Jewish Tradition in German-Language Literature, Jewish-Christian "Encounters" (Cultural Transfer, etc.) | Hist./Cu.Stu.***** | English, German (Knowledge of German is a prerequisite for someone writing in English) |
| Lehmann, Karsten | Religionswissenschaft | Religious plurality, religious and civil society networks 'on the ground', interreligious contacts & interreligious dialogue, religiously legitimized violence, religion and (international politics), methods of empirical research on religion | FPT | Deutsch, Englisch |
| Lehner-Hartmann, Andrea | Religious Education (Catholic) | Subject Didactics, Gender, Violence, Religious Education, Subjective Theories | FCT | |
| Lohlker, Rüdiger | Islamic Studies | Islamic Thought, Sufism, Modern Islam | Philo./Cu.Stu. | English or German |
| Moga, Ioan | Orthodox Theology (Systematic Theology) | Dogmatics - Ecclesiology, History of Theology of the 20th Century, Orthodox - Catholic Dialogues | FCT | German, English or Romanian (Knowledge of German is a prerequisite for someone writing in English or Romanian) |
| Müller, Sigrid | Systematic Theology and Ethics | Basis of Theological Ethics, History of Theological Ethics, Ethics in Medicine, Intercultural Ethics, Bioethics, Human Dignity | FCT | German, English, French, Spanish or Italian (learning English and German in the course of the doctoral studies is compulsory) |
| Oehler, Markus | New Testament Studies | History of Religion and Social History, Epistle to the Romans, History of Pre-Constantinian Christianity | FPT | English, German |
| Pock, Johann | Pastoral Theology, Homiletics | Pastoral Care of the Sacraments, Ritual Research, Congregation, Diakonia, Preaching | FCT | English, German or Italian |
| Pokorny, Lukas | Religious Studies | Millenarianism, Religions of East Asia, Confucianism, New and Alternative Religious Movements (Esotericism), Religion in Austria | FCT | English, German |
| Polak, Regina | Practical Theology | Religion, Migration and Urbanisation, Christian-Jewish and Christian-Islamic Dialogue, Anti-Semitism and Racism, Socio-Religious Transformation Processes in Europe, Value Research, Basic Theological Questions of a Church in Transition | FCT | |
| Prüller-Jagenteufel, Gunter | Theological Ethics | Intercultural Ethics, Ethics of Liberation, Ecumenism | FCT | English, German |
| Ramharter, Esther | Philosophy | Philosophy of religion (e.g. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Simone Weil, proof of the existence of God), philosophy and the Hebrew Bible, relationship between religion and mathematics/logic/science | Phil./Edu.**** | English, German |
| Rothgangel, Martin | Religious Education | Basic Questions of Science Theory in Religious Education and Theology, Empirical Religious Education, International-Comparative Religious Education, General Subject Didactics | FPT | |
| Roubekas, Nickolas P. | Science of religion | Antique religions, Social anthropology of religion, Early Christianity, myths, Theories of religion | FCT | English, Spanish |
| Schelander, Robert | Religious Education | Historical Religious Education, School and Religion | FPT | English, German |
| Schelkshorn, Johann | Philosophy of Religion | Philosophy of Religion, Cross-cultural Philosophy (Latin American Philosophy), Practical Philosophy, Theories of Modernity - Philosophy of Religion; Cross-cultural Philosophy (Latin American Philosophy), Practical Philosophy, Theories of Modernity | FCT | |
| Schellenberg, Anette | Old Testament Studies | Prehistory (Gen 1-11), Priestly (Scriptural) Literature, Wisdom Literature, Song of Songs, Old Testament, Anthropology, Controversies about Theological Questions in the Old Testament and its Environment, Relations between the Old Testament and its ancient Near Eastern Environment | FPT | |
| Siquans, Agnethe | Old Testament Science | Inner Biblical Exegesis, Feminist / Gender-fair Exegesis, History of Reception | FCT | English, German |
| Staudigl, Michael | Philosophy | Phenomenology, Political Philosophy, Social Philosophy and Philosophy of Religion, Violence Research (esp. religious violence) | Phil./Edu. | |
| Stowasser, Martin | New Testament Biblical Studies | Historical Jesus, Gospels, Revelation to John, Passion-Narratives, Infancy Narratives, Ethics of the New Testament | FCT | |
| Strube, Julian | Religious Studies | Global Religious History, Globally Entangled History of Religious Studies, Perspectives on Esotericism and Politics, Religion and Politics in Modern Asia, Hinduism and Post-Colonialism | FCT | English, German |
| Tiwald, Markus | New Testament Studies | Parting of the Ways between Judaism and Christianity, contextualising the Theology of Jesus and Paul in early Judaism, Jewish-Christian Dialogue, questioning the Origins of Christianity | FCT | English, German (Knowledge of German is a prerequisite for someone writing in English) |
| Treitler, Wolfgang | Basic Theological Research | Jewish-Christian Discourse, Shoa Literature, Questions on the Messiah, Sexualised Violence | FCT | German, English (Knowledge of German is a prerequisite for someone writing in English) |
| Tück, Jan-Heiner | Dogmatics and History of Dogma | Christology, Biblical Monotheism under Suspicion of Violence, Literature and Religion | KTF |
* Faculty of Catholic Theology
** Faculty of Protestant Theology
*** Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies
**** Faculty of Philosophy and Education
***** Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies