Third-party funded projects – Psychology
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- Comprehensive information on the projects is also systematically documented and accessible in the SFU Research Portal (Pure).
Overview of ongoing, third-party funded research projects
Psychotechnics in Austria, 1920–1950
Psychotechnics in Austria, 1920–1950
Project lead: Martin Wieser (martin.wieser@sfu-berlin.de)
Funding body: FWF
Project duration: 2026–2029
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Promotion of Mental Health among Veterinary Professionals
Promotion of Mental Health among Veterinary Professionals
Project lead: Birgit U. Stetina (birgit.u.stetina@sfu.ac.at)
Project team: Zuzana Kovacovsky, Katharina Soukup
Funding body: Austrian Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons
Project duration: 1 February 2022 – 31 May 2026
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MA 60 Supervision 2
MA 60 Supervision 2
Project lead: Birgit U. Stetina (birgit.u.stetina@sfu.ac.at)
Project team: Zuzana Kovacovsky
Funding body: MA 60
Project duration: 1 January 2026 – 31 July 2026
Psychological Foundations of Possession, Attachment, and the Self
Psychological Foundations of Possession, Attachment, and the Self
Project leads: Tarek El Sehity (tarek.el-sehity@mail.sfu.ac.at), Martin Einhorn
Funding bodies: Dr Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG; IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona
Project duration: 2 January 2023 – 1 January 2027
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The Psychology of Money
The Psychology of Money
Project lead: Tarek el Sehity (tarek.el-sehity@mail.sfu.ac.at), Erich Kirchler
Project team: Cristiano Castelfranchi
Funding body: Österreichische Nationalbank, FWF
Project duration: 30.10.2006 – 30.10.2031
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HOPEnDialogue: “Open dialogue” an innovative approach in the treatment of psychiatric onset crisis - definition and evaluation of operational and organizational tools for the transferability of “open dialogue” in Italian DSMs
HOPEnDialogue: “Open dialogue” an innovative approach in the treatment of psychiatric onset crisis - definition and evaluation of operational and organizational tools for the transferability of “open dialogue” in Italian DSMs
Project lead: Raffaella Pocobello, Tarek El Sehity (tarek.el-sehity@mail.sfu.ac.at)
Funding body: Open Excellence Foundation
Project duration: 01.02.2019 – 29.12.2028
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FP21C: Business Families in the 21st Century: Understanding the Psychology of Families with Extraordinary Responsibilities
FP21C: Business Families in the 21st Century: Understanding the Psychology of Families with Extraordinary Responsibilities
Project leads: Tarek el Sehity (tarek.el-sehity@mail.sfu.ac.at), Heinrich Liechtenstein, Kendall Cotton Bronk
Project team: William Damon, Lola Koller, Viktoria Luft
Funding bodies: EQUA Foundation; IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona; John Templeton Foundation; Claremont Graduate University
Project duration: 1 June 2017 – 31 May 2027
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Digital Publication: Karl Bühler, Manuscripts and Correspondence (annotated)
Digital Publication: Karl Bühler, Manuscripts and Correspondence (annotated)
Project lead: Janette Friedrich (janette.friedrich@sfu.ac.at)
Funding body: FWF, PUD 45-G
Project Duration: 3 years
Good Living and Climate Protection?! – Opportunities and Barriers to Sustainable Living for Precarious Migrant Women in Vienna
Good Living and Climate Protection?! – Opportunities and Barriers to Sustainable Living for Precarious Migrant Women in Vienna
Funding body: City of Vienna, MA 7
Project duration: 1 April 2026 – 1 March 2027
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Katharina Hametner (katharina.hametner@sfu.ac.at)
Project members: Dr. Sigrid Awart (Peregrina); Isabel von Hansemann (SFU)
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Institutional Pilot Project: CoARAverse in Psychology. Piloting reforms to foster and assess diverse research cultures with a focus on participation, qualitative indicators, and peer-review
Institutional Pilot Project: CoARAverse in Psychology. Piloting reforms to foster and assess diverse research cultures with a focus on participation, qualitative indicators, and peer-review
Funding body: CoARA Cascade Funding programme, as part of the Horizon Europe CoARA Boost project, coordinated by the European Science Foundation
Project duration: 01.09.2025 to 31.08.2026
Project lead: Nora Ruck (nora.ruck@sfu.ac.at), Marion Garaus (marion.garaus@sfu.ac.at), Dominik Drexel (dominik.drexel@sfu.ac.at)
Project members: Anoel Alshuth
CoARA working group of the Faculty of Psychology: Markus Wrbouschek, Alessandra Frigerio, Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja, Monika Gritsch, Katharina Hametner, Birgit Stetina, Christine Smetaczek, Armin Klaps, Tarek El Sehity, Gregor Wasicky and Alexander Wendt
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‘Every election a nightmare.’ Participatory action research on the emotional labor of women’s counselors in Vienna between counseling and bureaucracy.
‘Every election a nightmare.’ Participatory action research on the emotional labor of women’s counselors in Vienna between counseling and bureaucracy.
Funding body: City of Vienna
Project duration: November 2025 – April 2027
Project lead: Nora Ruck (nora.ruck@sfu.ac.at)
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Syrian Refugees and Residents of Host Communities in Turkey: Conflict-Sensitive Municipal Development
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Syrian Refugees and Residents of Host Communities in Turkey: Conflict-Sensitive Municipal Development
Funding body: GIZ
Project duration: September 2025 – Juni 2026
Project lead: Kate Sheese (kate.sheese@sfu-berlin.de)
Project team: Mina Arian, Helena Bartels
Time patterns and the perception of time in Russia and the dominant political culture
Time patterns and the perception of time in Russia and the dominant political culture
Funding body: Robert-Bosch-Stiftung
Project duration: 01.04.2025 bis 31.12.2026
Project lead: Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja (anna.schor-tschudnowskaja@sfu.ac.at)
The emergence and nature of compositional thought through predictive processing
The emergence and nature of compositional thought through predictive processing
Funding body: Slovenian Research Agency – ARIS
Project duration: 3 years, 1.2.2025 – 31. 1. 2028
Project lead: Danaja Rutar
Project members: Vesna Jug (University of Primorsk), Irena Bolko (SFU – Ljubljana), Andrej Košir (University of Ljubljana), Gregor Strle (University of Ljubljana), Matija Svetina (University of Ljubljana), Kaja Hacin Beyazoglu (University of Ljubljana)
SFU involvement: 52%
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): Toward an Effective Integrated Approach for the Treatment of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder
Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS): Toward an Effective Integrated Approach for the Treatment of Obsessive- Compulsive Disorder
Funding body: EMDR Europe
Project start: 1st Dec. 2024
Project duration: 24 months
Project lead: Mattia Ferro (m.ferro@milano-sfu.it)
Visions of quality of life with a rare disease. A transdisciplinary approach to identify, measure and improve quality of life with epidermolysis bullosa
Visions of quality of life with a rare disease. A transdisciplinary approach to identify, measure and improve quality of life with epidermolysis bullosa
Funding body: ÖAW-DOC Fund
Project duration: 01.09.2024 – 30.04.2028
Project lead: Univ.-Lekt.in MMag. DDr. Gudrun Salamon (gudrun.salamon@sfu.ac.at)
The Limbus of the Third Family Business Generation from a Family Psychology Perspective: A Qualitative Comparison of Intergenerational Family Functioning in Business and Non-Business Families
The Limbus of the Third Family Business Generation from a Family Psychology Perspective: A Qualitative Comparison of Intergenerational Family Functioning in Business and Non-Business Families
Funding body: EQUA Stiftung (EigentümerQUalifizierungsAkademie)
Project duration: July 2024 – July 2026
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Tarek el Sehity (tarek.el-sehity@sfu.ac.at)
Project team: Lola Koller, MSc. (lola.koller@mail.sfu.ac.at)
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AmigaAI Legal LLM
AmigaAI Legal LLM
Funding body: FFG
Project duration: 24 months (starting August 2024)
Project partners: Gesetzefinden.at, Frauenhofer Institut and Cerha Hempel
Project lead: Univ.-Prof.in Dr.in Birgit U. Stetina (birgit.u.stetina@sfu.ac.at) & Armin Klaps, MSc.
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Twin study on metacognition and its related symptoms
Twin study on metacognition and its related symptoms
Funding body: FWF
Project start: 15th Sept. 2024
Project duration: 36 months
Project lead: Prof. Simona Scaini PhD (simona.scaini@mail.sfu.ac.at)
Project team: Stefano De Francesco, MSc
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The Power Within. A transnational history of Alfred Adler's clinical and social ideas about power and psychological development in France, United States of America, and Argentina, 1929-1967
The Power Within. A transnational history of Alfred Adler's clinical and social ideas about power and psychological development in France, United States of America, and Argentina, 1929-1967
Funding body: FWF
Project duration: July 2024 – 30th June 2027
Project lead: Dr. Luciano Nicolás García (luciano.garcia@mail.sfu.ac.at)
Psychological aspects of the quality of life of pets and their owners - Conceptual and clinical studies
Psychological aspects of the quality of life of pets and their owners - Conceptual and clinical studies
Funding body: Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica
Project duration: 2022 – 06/2025
Project lead: Birgit U. Stetina (birgit.u.stetina@sfu.ac.at)
Project coordination: Christine Krouzecky (christine.krouzecky@sfu.ac.at)
Creative 'conversations' with materials
Creative 'conversations' with materials
Funding body: FWF
Project start / duration: March 2024; 36 months
Project lead: Dr. Michael Kimmel
Digital Holocaust Memorial - Interdisciplinary research project on cultures of remembrance in Austria
Digital Holocaust Memorial - Interdisciplinary research project on cultures of remembrance in Austria
Funding body: The Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, The National Fund of the Republic of Austria for Victims of National Socialism, City of Vienna, Otto Mauer Fonds, Federal Chancellery of Austria
Project start: March 2023, ongoing
Project lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gerhard Benetka, Ass.-Prof. MMag. Dr. Stefan Hampl, Mag. Dr. Peter Daniel, Mag. Dr. Nicole Horn (nicole.horn@sfu.ac.at)
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Connecting the Dots: Reconstructing the Social Production of Suspicious Knowledge
Connecting the Dots: Reconstructing the Social Production of Suspicious Knowledge
Funding body: DFG – Weave Lead Agency
Project duration: March 2024 – February 2027
Project lead: Dr. Markus Brunner (SFU Vienna, markus.brunner@sfu.ac.at), Dr. Nils C. Kumkar (Socium, University of Bremen), Prof. Dr. Oliver Nachtwey (University of Basel) and Prof. Dr. Sarah Speck (Institute for Social Research; Goethe University Frankfurt)
Project members: Dustin Henze, MA., Florian Knasmüller, MSc. & Joëlle Lewitan, BSc.
Changes in the perception of Soviet history (using the example of family history and/or local history) among young people in Russia in the years 2000 - 2020
Changes in the perception of Soviet history (using the example of family history and/or local history) among young people in Russia in the years 2000 - 2020
Funding body: Robert-Bosch-Foundation
Project duration: 03/2022 – end of 2026
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja (anna.schor-tschudnowskaja@sfu.ac.at)
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Instahelp project - psychological online counselling
Instahelp project - psychological online counselling
Since November 2015, the staff of the Clinical Psychology department have been operating an online platform for psychological counselling (Instahelp) in collaboration with the Graz-based company Insta Communications GmbH. This cooperation opens up new research opportunities in the research area of clinical psychology and media.
- Online platform Instahelp
- Project lead: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Birgit Stetina (birgit.u.stetina@sfu.ac.at)
Enorm in Form
Enorm in Form
Impact of an interdisciplinary treatment of childhood obesity on inflammatory and immunological processes
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Stefana Holocher-Benetka (s.holocher-benetka@sfu.ac.at)
The project is scheduled to continue until January 2026.