Research Projects
Between 2011 and 2026, the Vienna Cognitive Science Hub was host or co-host to research projects funded by the European Commission, the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF), Horizon Europe, and other national and international agencies. The projects listed here were affiliated with the Hub during the respective funding periods.
2019–2026 (Vienna Cognitive Science Hub)
European Research Council / Horizon Europe
RESONATE: Building Individual and Community Resilience through Nature-Based Therapies
June 2023 — ongoing
Principal Investigator: Ass.-Prof. Mathew White
GOLIAT: 5G Exposure, Causal Effects, and Risk Perception through Citizen Engagement
June 2022 — ongoing
Principal Investigator: Ass.-Prof. Mathew White
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Creative "Conversations" with Materials
March 2024 — ongoing
Principal Investigator: Mag. Dr. Michael Kimmel (Sigmund Freud Private University / University of Vienna)
Associated Researcher: Stefan Schneider
Following the Festaiuolo: How Do Deictic Gestures in Painting Influence the Beholder's Gaze?
December 2022 — ongoing
Principal Investigator: Dr. Temenuzhka Dimova
Unlocking the Muse: Artistic Creativity and Parkinson's Disease
June 2022 — ongoing
Principal Investigators: Ass.-Prof. Matthew Pelowski, Mag. Dr. Julia Crone, Mag. Dr. Blanca Spee
Unravelling the Role of the Opioid System in Pain Empathy
May 2019 — September 2024
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claus Lamm
The Micro-Phenomenology of Interpersonal Synergy Practices
May 2020 — April 2024
Principal Investigator: Mag. Dr. Michael Kimmel
Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
Urban Intervention with Art in Public Space
October 2021 — ongoing
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder
Co-Principal Investigator: Mag. Dr. Elisabeth Oberzaucher
A Novel Approach to Investigate Multi-Modal Attractiveness in Humans and Animals
June 2019 — December 2023
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dott. Leonida Fusani
Co-Principal Investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder, Dr. Cliodhna Quigley
Convergent Evolution of the Social Brain? A Comparative Dog–Human fMRI Approach (EVOSOCBRAIN)
October 2019 — September 2023
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claus Lamm
Interdisciplinary Cluster Projects — University of Vienna & Medical University of Vienna
Unraveling the Aesthetic Mind in Anhedonia
August 2021 — July 2024
Principal Investigators: Mag. Dr. Julia Crone, Univ.-Prof. Priv.-Doz. Dr. med. Rupert Lanzenberger
Kammer für Arbeiter und Angestellte für Wien
A2I — Assist to Include
March 2023 — ongoing
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Schlund
Co-Principal Investigators: Dipl.-Ing. David Kostolani, Jozsef Arato, Karolina Gasparovski
External partners: Vienna University of Technology; Wien Work
2011–2019 (Research Platform Cognitive Science)
European Commission
Man4Gen: Manual Operation of 4th Generation Airliners (FP7)
September 2012 — December 2015
Principal Investigators: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claus Lamm, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Peschl, Mag. Irene Stepniczka
Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG)
Ein Framework der Organisationalen Improvisation
September 2019 — December 2022
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Peschl
Programme: FFG BRIDGE
External partners: Donau-Universität Krems, Roland Gareis Consulting GmbH, Beratergruppe Neuwaldegg
Innovation Lens
October 2014 — January 2019
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Peschl
Programme: FFG COIN
LMK-MUSE: Modellbildungs- und simulationsgestützte Entscheidungsunterstützung in der Last-Mile-Katastrophenbewältigung
November 2013 — March 2019
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Peschl
Programme: FFG KIRAS
ENA: Event Network Advancement
March 2012 — February 2015
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Peschl
Programme: FFG BRIDGE
Development and Evaluation of a Meta-Heuristic for Business Continuity Management
February — June 2014
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eva Gatarik
Programme: FFG Innovationsscheck
Development and Evaluation of a Prototype for Gamification Refinder
August — November 2011
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Markus Peschl
Programme: FFG Innovationsscheck
Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Embodied Creativity in Dyadic Interaction
June 2015 — June 2020
Principal Investigator: Mag. Dr. Michael Kimmel
The Cultural Eye / The Gendered Eye
September 2013 — December 2020
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raphael Rosenberg
Unalternative Constraints Cross-Linguistically
November 2016 — February 2020
Principal Investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Büring
Towards an Experimental Narratology of the Image
December 2015 — January 2018
Principal Investigator: Dr. Klaus-Peter Speidel
Programme: FWF Lise Meitner
Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF)
Universal Aesthetics of Lines and Colours? Effects of Culture, Expertise and Habituation
July 2016 — June 2020
Principal Investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raphael Rosenberg, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder
Programme: WWTF Cognitive Sciences 2015
Modeling Visual Attention as a Key Factor in Visual Recognition
March 2012 — February 2016
Principal Investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ansorge, Dr. Shelley Buchinger, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Otmar Scherzer
Programme: WWTF Cognitive Sciences 2011
Like Me: The Evolutionary and Neurocognitive Basis of Imitation, Empathy and Prosocial Behaviour in Dogs and Humans
April 2012 — June 2016
Principal Investigators: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Ludwig Huber, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claus Lamm
Programme: WWTF Cognitive Sciences 2011
Time Makes a Difference! Uncovering the Nature of Aesthetic Experience
March 2012 — July 2015
Principal Investigators: Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raphael Rosenberg
Programme: WWTF Cognitive Sciences 2011
Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
AI-Supported Adaptive Serious Gaming
October 2017 — September 2020
Principal Investigators: Dipl.-Ing. Barbara Göbl, ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Slunecko
Programme: ÖAW DOC Team
Difficulty and Strategies in Emotion Regulation
October 2017 — September 2020
Principal Investigators: Dayana Hristova, Mag. Dr. Michael Kimmel, ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Slunecko
Programme: ÖAW DOC Team
Doctoral Research Projects
An Interdisciplinary Investigation of the Ultimate and Proximate Causes of Empathy
Principal Investigator: Jessie Adriaense
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Thomas Bugnyar, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Claus Lamm
Soon the Meaning of Lines Will Be Revealed to Us
Principal Investigator: Jane Boddy
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Raphael Rosenberg, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder
Psychometric Investigations of Scientific Methods in Art Research
Principal Investigator: Mag. Hanna Weichselbaum
Supervisors: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ulrich Ansorge, Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Helmut Leder