Main tasks of the Scientific Centre of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna are the promotion of Polish sciences in Austria and the support their further development. Moreover it helps in establishing cooperation projects between Polish and Austrian research institutions by organizing scientific and popular lectures, exhibitions, conferences and symposia with the participation of scientists from Poland, Austria and other countries, from the humanities over natural sciences to medicine and technology.

Upcoming events:

Lecture:
Jarosław Pietrzak:
Vivat Sobieski. Krakow's celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Battle of Vienna with politics in the background
20 April 2026, 6 p.m.

Please learn more about this lecture under this link.

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Conference: 
Narrating Justice: Postwar Trials in Memory and Culture
11–12 June 2026

The Scientific Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna, the Faculty of History of the University of Warsaw, and the Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk warmly invite  researchers, scholars, and practitioners to submit abstracts for the conference: Narrating Justice: Postwar Trials in Memory and Culture, to be held on 11–12 June 2026 at  at the Polish Academy of Sciences – Scientific Centre in Vienna, Austria.

Please learn more about the conference under this link.


Conference:
Österreich und die Folgen des Volksaufstandes in Ungarn 1956. Grenzeinsatz – Flucht – Nachwirkungen
20 October 2026

The Scientific Center of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Vienna and the Museum of Military History in Vienna cordially invite the submission of abstracts for the conference Österreich und die Folgen des Volksaufstandes in Ungarn 1956. Grenzeinsatz – Flucht – Nachwirkungen, which will take place on 20 October 2026 at the Museum of Military History in Vienna.

The call for abstracts as well as further information about the conference can be found at the following link.

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Young Researchers in Vienna - Third edition
The Polish Academy of Sciences - The Science Centre in Vienna announces a call for three short-term research stays in Vienna for 2026. This initiative offers PhD students from Doctoral Schools of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS) an opportunity to present their research results to an international scientific audience in Vienna. The winners will be selected based on  submitted applications.

This program is open to doctoral students representing all fields of science within the Doctoral Schools of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Please learn more about the programme under this link.

Podcast series "Struck by Science"

Please learn more about our podcast series "Struck by Science" at this link.