A total of 25 OeAW institutes are engaged in basic research of international standing in a variety of disciplines, all with the aim of producing new and innovative insights.
The high quality of this research activity is evidenced by a number of internationally renowned publications, a strong track record in acquiring research grants, successful scientific conferences and important awards. Regular evaluation procedures also ensure that the research conducted at the individual institutes fulfils the criteria of international research standards.
The institutes undertake research in the fields of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Asian Studies and Social Anthropology, Historical Sciences, Cultural Research and the Social Sciences, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, Space Research and Materials Science. An overview of the institutes shows the diversity and breadth of research at the OeAW:
Archaeology and classical studies
- Austrian Archaeological Institute - OeAI
- 1190 Vienna, Franz Klein-Gasse 1
Asian studies and social anthropology
- Institute of Iranian Studies - IIS
1020 Vienna, Hollandstraße 11-13 - Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia - IKGA
1020 Vienna, Hollandstraße 11–13 - Institute for Social Anthropology - ISA
1020 Vienna, Hollandstraße 11–13
Historical sciences
- Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies - IHB
1020 Vienna, Hollandstraße 11-13 - Institute for Medieval Research - IMAFO
1020 Vienna, Hollandstraße 11-13
Cultural research
- Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage - ACDH-CH
1010 Vienna, Bäckerstraße 13 - Institute of Culture Studies and Theatre History - IKT
1010 Vienna, Bäckerstraße 13
Social sciences
- Vienna Institute of Demography - VID
1010 Vienna, Georg-Coch-Platz 2 - Institute for Urban and Regional Research - ISR
1010 Vienna, Bäckerstraße 13 - Institute for European Tort Law - ETL
1010 Vienna, Reichsratsstraße 17 - Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research - IGF
6020 Innsbruck, Innrain 25, Level 3 - Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies - CMC
1010 Vienna, Bäckerstraße 13
Life Sciences
- GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
1030 Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3-5 - IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
1030 Vienna, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3-5 - CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine
1090 Vienna, Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3
Mathematics, physics, space research and materials sciences
- Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics - RICAM
4040 Linz, Altenbergerstrasse 69 - Institute of High Energy Physics - HEPHY
1050 Vienna, Nikolsdorfer Gasse 18 - Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics - SMI
1030 Vienna, Kegelgasse 27 - Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information - IQOQI Innsbruck
6020 Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 21a - Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information - IQOQI Vienna
1090 Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 3 - Acoustics Research Institute - ARI
- 1040 Vienna, Wohllebengasse 12-14
- Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science - ESI
8700 Leoben, Jahnstraße 12 - Space Research Institute - SRI
8042 Graz, Schmiedlstraße 6
Other research units
- Institute of Technology Assessment - ITA
1010 Wien, Bäckerstraße 13