A total of 27 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
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna
Asian studies and social anthropology
- Institute of Iranian Studies - IIS
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia - IKGA
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Institute for Social Anthropology - ISA
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna
Historical sciences
- Institute for Habsburg and Balkan Studies - IHB
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Institute for Medieval Research - IMAFO
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna
Cultural Studies and Digital Humanities
- Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage - ACDH-CH
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna - Institute of Culture Studies - IKW
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna
Social Sciences and Law
- Vienna Institute of Demography - VID
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Institute for Urban and Regional Research - ISR
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna - Institute for European Tort Law - ETL
Reichsratsstraße 17, 1010 Vienna - Institute for Interdisciplinary Mountain Research - IGF
Innrain 25, Level 3, 6020 Innsbruck - Institute for Comparative Media and Communication Studies - CMC
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Vienna
Life Sciences
- AITHYRA – Research Institute for Biomedial Aritificial Intelligence
Vienna - Cori Institute of Molecular and Computational Metabolism - CORI
Graz - GMI - Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3-5, 1030 Vienna - IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology
Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3-5, 1030 Vienna - CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine
Lazarettgasse 14, AKH BT 25.3, 1090 Vienna
Mathematics, physics, space research and materials sciences
- Johann Radon Institute for Computational and Applied Mathematics - RICAM
Altenbergerstrasse 69, 4040 Linz - Institute of High Energy Physics - HEPHY
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Stefan Meyer Institute for Subatomic Physics - SMI
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information - IQOQI Innsbruck
Technikerstraße 21a, 6020 Innsbruck - Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information - IQOQI Vienna
Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna - Acoustics Research Institute - ARI
Dominikanerbastei 16, 1010 Vienna - Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science - ESI
Jahnstraße 12, 8700 Leoben - Space Research Institute - SRI
Schmiedlstraße 6, 8042 Graz
Other research units
- Institute of Technology Assessment - ITA
Bäckerstraße 13, 1010 Wien