Vivien Marx,Engineer, B.A., M.A.

Vivien Marx has been working as a research assistant at the Institute for Economics and Psychology at Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH since August 2022. She focuses on teaching and research, particularly in business administration fields such as marketing, sales, and consumer behavior, as well as topics in communication studies. In addition, she has been supervising theses at the institute since 2019.

As part of her doctoral studies at the University of Vienna, she is investigating the influence of corporate communications on society's perception of diversity.

Vivien Marx is herself an alumna of the Master’s program in Business Administration and Business Psychology and, in addition to her academic work, is therefore passionately dedicated to alumni relations as a member of the alumni team.

Key Areas of Work & Research Interests

Social Justice

Diversity

Business Psychology

Consumer Psychology

Sustainability

Sustainable Consumption

Marketing

Sales

Sales Psychology

Corporate Communications

Publications

Career Path

Since 2022

Research Assistant at the Institute for Economics & Psychology at the Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH

2019 - 2022

Marketing & Communications, SCHUHFRIED GmbH, Mödling

2015 - 2016

Content Marketing Project Manager, Mediaplanet, Vienna

2014 - 2015

Wholesale Marketing/Product Management, A1 Telekom Austria, Vienna

2010 - 2014

Product & Brand Management, Office Syncro GmbH / BComplete, Korneuburg / Vienna

Education

2025

Doctoral program in Social and Economic Sciences and Communication Studies, University of Vienna

2015 - 2018

Master's degree in Business Administration and Business Psychology, Ferdinand Porsche FERNFH;
Specialization: Marketing Management; Title of Master's thesis: Social Representations of Nonprofit Organizations

2011 - 2014

Bachelor's Program in Marketing & Sales Management, Vienna University of Applied Sciences (FH Wien der WKW), Specialization: Marketing & Sales Controlling; Bachelor's Thesis Topics: The Influence of Positive
Emotion on Customer Loyalty; Identity-Based Brand Management Using the Example of Office Furniture Sales

Memberships in scientific societies


ECREA
(European Communication Research and Education Association)