Mathematical Finance

The successful candidate has a broad mathematical background and an outstanding research record in mathematical finance and probability. Connections to other fields in analysis, statistics or stochastic optimisation are especially welcome. A strong dedication to research and teaching in pure and applied mathematics is expected.

• Doctoral degree/PhD and at least two years post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution; as a general rule, applicants must have gained research experience outside the University of Vienna for a total of at least two years during or after their doctoral studies
  
  
• Outstanding achievements and potential in research, excellent publication record, international reputation
  
  
• Experience in designing and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups, willingness to acquire third-party funding 
  
  
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching, teaching experience at universities or a teaching concept. Candidates are expected to be willing to teach students at all levels (bachelor's, master's, or doctoral level), to supervise academic theses and to promote junior colleagues 

• the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor. The successful candidate is hired as “Assistant professor” for a maximum duration of six years. If the candidate meets the conditions stipulated in the qualification agreement, the assistant professor is promoted to tenured “associate professor”, i.e. obtains a permanent position. If the conditions are not met, the employment will end upon expiry of the contract. Associate professors can be promoted to “full professor” through a university-internal competitive procedure. 
  
  
• at least a salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff: section 49, job group A2
  
  
• in addition to the statutory social insurance, the University of Vienna offers a pension scheme to its employees
  
  
• a dynamic research environment 
  
  
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
  
  
• a wide range of support services offered by central service institutions 

1. Cover Sheet and Table of Contents

2. Application letter, including a brief description of:
- motivation to apply for the position
- current research interests and research plans for the future
- current and planned foci in academic teaching and the supervision of early career researchers 

3. Academic curriculum vitae, including information about:
- education, degrees (incl. information about the PhD granting institution and the exact date DD.MM.YYYY when the PhD was conferred), professional experience as well as applicable family/care/… times
- “esteem factors” (e.g. experiences as a publisher, functions in research societies or programme committees)
- previous and current cooperation partners

4. Full list of publications, including:
- highlight and separately list five key publications which the applicant considers particularly relevant to the advertised tenure-track professorship
- provide links to these five key publications for download (if not available: full text electronic version in appendix)
- describe your publication strategy, including targeted publishers and journals
- provide information about peer review of publications
- if common in your field of research provide information about indexation (e.g. SCIE, SSCI, AHCI), citations resp. book reviews received or other indicators of scientific quality/international visibility

5. List of scientific talks
- Name invited lectures and presentations at international conferences 

6. Third-party funding
- complete list of acquired third-party funded projects as PI (role, subject, duration, funding agency, funding volume), and, if applicable, of inventions/patents

7. Academic teaching and supervision
- list courses taught and theses supervised
- explain your teaching and supervision concept (max. 3 pages) 

Appendices to application document
- Five key publications as electronic full text version (if not publicly available)
- Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
- Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory, compiled into a single PDF file) 

Reference no.: 10535