Position Description

• 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
• Potential for successfully acquiring an ERC Starting Grant or an ERC Consolidator Grant (depending on career level) or comparable renowned funding within the qualification period.
• 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. Letter of motivation
3. Academic curriculum vitae
• key terms that best describe your own research interests 
• education, degrees (incl. information about the PhD granting institution and the exact date DD.MM.YYYY when the PhD was conferred) 
• professional experience 
• applicable parental leave, family or other care times, … 
• scientific or scholarly “esteem factors” (e.g. experiences as a publisher, functions in research societies or programme committees) 
• previous and current cooperation partners 
• complete list of acquired third-party funded projects as principal investigator (role, subject, duration, funding agency, funding volume), and, if applicable, of inventions/patents 
• list of most important scientific talks (max. 10) 
• list of courses taught 
• list of theses supervised.
4. List of publications
• link to own ORCID iD record 
• if common in your field of research provide information about indexation in data bases such as SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, citations resp. book reviews received or other indicators of scientific quality/international visibility (best paper award, etc.)
5. Research statement 
• explain your previous research achievements (max. 2 pages) and future research plans (max. 4 pages) 
• name the three most important publications with an explanation of their relevance for this tenure track professorship 
• describe your publication strategy 
6. Teaching statement 
• explain your teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)