Your Tasks
- Active participation in Node 2 of the Cluster of Excellence on ‘Communication and Mobility’, with cluster 1 ‘Multilinguality and its Social Contexts’
- Engaging in interdisciplinary collaboration and dialogue within the COE
- Conducting independent research
- International publications and presentations of project results
- Commitment to the goals of the Cluster and to the integration of its members as well as participation in training and transfer/outreach activities
- Active participation in the scientific and organizational activities of the Institute of Medieval Studies of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
|
Your personal sphere of influence:
- Design and carry out your PhD research (dissertation agreement to be finalised within 12 months);
- Contribute to writing project proposals for the acquisition of third-party funds and research grants;
- Collaborate with colleagues and participate in department seminars and research activities;
- Present your research at national and international conferences, meetings, and symposia;
- Teach courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement;
- Contribute to the organisation of department activities and processes.
|
Your Profile
- Completed PhD studies in physics
- Previous research experience and a scientific track record reflecting your level of seniority
- Experience in supervising students and writing project proposals
|
Your Tasks
- PhD in social anthropology with a specialisation in environmental anthropology
- Long-term fieldwork experience with rural communities across Central Kalimantan (at least 24 months)
- Deep understanding of indigenous human-environmental relations
- Ability to converse in Indonesian and local Ngaju language
- Publications in leading anthropological journals
- Experience in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research
|
Your Tasks
- Performing research along the research lines of the group
- Writing and submitting scientific articles summarizing your findings
- Supporting the group leader in writing project proposals
|
Your personal sphere of influence:
- Design and carry out your PhD research;
- Collaborate with colleagues and participate in department seminars and research activities;
- Present your research at national and international conferences, meetings, and symposia;
- Teach courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement;
- Contribute to the organisation of department activities and processes.
|
Your personal sphere of play:
- You build up an independent research profile in the field of political sociology and emotion research.
- You will independently plan and execute empirical research within the scope of the ERC project outlined earlier.
- You are involved in related research project and scientific studies in the area of radicalisation, social isolation and loneliness.
- You publish internationally and give lectures.
- You apply for theme-related projects and raise further third-party funds.
- You mentor students and junior members of the LONERS project.
- You participate in evaluation measures and in quality assurance.
- You participate in a research project and in scientific studies in the field of political sociology developing your own research interests.
- You participate in national and international conferences and project meetings.
- You will write scientific publications.
- Your tasks will involve literature review, finetuning of analytical schemes to address the political force of emotions and supporting the coordinator in the elaboration of reports, as well as social impact activities.
- You will be part of the Faculty of Social Sciences, benefiting from an extensive network of excellent researchers. Active involvement in ongoing research conducted by the research team of Anna Durnova is encouraged.
|
Your Tasks
- Contribution to the project (funded by the Anniversary Fund of the City of Vienna):“C’est-LA-Vie: Digital Humanism in 21st Century Life Sciences Academia in Vienna”, conducting desktop research, interviews and workshops within three life science research fields & performing respective analyses
- Active participation in the institute’s inter- and transdisciplinary discussions
|
Your workplace:
- You will independently lead courses at Bachelor's and Master's level.
- You will make an active contribution to the (further) development of course and examination formats.
- You will assist with supervising final theses and examinations.
- You will be expected to keep abreast of the current state of the art in science and didactic training and to take on research tasks during periods when you are not teaching.
- In addition, the assumption of administrative activities, especially in the administration of teaching, is part of the job profile.
|
Your Profile
- Diploma or Master’s degree physics or related discipline
- Master or diploma thesis in quantum science preferred
- A strong background in quantum foundations
- Excellent English skills
|
Your personal sphere of play:
- You build up an independent research profile in the field of political sociology and emotion research.
- You will independently plan and execute empirical research within the scope of the ERC project outlined earlier.
- You are involved in related research project and scientific studies in the area of radicalisation, social isolation and loneliness.
- You publish internationally and give lectures.
- You apply for theme-related projects and raise further third-party funds.
- You mentor students and junior members of the LONERS project.
- You participate in evaluation measures and in quality assurance.
- You participate in a research project and in scientific studies in the field of political sociology developing your own research interests.
- You participate in national and international conferences and project meetings.
- You will write scientific publications.
- Your tasks will involve literature review, finetuning of analytical schemes to address the political force of emotions and supporting the coordinator in the elaboration of reports, as well as social impact activities.
- You will be part of the Faculty of Social Sciences, benefiting from an extensive network of excellent researchers. Active involvement in ongoing research conducted by the research team of Anna Durnova is encouraged.
|
Your personal sphere of play:
- Continuous development of an interdisciplinary research agenda and strategy on the topics of spatial sustainability and digital transformations, in close coordination with the department’s working groups and department leadership.
- Coordination of cross-disciplinary spatial research activities at the institute and beyond.
- Coordination and management of large interdisciplinary research proposals led by the institute (e.g., FWF doc.funds, SFB, Horizon Europe).
- Conducting own research and/or contributing to interdisciplinary research projects at the intersection of spatial sustainability and digital transformations.
- Coordination of science communication activities in the mentioned fields of transformation.
- Improved integration of teaching across the different courses offered and especially the department’s new Master’s programs.
- Teaching as required by the university’s collective bargaining agreement
|
Your Tasks
- Collaborative development and submission of proposals for collaborative TA projects within competitive public research funding agencies and programmes (e.g., Horizon Europe, FFG, FWF, etc.)*
- Active participation in the institute’s inter- and transdisciplinary activities, mission-oriented research, and science for policy; including collaboration in ITA projects to an extent that does not hinder proposal development
|
Your Tasks
- A full-time employment (40 h/week), initially limited for one year, intended to be permanent
- A position in an innovative and internationally active environment crucial to succes
- Numerous voluntary social benefits
- Flex time arrangement
- Opportunity to work independently and develop personally
- A monthly gross salary of at least € 4054,62 (14 times per year) according to the salary scale of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (N4/2).(Depending on qualification and experience, the salary can be negotiated.)
|
Your Tasks
- A completed Master in Sociology, Demography, or other relevant fields with a focus on quantitative methods
- Excellent skills in quantitative methods
|
Call for proposals
- The position includesa three-years-employment as a W3 postdoc at the IKW/ÖAW (with an option to extend the contract in accordance with the ÖAW career model if the budget allows) and a standard working place at the Institute of Culture Studies.The employment can be either full-time (one position) or 50% (two positions), so please state clearly in your application if you are applying both for the full-time position and the 50%-position or for only one of the variants. There will be no disadvantages for applicants applying for only one or for both variants.The monthly salary for a full-time position is gross € 4,930.60 and 2,465.30 for a 50% position.DurationPlanned start: 2nd. quarter 2026.Presence at the ÖAW is required according to the ÖAW home office regulations which allow up to 40 % work from home office (in Austria).ResultsThe postdoc is expected to publish internationally, give lectures at domestic and international conferences and workshops, apply for third-party funding with projects in the field of Austrian memory studies and to be an active member of the IKW who participates in the institute’s biweekly institute meetings, events and activities.LanguageApplications can be submitted in either German or English.Required documentsMerged into one single PDF:- Cover page with your academic title, your name, affiliation and: applying for the 100% and/or 50% position?- Motivation letter- Title and abstract of your project (max. 1,000 characters incl. spaces)- Research proposal (max. 1,200 words, incl. footnotes, excl. bibliography)- Project-related bibliography (max. 1 page)- Academic curriculum vitae with list of publications (max. 5 pages)- One of your publications most relevant for the proposed projectPlease send your application including all relevant documents no later than 12 January 2026.
|
Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your future position:
- You will be involved in research and publication projects.
- We expect you to conclude your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months.
- You will work on your dissertation and its completion.
- You will hold courses independently in accordance with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
- You will take on administrative tasks in research and teaching.
|
Your Tasks
- PhD in a field related to animal cognition.
- Prior experience working and publishing both bioacoustic and animal behaviour/cognition research.
- Prior experience training animals in a lab setting would be ideal.
- Comfortable handling animals. Prior experience, especially with small birds, would be ideal.
- Strong written and oral English.
- The candidate should be able to integrate into a multi-disciplinary research team.
|
Tasks:
- Research and publication activities in the subject area
- Teaching and assisting with examinations at Bachelor and Master level in Financial and Actuarial Mathematics
- Supervision of students
- Participation in and organization of scientific events
- Participation in organizational and administrative tasks and in evaluation measures
- Commitment to contributing to the acquisition of external research funding
- Opportunity for habilitation is provided
|
Your institutional home:
- Researching, writing and completing a (publication-ready) habilitation thesis, a second book or a research project or a planned project in the field of late Antique and early medieval history.
- Strengthening an independent research profile
- Publishing in highly ranked journals / conference proceedings
- Organizing meetings, conferences, symposia and workshops
- Being responsible for submitting project applications and acquiring third-party funding
- Independent teaching of courses and student supervision in Medieval History as defined by the collective bargaining agreement (two courses per semester)
- Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance
- Involvement in department administration, as well as in teaching and research administration
|
Your personal sphere of play:
- You participate in and contribute to ongoing research projects.
- You apply for new projects and raise third-party funds.
- You publish internationally and give lectures.
- You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
- You supervise master students within your field of research.
- You participate in evaluation measures and in quality assurance.
|
Tasks:
- Analyze and optimize architecture and performance of an existing data warehouse system
- Improve ETL processes, including incremental and source-specific update strategies
- Introduce and evaluate optimized data models and indexing approaches to accelerate query execution
- Enhance system monitoring, fault tolerance, and recovery mechanisms to improve operational resilience
- Collaborate with technical and academic partners to align developments with production workflows
- Publish results and contribute to dissemination within relevant technical communities
- Participation in organizational and administrative tasks of the research division and the faculty
|
Tasks:
- Deep interest in scientific problems and the motivation for independent and goal-oriented research
- Independent teaching or participation in teaching and supervision of students
- The ability to develop methods, concepts, as well as their realization and evaluation and the willingness to contribute in interdisciplinary scientific projects
- Participation in organizational and administrative tasks of the research division and the faculty
|
Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your personal scope of action:
- Renowned management programs: e.g. M.Sc. in Business
|
Your personal sphere of play:
- With your scientific curriculum vitae / letter of intent
- With your list of publications
- With your summary of research interests (max. 1 p.)
- Doctoral Degree
- Contact details of persons who could provide referece letters
- Via our job portal/ Apply now - button
|
Your professional field of activity:
- Collaboration and research in the field of stochastics/mathematical finance/optimization:
|
Your professional field of activity:
- Collaboration and research in the field of partial differential equations with emphasis on geophysical aspects (oceanography, atmospheric flow):
o Development of own solutions as part of the research group of Prof. Constantin.
o Conclusion of a dissertation agreement within 12 - 18 month is expected.
o Membership in the Vienna School of Mathematics and active participation in its activities will be required. - Interdisciplinary colalboration:
o You participate in international scientific collaborations, as well as international conerences and workshops. - Collaboration in teaching and administration:
o You participate in the administration of the institute, teaching and research.
o You hold courses and examinations in accordance with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement and you (co-)supervise students.
|
