The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.

The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna invites applications for a

Tenure-Track Professorship in Psychology of digitalization

The position

The aim of this tenure-track professorship is to advance research and teaching in the psychology of digitalization, with a particular focus on the transformation of work in the digital age. The successful candidate is expected to complement the faculty’s existing areas of expertise. The empirical research profile should be both substantively and methodologically aligned with the thematic area of “Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology.” Applications are welcome from all areas of the psychology of digitalization, especially those addressing the impact of automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and virtual reality (VR) on working conditions, human behavior, and organizations. A broad methodological expertise, including quantitative approaches and innovative digital research methods, is highly desirable. The Faculty of Psychology is committed to open science, including open data, open materials, and preregistration. Applicants are asked to describe how they have implemented these principles in their previous research and how they plan to promote them in the future.

The Department of Occupational, Economic, and Social Psychology at the University of Vienna offers a dynamic, interdisciplinary research environment that brings together expertise in social psychology, motivation psychology, economic psychology, and behavioral decision-making. Research focuses on how people respond to challenges and changes in work, economic, and social contexts. Key research topics include adaptation to digital transformation, sustainable consumption, and the social determinants of health and well-being. https://psychologie.univie.ac.at/en/research/thematic-areasdepartments/
https://psychologie.univie.ac.at/en/research/

Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level

We expect the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor's programmes and for participation in university committees.

We offer:

• the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
• a dynamic research environment
• a wide range of research and teaching support services
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
• an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan

Application documents (in English):

1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic curriculum vitae
   
   • education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF)
   • positions held to date
   • career breaks (e.g. relevant parental, family or other care periods)
   • awards and honors
   • commissions of trust
   • previous and current cooperation partners
   • complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
   • list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
   • teaching and mentoring
   • supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable
3. List of publications
   
   • link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list
   • three key publications as electronic full text version (PDF, max 30 MB)
4. Research statement
   
   • most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
   • synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised
   • publication strategy
5. Teaching and supervision statement
   
   • teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
   • teaching evaluations (if available, PDF)

If you have any questions, please contact:

berufungsservice@univie.ac.at
Only applications submitted through the link "Apply now" below will be considered.

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 12/10/2025
Reference no.: 4899