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University Assistant postdoctoral 

 47 Faculty of Psychology 

Job vacancy starting: 10/05/2025 | Working hours: 40,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) 

Limited contract until: 04/04/2026

Job ID: 4360

Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where over 7,500 brilliant minds have found a unique balance of freedom and support. Join us if you’re passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence. Ready to be part of our team? Let’s shape the future together!

The Faculty of Psychology consists of the Dean's office and the studies service center, as well as Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology, the Department of Applied Psychology: Work, Education and Economy, Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology the Outpatient Unit for Research, Teaching and Practice. Currently, nearly 3,500 students of Psychology are enrolled in Bachelor's, Master's and PhD programmes, attending nearly 200 courses per semester, which are taught and supervised by 220 teachers. 
As a university assistant Post Doc you will join the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology. 
The Department consists of approximately 100 staff members organized in eight research units with fMRI, EEG, fNIRS, VR, eye-tracking, physiology, and brain stimulation facilities. The interdisciplinary Methods of Psychology Lab currently consists of several post-doctoral and PhD students with backgrounds in psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, computer science, engineering, and physics. The focus of our research is to develop new neurotechnologies and Al tools to better understand psychological phenomena and to advance experimental therapies for debilitating psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Your personal sphere of play:

We are seeking applicants for a 6-month paternity leave replacement who have a strong interest in using computational methods such as cognitive and psychophysiological modeling, (Bayesian) statistics and optimal experimental design, and agent-based modeling to address problems in psychological domains, with a particular focus on applications in anxiety disorders and meta-scientific/methodological questions in psychological research. The ideal candidate will have experience in conducting and analyzing behavioral experiments, online experiments, physiological recordings, signal processing, statistical analyses, and computational simulations. Knowledge of behavioral and analytic methods related to representational similarity, multidimensional scaling, reinforcement learning, and fear conditioning is a plus. Experience developing and deploying behavioral experiments as web applications is also desirable.

Candidates should hold a very good university degree in Psychology, Biomedical Engineering, or Computer Science. Strong computational and informatics skills are required, i.e., R, Python, MATLAB, deployment of web experiments (using cloud services).  Being able to communicate fluently in English is a must.

Your future tasks:

As a new member of our team, you will actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• You will be involved in research projects and scientific studies in the area of applying computational methods to psychological domains, with a particular focus on applications to anxiety disorders.
• You will design, implement, and conduct experiments with human participants.
• You will apply computational modeling and Al tools to psychological and clinical data.
• You will teach courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement. 
• You will take on administrative tasks in research, teaching, and administration.

This is part of your personality: 

•    Completed PhD degree in the field of Psychology, Biomedical Engineering or Computer Science
•    Experience in academic writing
•    Didactic competences
•    Excellent command of written and spoken English (C1 Level)
•    IT user skills: e.g. R, Python, MATLAB, web technologies for online experiments
•    Excellent communication skills
•    You should be a team player with high social skills

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fixed-term contract and fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,932,90 (14 times a year) for a period of 6 months increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

It is that easy to apply:

You should send your CV, a brief statement of research interests, and the names and contact information for 2 references. Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement

If you have any content questions, please contact:

Frank Scharnowski

frank.scharnowski@univie.ac.at

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: 07/26/2025