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University assistant predoctoral 

34 Faculty of Law  

Job vacancy starting: 11/01/2025 | Working hours:  30,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) 

Limited contract until: 10/31/2029

Job ID: 4759

Professor Lewisch's professorship is a unit of the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology with a research focus on white-collar criminal law, criminal procedural law, and its relationship to constitutional and European law. Its focus is interdisciplinary (including legal economics) and international. 

Your personal sphere of influence:

As a pre-doc at this chair, you will receive comprehensive training in criminal law (and, if desired, in related areas of law), including practical legal practice. After initial training, you will work in the full range of criminal law and criminal procedural law, including international and interdisciplinary aspects, and will write your dissertation in this field. In addition, you will also undertake teaching duties as your career progresses.
The employment duration is 4 years. Initially limited to 1.5 years, the employment relationship is automatically extended to 4 years if the employer does not terminate it within the first 12 months by submitting a non-extension declaration.

Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

This is part of your personality:

What we offer:

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

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. 

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3.714,80 (on a full-time basis) 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:

If you have any questions, please contact:

Peter Lewisch  

peter.lewisch@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 place particular emphasis on enhancing women’s representation among the academic and general university staff, particularly in leadership roles, and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 10/20/2025 

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