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with economy and society. We strive to actively promote the careers of 
young researchers, to contribute to the education of future generations 
and to augment the society’s ability to innovate. We invite you to 
become part of this dynamic and vibrant organisation.

At the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of the University of 
Vienna the position of a

*Tenure-Track Professorship**for the field of**History of the Natural 
Sciences*

(full-time position) is to be filled.

Candidates will cover the field of history of science in research and 
teaching in particular within the historical programmes (B.A., M.A., and 
Ph.D.) and in the joint Master History and Philosophy of Science. Their 
research is dedicated to the history of the natural sciences and 
reflects the challenges of our present day in historical perspective 
(e.g. history of data, sustainability, climate, resources). They command 
excellent skills in methods of the subject area and develop them 
further, ideally with an emphasis on historical, political or feminist 
epistemology.

Successful candidates should have the following qualifications:
•    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 University of Vienna expects 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 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

The University of Vienna is an equal opportunity employer and values 
diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at). The University strives to 
increase the share of women in professorial positions. Given equal 
qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

Application documents:
Please submit a single PDF document named “LastName_FirstName.pdf” to 
tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at containing the following information 
(in English).
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)
Appendices to application document (in a single PDF or ZIP file named 
“LastName_FirstName_Appendices.pdf/zip”):
a.    Three key publications as electronic full text version (if not 
publicly available)
b.    Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
c.    Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory, compiled 
into a single PDF file)
Reference no.: 11837

The application deadline is 14. April 2021.
https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/jobs-recruiting/tenure-track-professuren/aktuelle-tenure-track-professuren/
Email: tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at


English Version

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German Version

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_________________________________________________

Anna Echterhölter

Professor of History of Science

University of Vienna

Department of History

Universitätsring 1

1010 Vienna

Austria


T + 43-1-4277-40 865

https://fsp-wissenschaftsgeschichte.univie.ac.at/upcoming-events/ 

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