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Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Criminology
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Offer DescriptionJob description: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.At the Faculty of Law at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint aTenure-Track Professor in the field of Criminology34 Faculty of LawStartdate: 01.10.2025 | Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. A2Limited until: permanentReference no.: 3220Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsSpecific RequirementsThe positionSuccessful applicants are expected to cover and represent the full breadth of criminology in their research and teaching. Excellent empirical methodological skills in both quantitative and qualitative areas are required. An interdisciplinary focus with a strong anchoring in a social science reference discipline (e.g. sociology of law, legal psychology) is particularly desirable. Successful applicants will have a doctorate in law and a good knowledge of Austrian criminal law and criminal procedure law, as evidenced by their teaching and publication activities in this area, in order to continue the traditionally close interdisciplinary cooperation within the institute. A network with the practice of the Austrian security and justice sector is an advantage.As the largest university in Austria, the University of Vienna offers a broad framework for research and teaching. Cooperation with and knowledge transfer between scientists, e.g. at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna, enable interdisciplinary criminological research and teaching of outstanding importance for science and practice. The University of Vienna thus offers an excellent research environment for interdisciplinary criminological research.The Vienna School of Criminology is characterised by the close connection between normative criminal law, empirical criminology and scientific criminology. In the sense of a comprehensive criminology, this enables the treatment of criminal law from a normative and empirical perspective, which is unique in Austria. The research environment is also characterised by the possibility of cooperation with the interdisciplinary research units ALES-Austrian Center for Law Enforcement Sciences (Research Unit for Police and Justice Sciences), the Research Unit for Legal Psychology and the Centre for Economic and Financial Criminal Law.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.Additional InformationBenefitsWe 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
(level A2) and an organisational retirement planWork Location(s)Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Universität Wien Country Austria City Wien Postal Code 1010 GeofieldContact CityWien WebsiteStreetUniversitätsring 1 Postal Code1010STATUS: EXPIREDShare this page
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Wien
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Wed, 30 Oct 2024 06:50:16 GMT
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