Tenure-Track Professor in the Field of Health and Sustainability

Job title:

Tenure-Track Professor in the Field of Health and Sustainability

Company

Universität Wien

Job description

The tenure-track position is dedicated to sociological research and teaching on the foundations and current developments at the interface of health and sustainability. We seek excellent candidates with a focus on the intersections between socio-ecological sustainability (including social inequality, multiple crises, climate change) and social, physical, and mental health. Expertise in quantitative methods and/or mixed methods is desirable.Health and sustainability are focus areas both at the University and the Faculty of Social Sciences. An interdisciplinary research network “Health in Society” has been recently established that offers opportunities for cross-faculty collaboration and enhanced visibility. These focus areas are in the tradition of the Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna, which is renowned for its extensive research and teaching activities that focus on significant and timely social issues. The department integrates empirical analysis with sociological theory to address contemporary social challenges. Research areas include work, organisation, gender relations, family, generations, life course, migration, cities, social inequality, knowledge, culture, and visual worlds. The newly appointed tenure-track position will fill a thematic gap and additionally connect to other areas of research at the department and throughout the University, including urban sociology, ageing, work, family, and well-being but also geography and climate 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

(level A2) and an organisational retirement planApplication documents (in English): * Letter of motivation

• 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
• 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)
• 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
• 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: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 and . 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.University of Vienna. Space for personalities. Since 1365.​Application deadline: 01/10/2025
Reference no.: 3221
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Location

Wien

Job date

Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:30:41 GMT

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