Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Medical Ethics and Diaconal Studies

Job title:

Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Medical Ethics and Diaconal Studies

Company

Universität Wien

Job description

This professorship is dedicated to the fields of medical ethics, the ethics of nursing and diaconal sciences. The professorship is based at the Institute of Systematic Theology of the Faculty of Protestant Theology ( ). At the same time, it is associated with the Institute of Ethics and Law in Medicine (IERM, ). Its focus there will be on questions of medical ethics. A continuation of the cooperation with the Faculty of Catholic Theology and the Faculty of Law is expected. It is also expected that the successful candidate will continue to cooperate with the Institute of Nursing Sciences of the University of Vienna and the endowed professorship for nursing sciences at the Medical University of Vienna. The successful candidate will offer courses dedicated, inter alia, to questions of medical ethics, as well as carrying out his or her original research in this field. In addition, a cooperation with the Institute of Public Theology and Ethics at the Deaconry of Austria is desirable. This professorship will strengthen the University’s strategic priority on “Global Health” and contribute to establishing the University of Vienna as a nationally and internationally visible center of diaconal studies in the German-speaking countries next to Heidelberg, Bielefeld and Berne. It is expected that the successful candidate will be involved in the “Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion”.In the sense of §15 paragraph 2 of the Federal Law on the External Legal Relations of the Protestant Church in Austria (BGBl 182/1961), membership of the Protestant Church is required.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
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Location

Wien

Job date

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 07:02:58 GMT

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