Tenure-Track Professorship in Partial Differential Equations for Contemporary Societal Challenges

Job title:

Tenure-Track Professorship in Partial Differential Equations for Contemporary Societal Challenges

Company

Universität Wien

Job description

56 Faculty of Mathematics
Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. A2
Limited until: permanent
Reference no.: 4425The positionWe seek candidates with an outstanding research profile in applied or computational PDEs, who apply their expertise to address contemporary societal challenges. Areas of application may include, but are not limited to, climate modeling, ecology and biodiversity, next generation materials, renewable energy systems, medical and neurosciences, and the dynamics of complex social systems.The successful applicant is expected to complement the faculty’s ongoing research activities in the field of applied and computational PDEs in a coherent manner. Current research covers a wide range of applications, including biology, materials science, and astrophysics, and uses a variety of approaches, such as stochastic processes, kinetic theory, variational analysis, finite element methods, and data-driven techniques. The Vienna School of Mathematics doctoral program offers excellent conditions for doctoral training at the highest level in all areas of mathematics and promotes interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary cooperation.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: 09/17/2025
Reference no.: 4425Tenure Track Professorships

Expected salary

Location

Wien

Job date

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 06:04:13 GMT

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