Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Health and Sustainability

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Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Health and Sustainability

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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 Social Sciences at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint aTenure-Track Professor in the field of Health and Sustainability49 Faculty of Social SciencesWorking hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. A2Limited until: permanentReference no.: 3221Where to apply WebsiteRequirementsSpecific RequirementsThe positionThe 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.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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Mon, 11 Nov 2024 03:02:16 GMT

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