Tenure Track Professorship "History of the Natural Sciences" Vienna (14.4.2021)
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At the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies of the
University of Vienna the position of a
Tenure-Track Professorship for the field of
History of the Natural Sciences
(full-time position) is to be filled.
Candidates will cover the field of history of science in
research and teaching in particular within the historical
programmes (B.A., M.A., and Ph.D.) and in the joint Master
History and Philosophy of Science. Their research is dedicated
to the history of the natural sciences and reflects the
challenges of our present day in historical perspective (e.g.
history of data, sustainability, climate, resources). They
command excellent skills in methods of the subject area and
develop them further, ideally with an emphasis on historical,
political or feminist epistemology.
Successful candidates should have the following qualifications:
• Doctoral degree/PhD and at least two years post-doctoral
experience at a university or other research institution; as a
general rule, applicants must have gained research experience
outside the University of Vienna for a total of at least two
years during or after their doctoral studies
• Outstanding achievements and potential in research,
excellent publication record, international reputation
• Experience in designing and participating in research
projects, ability to lead research groups, willingness to
acquire third-party funding
• Potential for successfully acquiring an ERC Starting Grant
or an ERC Consolidator Grant (depending on career level) or
comparable renowned funding within the qualification period.
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching, teaching experience at
universities or a teaching concept. Candidates are expected to
be willing to teach students at all levels (bachelor's,
master's, or doctoral level), to supervise academic theses and
to promote junior colleagues
The University of Vienna expects 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 successful candidate is hired
as “Assistant professor” for a maximum duration of six years. If
the candidate meets the conditions stipulated in the
qualification agreement, the assistant professor is promoted to
tenured “associate professor”, i.e. obtains a permanent
position. If the conditions are not met, the employment will end
upon expiry of the contract. Associate professors can be
promoted to “full professor” through a university-internal
competitive procedure.
• at least a salary according to the Collective Bargaining
Agreement for University Staff: section 49, job group A2
• in addition to the statutory social insurance, the
University of Vienna offers a pension scheme to its employees
• a dynamic research environment
• attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality
of life
• a wide range of support services offered by central service
institutions
The University of Vienna is an equal opportunity employer and
values diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at).
The University strives to increase the share of women in
professorial positions. Given equal qualifications, preference
will be given to female applicants.
Application documents:
Please submit a single PDF document named
“LastName_FirstName.pdf” to tenuretrac...@univie.ac.at
containing the following information (in English).
1. Cover Sheet and Table of Contents
2. Letter of motivation
3. Academic curriculum vitae
– key terms that best describe your own research interests
– education, degrees (incl. information about the PhD
granting institution and the exact date DD.MM.YYYY when the PhD
was conferred)
– professional experience
– applicable parental leave, family or other care times, …
– scientific or scholarly “esteem factors” (e.g. experiences
as a publisher, functions in research societies or programme
committees)
– previous and current cooperation partners
– complete list of acquired third-party funded projects as
principal investigator (role, subject, duration, funding agency,
funding volume), and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
– list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
– list of courses taught
– list of theses supervised
4. List of publications
– link to own ORCID iD record
– if common in your field of research provide information
about indexation in data bases such as SCIE, SSCI, AHCI,
citations resp. book reviews received or other indicators of
scientific quality/international visibility (best paper award,
etc.)
5. Research statement
– explain your previous research achievements (max. 2 pages)
and future research plans (max. 4 pages)
– name the three most important publications with an
explanation of their relevance for this tenure track
professorship
– describe your publication strategy
6. Teaching statement
– explain your teaching and supervision concept, including a
description of the previous and planned priorities in academic
teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
Appendices to application document (in a single PDF or ZIP file
named “LastName_FirstName_Appendices.pdf/zip”):
a. Three key publications as electronic full text version (if
not publicly available)
b. Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single
PDF file)
c. Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory,
compiled into a single PDF file)
Reference no.: 11837
The application deadline is 14. April 2021.
https://personalwesen.univie.ac.at/jobs-recruiting/tenure-track-professuren/aktuelle-tenure-track-professuren/
Email: tenuretrac...@univie.ac.at
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German Version
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Anna Echterhölter
Professor of History of Science
University of Vienna
Department of History
Universitätsring 1
1010 Vienna
Austria
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