Tenure-Track Professorship In Demography And Human Capital Formation at UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA

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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 a

Tenure-Track Professorship in Demography and Human Capital Formation

49 Faculty of Social Sciences
Working hours: 40 Collective bargaining agreement: 48 VwGr. A2
Reference no.: 5449

The Position

This tenure-track professorship focuses on analysing human capital formation from a broad international perspective using demographic methods and modelling. Human capital formation encompasses the demographic processes that determine the size, structure, and capabilities of populations, including education, fertility, migration, health, and mortality, all of which contribute to the renewal of populations across generations. While the Position is open to all these areas of demography, we particularly welcome outstanding applicants whose research addresses migration and its interrelations with human capital formation. Applicants should be able to teach all the main areas of demography from an international perspective and demonstrate excellence in formal demography and demographic methods.

The Department of Demography ( ) at the University of Vienna was established in 2019 and comprises a team of faculty members who are involved in both research and teaching. The department is a pillar of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (), which also includes researchers from the Vienna Institute of Demography (ÖAW) and the Population and Just Societies Programme at IIASA.The department of demography, a sub-unit of the Faculty of Social Sciences, aims at contributing to the faculty's research priorities, and has developed collaborations also with other faculties, such as the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy and the Faculty of Psychology.

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 asAssistant 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 Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan

Application documents (in English):

1. Letter of motivation
2. 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
3. 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)
4. 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
5. 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.

The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We place particular emphasis on enhancing women's representation among the academic and general university staff, particularly in leadership roles, and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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Application deadline: 04/22/2026

Reference no.: 5449

Tenure Track Professorships

Job-Informationen:

• Unternehmen: UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA
• Position: Tenure-Track Professorship In Demography And Human Capital Formation
• Arbeitsort: Vienna
• Land: AT

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