Job Information
Organisation/Company: Universität Wien
Research Field: Sociology » Social shaping of technology; Sociology » Other; Sociology » Social changes
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Application Deadline: 15 Sep 2026 - 00:00 (UTC)
Country: Austria
Type of Contract: Permanent
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 40
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
Job 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.
The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna invites applications for a
Tenure-Track Professorship in Security, Society and the Global East
49 Faculty of Social Sciences
Working hours: 40 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. A2
Reference no.: 6011
Requirements
Specific Requirements
The position
The successful candidate should have outstanding qualifications in research and teaching in sociology with focus on the relationship between security, and societal transformations and governance, expertise, and everyday life in the Global East. Methodologically, strong competence in qualitative social science methods is expected. Demonstrated capacity to secure and lead competitive, externally funded research projects, including at European level, is expected.
The Department of Sociology at the University of Vienna offers an excellent research environment with strong international visibility. It is characterized by a close integration of theoretically grounded and empirically engaged social research and actively supports early-career scholars. Substantively, research is strongly oriented toward societal transformations, political and affective dynamics, interpretive approaches, and questions of knowledge, politics, and the public sphere. This work is also embedded in the Research Network Democracy and Human Rights, which strengthens interdisciplinary perspectives on social justice, participation, and institutional change. Beyond the Department and the Research Network, there are synergies with development studies, political theory and democratic research, security and peace studies, and Eastern Europe/Global East area studies. Contemporary history and cultural studies on transformation and regional conflict also offer relevant interfaces. This breadth provides a strong environment for a tenure-track position in Security, Society, and the Global East.
https://www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/research/research-teams/team-durnova/
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 Information
Benefits
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 Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Universität Wien
Country: Austria
City: Wien
Postal Code: 1010
Contact
City: Wien
Website: http://www.univie.ac.at
Street: Universitätsring 1
Postal Code: 1010
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