University Assistant postdoctoral

Your personal sphere of play:

The position is based in the newly established "Computer Science Education Group" (CSEG) within the Chair of "Didactics of Computer Science", headed by Mag. Dr.techn. Bernhard Standl, as part of the EDEN research group at the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Vienna. The research focuses on the empirical investigation of teaching and learning processes in computer science education related to computational concepts and ways of thinking, particularly computational thinking, algorithms and modeling, programming, data and data-driven systems, as well as AI literacy in school and university contexts. A central component is the Computer Science Teaching and Learning Lab. There, computer science education teaching-learning designs are developed, tested, empirically investigated and refined in collaboration with students, teachers and schools. The postdoctoral position is designed as a research-intensive career-building role and offers the opportunity to further develop an independent research profile in computer science education, contribute to the design of externally funded projects and actively help build the research group.

Your future tasks:

Active participation in research, teaching & administration, which specifically means:

• You further develop your independent research profile in the field of computer science education and enhance your international academic visibility.
• You play a central role in the establishment, operational coordination and strategic development of the CSEG.
• You design, coordinate and lead empirical studies on computer science teaching and learning processes in the Computer Science Teaching and Learning Lab in schools and in university settings related to teacher education.
• You conduct research on computational thinking, instructional design for teaching and learning fundamental concepts in computer science, algorithms and modeling, programming, data and data-driven systems or AI literacy.
• You support pre-doctoral candidates as well as bachelor’s and master’s students with research designs, data collection, analysis and publication projects.
• You publish in internationally recognized journals and play a leading role in the development, submission and coordination of competitive third-party funded projects.
• You teach in accordance with the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement and perform collaborative and administrative tasks within the research group, particularly with schools, the Center for Teacher Education, universities of education and other partners.
• You participate in evaluation measures and in quality assurance.