Full Professor of Islamic Religious Education

Universität Wien

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 Catholic Theology, at the Department of Islamic-Theological Studies, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

The position:

The advertised professorship covers the subject area of Islamic Religious Education. The future holder of the position will represent the subject in its entire breadth as well as in its historical and contemporary development in research and teaching. The candidate will be actively involved in all Bachelor's and Master's degree programs in Islamic Religious Education and Theology. In addition, the future professor is expected to contribute to the internal and external networking of the Institute of Islamic-Theological Studies and to initiate and co-develop interdisciplinary research projects. Cooperation with the Faculty of Protestant Theology and the Faculty of Catholic Theology in teaching and research is an important component for this professorship. Active collaboration with the Research Center Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society as well as with the Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion is expected. A habilitation or an equivalent academic qualification is desired.

Pursuant to § 24 para. 4 Islam Law 2015, before this position is filled, "contact on the respective candidate is to be made with the Religious Societies, whereby in the theological core area it is to be considered, that the person be a follower of the doctrinal theology (school of law) affiliated to the respective Religious Society recognised by this federal law." By applying, candidates declare that the latter requirement is met.

Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Proven leadership qualities
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing and managing large research projects
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level
• Willingness to take on organisational and administrative responsibilities within the Faculty and/or the University

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:

• 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 (§98 UG, level A1, to be negotiated individually) and an organisational retirement plan
• a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects
• comprehensive relocation support

Application documents:

Please submit a single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the following information in English via email to the Dean of the Faculty, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Andrea Lehner-Hartmann (andrea.lehnerhartmann@univie.ac.at) and Faculty Manager Mag. Dr. Rudolf Kaisler, BSc (rudolf.kaisler@univie.ac.at).

• 1. Letter of motivation
• 2. Academic curriculum vitae
  • education and training
  • positions held to date
  • relevant parental, family or other care times
  • awards and honors
  • commissions of trust
  • previous and current cooperation partners
  • list of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator, and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
  • list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
  • teaching and mentoring
  • supervision experience (Master and PhD)
• 3. List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
• 4. Research statement
  • most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
  • synopsis of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised
• 5. Teaching and supervision statement
  • eaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)

Appendices to application document:

• a. Five key publications as electronic full text version
• 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)

The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

Reference no.: IRELEDU2025
Application deadline: 17 September 2025