University Assistant (prae doc) as fellows of the sowi:docs Fellowship Programme

The University of Vienna (20 faculties and centres, 178 fields of study, approx. 9.800 members of staff, about 90.000 students) seeks to fill the position from 01.10.2021 of a


Reference number: 11541

With the sowi:docs fellowship programme the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences (ViDSS) offers up to 5 positions for doctoral candidates in the social sciences. sowi:docs fellowships are individual scholarships which give outstanding doctoral candidates the opportunity to devote full-time effort to their research and to writing their doctoral thesis. We welcome applications in the fields of communication, demography, development studies, nursing studies, political science, science and technology studies, social and cultural anthropology, and sociology.

The earliest date to start the programme is 1 October 2021, the latest date is 1 January 2022.

Further details are available here: http://vds-sosci.univie.ac.at

Duration of employment: 3 year/s
Extent of Employment: 30.0 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description:
Writing a doctoral thesis and participation in research, teaching and administration

Profile:
- Above-average MA or equivalent in a field of study present at the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Vienna.
- If the applicant is not yet enrolled as a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna, they have to be granted admission in the winter semester of 2021/2022.
- If the applicant is already a doctoral candidate at the University of Vienna, they must have been admitted no earlier than in the summer semester of 2019.
- Applicants need to secure the support of at least one supervisor who is a member of the Vienna Doctoral School of Social Sciences.
Application documents: see https://vds-sosci.univie.ac.at/your-benefits/sowidocs-fellowship-programme/

Applications have to be submitted via e-mail (in one single PDF file) to vds-sosci@univie.ac.at no later than 31 January 2021.

For further information please contact Lecheler, Sophie ( sophie.lecheler@univie.ac.at).

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity ( http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

Human Resources and Gender Equality of the University of Vienna
Reference number: 11541