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 Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

Tenure-Track Professor in the field of Historical dimensions of the Anthropocene

The position

Research and teaching in the field of economic, social and cultural history are carried out in an integrative manner at the Faculty of History and Cultural Studies. The advertised position is part of the key research areas “Economy and Society from a Historical and Cultural Studies Perspective” and “Global History”. The successful candidate will be internationally recognised in the field of research that addresses the relationship between human and non-human life on planet Earth (“more-than-human history”) and in particular the interactions between human, Earth and natural history. The candidate’s research should focus on the implications for our view of the past that arise from current debates in the natural, social and cultural sciences about the onset and the driving forces of a new geological age in which human beings become the determining force in the evolution of life on the planet. The candidate will work in the field of pre-modern, modern or contemporary history and will contribute to the theoretical and methodological reconceptualisation of historical chronologies and epochal boundaries, to the reflection on the relationship of classical archives to the archives of “nature”, and to the question of the planetary scale across classical epochal and spatial boundaries. They have a fundamental understanding of earth system sciences (“scientific literacy”) and are able to enter into a transdisciplinary dialogue with them.

https://wirtschaftsgeschichte.univie.ac.at/en/

The Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies promotes an integrative approach in conducting research and teaching in the fields of economic history, social history and cultural history, as well as – across history departments – didactics of history. It analyses and teaches economic, social and cultural developments at a local, regional, national and global scale up to present day. Other relevant research contexts at the University of Vienna are the earth system sciences and the Environment and Climate Research Hub.

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 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

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:

tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at
Only applications submitted through the link "Apply now" below will be considered.

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
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.

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​Application deadline: 01/10/2024
Reference no.: 3217