Your personal sphere of play:
The Wanninger Lab is hiring a Postdoc in Invertebrate Evolution with a focus on either comparative morphology, EvoDevo, or phylogenomics. We are a dynamic, international group situated in the recently built University of Vienna Biology Building (UBB) with new labs to perform top-notch molecular, morphological, and -omics related research. Additional infrastructure includes animal care facilities to maintain and rear aquatic and terrestrial animals as well as access to sequencing facilities, high-end computer clusters, and an imaging and electron microscopy core facility.
Research in our group covers diverse invertebrate lineages, with particular strengths in spiralian taxa. The successful candidate is expected to work on mollusks, a core target taxon of our lab for which a wide range of molecular resources and established lab protocols are available. Previous experience with these animals is not required, but candidates should have a strong interest in working with little-investigated, aquatic, non-model invertebrate animals.
The position offers substantial intellectual freedom for developing an independent research profile within the lab’s broader focus. Projects may address questions in evolutionary developmental biology, morphological evolution, comparative genomics, or other related topics, depending on the candidate’s interests. The postdoc will work within an active research group and will have opportunities for collaboration with current team members on ongoing and emerging projects.
The position is available immediately. While we aim for a start date at around May 1st, 2026, this is somewhat flexible and can be negotiated with the PI. The position is fully funded for six years.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Participation in research, teaching and administration
- Participation in research projects / research studies
- Participation in publications / academic articles / presentations
- We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months.
- Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
- Supervision of students
- Involvement in the organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums
- Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- Collaboration and research in the field of kinetic theory:
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Your workplace:
- You work on your dissertation and its completion.
- You are involved in research projects, conferences, research organization tasks and teaching.
- We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 12 to 18 months.
- You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
- You supervise students in your area(s) of competence and you help with conducting examinations.
- You contribute to the organization and content of conferences, publications, and academic projects.
- You take on administrative tasks in research and teaching as well as in the department.
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Your personal sphere of influence:
- You are involved in research projects and scientific studies in the area of biophysical chemistry.
- We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months.
- You work on your dissertation and its completion.
- You hold courses independently within the scope of the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement.
- You take on administrative tasks in research and teaching.
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Who we are:
- Original archival research with a thematic focus on either:
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Your role:
- Pursuing your doctoral research independently with the support of two academic supervisors from the department
- Completing a dissertation agreement (incl. full doctoral proposal to be assessed by a faculty board) within 12 months
- Presenting your research at international conferences
- Publishing your research in international outlets
- Independent teaching of courses as defined by the university’s collective bargaining agreement
- Participation in administrative activities
- Participation in evaluation activities and quality assurance
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Vollzeit | Teilzeit | befristet
Your personal sphere of influence:
- Participation in research, teaching and administration
- Participation in research projects / research studies
- Participation in publications / academic articles / presentations
- We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months.
- Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
- Supervision of students
- Involvement in the organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums
- Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You develop and strengthen a research profile in the field of health psychology and health promotion in an increasingly digital world.
- You support coordination and research activities of the research platform “AI-powered Personalized Nutrition for well-being and disease prevention (AIPN)”.
- You contribute to research projects / studies.
- You write manuscripts for publication in international peer-reviewed journals.
- You present at national and international conferences and meetings.
- You contribute to science communication activities.
- You are responsible for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding.
- You teach courses independently as defined by the collective agreement.
- You supervise students.
- You participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- You are involved in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration.
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Your personal sphere of play:
- You participate in international collaborations, research projects, and academic studies in the field of development sociology.
- You publish internationally and give presentations.
- You apply for projects and acquire external funding.
- You independently teach courses, including examinations, in the field of development sociology, in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement.
- You supervise students in teaching and their theses.
- You participate in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- You assume administrative tasks in research, teaching, and at our department.
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Your future workplace:
- Developing and strengthening an independent research profile
- Participation in research projects
- Responsibility for project applications and the acquisition of third-party funding
- Organisation of lecture series and participation in seminars and events
- International publications and presentations
- Teaching duties as defined by the collective agreement
- Supervision of students
- Participation in the departmental, teaching and research administration
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Your personal sphere of play:
- Develop a distinct profile within the field of environmental and climate mobilities, establish yourself as an expert and build a foundation for a long-term academic career.
- Actively collaborate in ongoing research, networking, teaching and dissemination activities within the working group (e.g., ECM Network, Climate Mobilities Knowledge Hub).
- Engage in international publishing and present research findings at academic conferences to enhance visibility and impact within the field.
- Independently acquire third-party funding (e.g., ERC, FWF) to support ambitious research projects
- Conduct independent and collaborative empirical research in the field of environmental and climate mobilities, driving innovative contributions to the field.
- Supervise students on Bachelor, Master and PhD level and independently teach courses as outlined in the collective agreement, mentoring the next generation of researchers and leaders in environmental and climate mobilities studies.
- Play an active role in university academic self-administration, contributing to strategic decisions and ensuring smooth operations.
- Be part of an international and diverse research team committed to advancing socially impactful research in environmental and climate mobilities.
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Your personal sphere of play:
As a University Assistant you will complement the research at Chair of South-Eastern European History.The postdoc position will be for a maximum of four years, the preferred starting date would be April 1, 2026.
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Your personal sphere of play:
- Advancing understanding of the “Improving the quality of Translation/Revision/PEMT output by using automatic speech tools and LLMs” and “Cognitive investigations of Translation/Revision/PEMT practices” research themes of the ZTW HAITrans research group.
- Building the HAITrans internal capacity for conducting data-driven research of Neural Machine Translation/Large Language Models/Speech technologies and practices. Designing, performing and analysing eye-tracking experiments. Providing scientific and technical support to group members.
- Strengthening an independent research profile.
- Publishing in high-ranked journals/conference proceedings.
- Being responsible for submitting project applications and acquiring third-party funding.
- Being responsible for engaging with the community of professional translators.
- Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement.
- Participation in evaluation measures and quality assurance.
- Taking the lead in the organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums.
- Involvement in the department administration, as well as in teaching and research administration.
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