Career Position in Compliance with

The Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Institute of Sustainable Economic Development

wishes to fill a

**career position in compliance with - 99 (5) UG (tenure-track) in the**

**field of Regional development and regional management**

(Reference code 253)

**Working time**: 40 hours per week
**Term of the employment relationship**: 1st of March 2025,** **limited to a period of 6** **years

**Workplace**: Vienna
**Allocation in compliance with the Collective Agreement for University Staff to job group**: B1 lit. b

**Gross monthly salary**: (depending on previous eligible experience) at least: € 4,752.30
(14 × a year, in addition we also offer an attractive career development program and an extensive

range of social benefits)

**Target group**
- 99 (5) positions offer academics with high potential and the relevant achievements the

opportunity of an academic carrier ranging from a postdoc position to that of assistant professor
and on to associated professor. The position of associated professor can be achieved at the latest

six years after the appointment. -99 (5) positions are aimed at academics with a doctorate/PhD
degree, with high potential, who are close to or have already successfully completed a habilitation.

Experience at other universities or research institutes abroad is expressly welcome.

**Tasks and focus areas**
- Research in the field of regional development and regional management
- Teaching and supervision or co-supervision of final papers within the scope of legal

possibilities
- Transfer of knowledge and the promotion of junior researchers in line with the social

responsibility of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences
- Assumption of administrative tasks within the framework of university self-administration
- Acquisition and management of competitively funded national and international research

projects
- Development of inter
- and transdisciplinary research approaches at the interface of social,

natural and engineering sciences
- Contributions to theories of regional development and regional management
- and transdisciplinary methods as well

as the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods in social sciences
- Acquisition of third-party funded projects and management of project teams
- Publication and presentation of research results for national and international scientific

communities and regional actor groups
- Representation of the research field at the national and international level

**Requirement profile**
- Completed doctorate in a relevant field
- Sound professional experience in the scientific field as a postdoc
- Excellent publication achievements as well as international orientation and recognition
- Willingness and ability to lead your own research team incl. the necessary funding this

requires (third-party funding)
- Enthusiasm for outstanding teaching
- Excellent written and spoken German and English or willingness to learn German in the first

two years
- Research focus on regional development and regional management
- Experience in teaching university courses

**Other desired qualifications**
- Experience abroad as well as in teaching and leadership at universities and research

institutions
- Management and personnel management skills, including skills in the areas of gender and

diversity management as well as inclusion and accessibility in communication
- Experience with theoretical and empirical contributions regional development and regional

management in the context of societal transformation

sciences as well as with inter
- and transdisciplinary methods at the regional scale
- Experience with the acquisition, management and implementation of research projects
- Experience in working with different regional actor groups
- Ability to work in heterogenous teams and independently

Publication date: 8th of November 2024

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female
faculty and staff members. Therefore, qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of

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People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply.
- Curriculum vitae with detailed presentation of professional, teaching and research activities

incl. ORCID
- List of all publications (refereed & non-refereed), lectures and projects
- Electronic transmission of the PDF files of five own publications which you consider to be

particularly important
- Rough concept for future plans in research and teaching including your contribution to the

scientific profile of the Department
- Teaching portfolio including evaluation results
- Brief explanation why you think you should be particularly suitable for this position (max. 1

page)

Applicants are not entitled to reimbursement of travel and accommodation costs incurred as a
result of the selection procedure.

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