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 Law, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a
Full Professor
of
Labour Law and Law of Social Security
The position:
The professorship "Labour Law and Law of Social Security" represents the two subjects in all their breadth in research and teaching. Excellent basic research in individual labour law, collective labour law and social security law, each in its national and international dimensions, is expected.
The professorship will be dedicated in particular to researching sustainability issues in a rapidly changing society. If one reduces the University of Vienna's strategic focus on “sustainability” not only to environmental issues, but also includes social organization in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) of the UN and the sustainability regulations at EU level, labour law and social security law prove to be central to the sustainability of social welfare. The ageing of our society requires solutions in labour and social security law in order to maintain an active workforce that ensures the financing of the contributory social security system. Questions of labour migration, pension law and the non-discriminatory integration of all population groups into the labour market shall be addressed. Globalization, digitalization and changes of the technological basis of production processes are further key parameters that are leading to social changes and a transformation of the labour and social security system. Precarious employment relationships that lie outside the traditional, particularly collective, protection mechanisms of labour law shall be a focus of labour law research. Research in labour law and social security law should also be conducted at the interface with other areas of law, in particular the law of the European Union; this is required not least by the ever-increasing internationalization of labour processes.
The candidate is expected to contribute to teaching in all study programmes offered by the Faculty of Law. In particular, the applicant is expected to be willing to teach courses in the study programme “International Law” in English. The applicant has a relevant venia docendi or a qualification equivalent to a habilitation. Habilitation or qualification equivalent to a habilitation is desirable.
Your academic profile:
· Doctoral degree/PhD
· Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
· Excellent language skills in German and English
· Proven leadership qualities
· Gender and diversity competence
· Experience in designing and managing large research projects
· Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the diploma, 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 e-mail to the Dean of the Faculty, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Brigitta Zöchling-Jud (romana.mayer@univie.ac.at):
1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic curriculum vitae
o education and training
o positions held to date
o relevant parental, family or other care times
o awards and honors
o commissions of trust
o previous and current cooperation partners
o list of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator, and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
o list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
o teaching and mentoring
o supervision experience (bachelor and diploma, master and PhD theses; dissertations)
3. List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
4. Research statement
o most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
o list of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised
5. Teaching and supervision statement
o teaching 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.
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Reference no.: 0151/24
Application deadline: 18 September 2024