University Assistant (post doc) at the Department of Economics

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 01.09.2020 of a


Reference number: 10142

The Department of Economics is part of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics. We are a highly international and research-oriented Department. More than 30 full-time junior and senior professors together with numerous PhD students form an international community dedicated to studying all aspects of economics. Information about the Department of Economics can be found on the website at http://econ.univie.ac.at.



Duration of employment: 6 year/s

Extent of Employment: 40.0 hours/week
Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade.

Job Description:
Participation in research, teaching and administration - Participation in research projects - (International) publishing and presentation activities - Project application and (external) fundraising - Holding classes due to extent regulations of wage agreement - Examination activities - Support of students - Participation in evaluation activities and in quality assurance - Participation in administration of the institute /department

Profile:
Applicants should have completed (or should be very close to finishing) a PhD in Economics. Expertise in structural estimations in microeconomics is required. Knowledge of German is an asset but not required.

Applications should include a curriculum vitae detailing the candidates education, teaching experience, list of publications and a letter of motivation. Applicants are also required to submit a cover letter that includes a statement on why they are interested in working in the Department of Economics at the University of Vienna and up to two selected papers. Three letters of reference should be sent by the referees directly to jobs.econ@univie.ac.at. We will also be interviewing at the job market (EEA job market in Rotterdam, December 18 - 19, 2019). The application must specify the corresponding Identification Number.


Research fields:

Main research field	Special research fields	Importance
Economics	Microeconomics	MUST

Education:

Educational institution	Educational level	Special subject	Importance
University	Economics	-	MUST

Languages:

Language	Language level	Importance
English	Good knowledge	MUST

Applications including a letter of motivation (German or English) should be submitted via the Job Center to the University of Vienna ( http://jobcenter.univie.ac.at) no later than 28.11.2019, mentioning reference number 10142.

For further information please contact Sorger, Gerhard +43-1-4277-37443.

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.

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Reference number: 10142
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