46 Faculty of Philosophy and Education
Startdate: 01.10.2024 | Working hours: 30 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)
Limited until: 30.09.2028
Reference no.: 2926

Are you a person who needs room for your research? Then we would like to welcome you to our team!

Your personal sphere of influence:

As a University Assistant Praedoc you will work with the Vienna Media Education research team, focusing in particular on research for your doctoral project and also taking on tasks such as analyzing job advertisements from an ideology-critical perspective, developing creative interventions, working innovatively with data and producing academic publications. Our research focuses on critical-creative media literacy and real-dialectical methodology. Further information can be found at https://bildungswissenschaft.univie.ac.at/medienpaedagogik/.

The advertisment ist for 4 years, tough the employment relationship is initially limited to 1.5 years and is automatically extended to a total of 4 years, unless the employer submits a declaration of non-extension after a maximum of 12 months.

Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration by:

•  developing a (international) research project in the field of critical-creative media literacy,
•  working on your dissertation and completing your doctorate,
•  publishing scientific articles and giving scientific presentations with international relevance,
•  participating in research projects and scientific studies in the field of media education and
•  independently teach courses in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement.

This is part of your personality:

• You should have a master's or diploma degree, be able to demonstrate a sound knowledge of educational science with a focus on media education with special consideration of critical-creative media education, be interested in the main research areas of Viennese media education, have had initial experience of academic practice at universities and with scientific communities, especially with regard to international cooperations, and a good command of English (C1) and basic command of German.
• Experience in university teaching and university self-administration is desirable.

What we offer:

Work-life balance: You have flexible working hours and can work partly where you want (even in your office).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You will be part of an international team with excellent research infrastructure (including an automatic coffee machine) in a relaxed working environment.

Good public transport links: Your new workplace is easily accessible by public transportation.

Internal training and coaching: We offer you the opportunity to expand and deepen your skills on an ongoing basis.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3,578.80 (full-time basis) increases if we are able to take professional experience into account.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional personality to the team.

It is that easy to apply:

• With a letter of intent and your academic CV,
• an initial dissertation outline (max. 1 page),
• a letter confirming that you have completed your Master's/Diploma degree and
• references and certificates that you feel are relevant.
• Please send us your application via the job portal. To do this, click on the "Apply now" button.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Christian Swertz

christian.swertz@univie.ac.at

We look forward to welcoming new personalities to our team!
The University of Vienna pursues an anti-discriminatory recruitment policy and values equal opportunities, equality and diversity. We aim to increase the proportion of people who identify as female among academic and general university staff, especially in management positions, and therefore expressly encourage people who identify as female to apply. Where qualifications are equal, people who identify as female will be given priority.

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​Application deadline: 09/13/2024 

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