50 Faculty of Life Sciences
Startdate: 01.01.2025 | Working hours: 40,00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) 
Limited until: 31.12.2029
Reference no.: 3029

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

Your personal sphere of play:

This 5-year position is announced by Prof.Dr. Thomas Bugnyar and shall intensify the cooperation between the Department of Behavioral and Cognitive Biology and the Konrad Lorenz Research Center for Behavior and Cognition in Grünau im Almtal. We are looking for a researcher with expertise in social cognition and communication and a sincere interest in studying ravens in their natural environment. The successful candidate will be primarily based at the Konrad Lorenz Research Center, Grünau im Almtal. Preference will be given to applicants with field work experience, social dynamics, bioacoustics, and/or social information transmission.  

Your future tasks:

The successful candidate is expected to design, procure and direct research projects and publish results in peer-reviewed journals. Furthermore, the candidate is expected to collaborate and support  already ongoing projects in our teams and participate in student supervision, teaching and research administration in accordance with the provision of the collective agreement. 

This is part of your personality:

• PhD in the field of Biology, Psychology or related disciplines
• Experience in conducting research projects on social behavior and/or cognition
• Willingness to assume the responsibility of team leadership, management of long-term data and breeding colony
• Documented publication activity in peer-reviewed journals
• Excellent command of written and verbal English language

In addition, we expect the successful candidate to have:

• Experience in field work
• Organizational and communication skills
• Experience in acquiring third-party funding
• Experience in university teaching, and in the co-supervision of students
• Hands-on mentality

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work (upon agreement).

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fixed-term contract and fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,752,30 (14 times a year) for a period of 5 years / 60 months increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

It is that easy to apply:

• With your letter of motivation in English language (2 pages)
• With your academic curriculum vitae (including a list of publications, a list of courses and a list of talks given)
• With your description of research interests and research agenda / of the intended  habilitation project (if applicable, 2-3 pages) 
• Contact details of persons who could provide a letter of reference
• Via our  job portal/ Apply now -  button

If you have any questions, please contact:

Thomas Bugnyar  

thomas.bugnyar@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
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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​Application deadline: 10/14/2024 

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