49 Faculty of Social Sciences
Startdate: 01.03.2025 | Working hours: 20 | Collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)
Limited until: 30.06.2025
Reference no.: 3470

Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where over 7,500 brilliant minds have found a unique balance of freedom and support. Join us if you’re passionate about groundbreaking international research and academic excellence. Ready to be part of our team? Let’s shape the future together!

Your personal sphere of play:

This temporary position is at the University of Vienna’s Department of Demography (Faculty of Social Sciences), which is part of the Wittgenstein Centre – a leading global institution in human capital analysis and population research. You will join a dynamic research environment with over 60 scientists representing more than 20 countries and a diverse array of disciplines in the social sciences.
The Department of Demography is looking for a postdoctoral researcher with good knowledge of demography and/or closely related disciplines for a duration of 4 months as a parental leave replacement. The postdoctoral researcher would have to work on a topic relevant to the Department of Demography, including mortality and health, fertility and family formation or migration– A particular interest in human capital as a dimension in the study of these topics, would also be desirable.

Your future tasks:

Active participation in research & administration, which means:

• Developing and strengthening the independent research profile
• Involvement in research projects / research studies
• International publications and presentations
• Supervision of students
• Involvement in the department administration and in research administration
• You conduct high-quality research with societal impact that is publishable in top international journals
• You collaborate with a dynamic team of demographic experts
• The position does not entail teaching obligations

This is part of your personality:

This is part of your profile:

• You completed a PhD in Economics, Demography, Quantitative Sociology, Social Statistics, Human Geography or a related discipline with a focus on quantitative methods (or are in the process of completing it).
• You possess excellent skills in your specialization.
• You are interested in one or more of the following fields and topics: mortality and health, fertility and family formation, migration, population projections, population analysis.
• You have proven experience working with microdata.
• You excel in using statistical software, such as Stata or R.
• You have demonstrated your capacity to conduct original and rigorous research independently, and to prepare excellent publications.
• You have publications in renowned, subject-relevant publication outlets (peer-reviewed, depending on the professional standards)
• You are proficient in English (knowledge of German is not a requirement).

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.
Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.
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 aliquot of EUR 4,932,90 gross monthly (for a 100% position) for 4 months + aliquot holiday payment.
Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

It is that easy to apply:

• With your scientific curriculum vitae / letter of intent
• With your list of publications
• With your summary of research interests (max. 1 p.)
• Doctoral Degree 
• Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters
• Via our job portal/ Apply now -  button

If you have any questions, please contact:

Eva Beaujouan

eva.beaujouan@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: 01/20/2025

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