PhD Student Position (f/m/x)

at  sterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften

Job ID: VID195PD124
The Vienna Institute of Demography (VID) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria’s leading non-
university research and science institution, is offering a

POSTDOC POSITION (F/M/X)

(full-time / 40h per week)
in the Research Group on Family and Labour Market, headed by Caroline Berghammer, for an initial period of
3 years. An extension up to 5 years is possible. The starting date is April 1st, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
We are looking for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher to join the project “Families and inequality in a flexible
world of work” (FLIN; funded by an ERC Consolidator Grant). This project uses international time-use data and
other data sources to investigate the role of flexible working (working from home, flextime) for family time (time
with children and partner) and gender equality in the distribution of paid and unpaid work in couples.
Your future position is at the Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences, which is member
of the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna).
You will join a dynamic research environment with scientists working on a diverse array of disciplines in the
social sciences.

• You conduct high-quality research with societal impact that is publishable in international top journals
• You have a key role in all aspects of the research process, from obtaining data and data analysis to

independently drafting and publishing academic papers

• You collaborate with a dynamic team of experts in sociology and demography
• You present your research at international conferences, supported by travel funding