University Assistant postdoctoral

at  Universitt Wien

The University of Vienna is a cosmopolitan hub for more than 10,000 employees, of whom around 7,500 work in research and teaching. They want to do research and teach at a place that suits their ideas and work together towards answering the big questions of the future. You also appreciate the exchange between disciplines, cultures and generations? We are looking for a/an

YOUR PERSONAL SPHERE OF PLAY:

As one of the largest research institutions in Europe, the University of Vienna has an exceptionally wide range of disciplines and therefore offers an outstanding infrastructure for transdisciplinary research in the humanities. For a job opening as postdoctoral candidate in history of science and epistemology of planning, we are seeking an innovative and critical research personality. You will become part of the Key Research Area History of Science at the Department of History and work closely with colleagues from Vienna as well as international networks. The employment duration will be 5+1 years.

You actively participate in research, teaching and administration: your main task is drafting, researching and completing a habilitation or second book, developing an independent profile, publishing and lecturing activities on an international level. Furthermore, the candidate will be involved in organizing international conferences with project partners, and independently teach seminars, as regulated by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (two courses per semester). You will represent the history of science in the B.A. and M.A. programmes of History, as well as in the M.A. Epistemologies of Science and Technology, which is organised jointly with STS and the philosophy of science.