Tenure Track Professorship for Media and Intersectionality
University of Vienna, Faculty of Social Sciences
Austria

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At the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Vienna is a

Tenure Track Professorship 
for 
Media and Intersectionality

To occupy (full employment). 

In research and teaching, the role of the media in overlapping different categories of difference should be addressed, especially in terms of categories such as gender, but also ethnicity, class, nationality, sexuality and / or age. Good knowledge of the theories and methods of journalism and communication science as well as gender or intersectionality studies is required. The position is open to all epistemological approaches in the field of journalism and communication science. 

Your profile:

• Doctorate / PhD and at least two years experience as a post-doc at a university or other research institution; As a rule, applicants must have gained research experience at least two years outside the University of Vienna during their doctoral studies or after completing their doctoral studies
• Outstanding achievements and potential in research, excellent publication activity, international reputation
• Experience in the design and implementation of research projects as well as willingness and ability to lead research groups, willingness to obtain third-party funds
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching, university teaching experience or a teaching concept as well as the willingness to teach in all curricular stages (Bachelor, Master, Doctorate), supervise theses and promote young scientists
  

The University of Vienna expects the job holder to acquire German language skills within three years, which will enable teaching in bachelor's degree programs and participation in university committees. 

We offer you:

• the possibility of a permanent position and promotion to permanent university professor. The successful candidate starts as an "assistant professor" for a maximum of six years. If he / she fulfills the conditions of the qualification agreement, the promotion to / for the permanently employed Associate Professor takes place. If the qualification objectives are not achieved, the employment relationship ends when the contract period expires. Associate professors can be promoted to university professor in an internal competitive process.
• Initial graduation at least according to the collective agreement for the employees of the universities: § 49 use group A2
• in addition to statutory social security, a company pension fund
• a dynamic research environment
• attractive working conditions in one of the most liveable cities in the world
  
• diverse support through central service facilities

The University of Vienna operates an anti-discriminatory employment policy and emphasizes equal opportunity and diversity ( http://diversity.univie.ac.at/ ). In particular, an increase in the proportion of women in management positions and in scientific staff is sought. Women are given priority with equal qualifications. 

 
Application documents:

Please submit a single PDF document named " Surname_Name.pdf " to tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at with the following information (in English):

1. Cover sheet and table of contents
2. Application letter , including a short description:

• the motivation for applying for this position
• current research interests and research plans for the near future
• the current and planned focus in academic teaching and junior staff

3. Scientific CV, including information about:

• Educational career, academic degrees (with indication of the institution, which has awarded the doctorate / PhD, and the exact date DD.MM.YYYY the doctorate award), relevant work experience and credit periods (parental leave, childcare, ...)
• "Esteem factors" (eg editorial boards, functions in scientific societies or program committees)
• former and current cooperation partners

4. Publication directory with:

• Highlighting and leading the five most important publications according to the tenure-track-professorship
• Internet links to these five most important publications (if not publicly available: electronic transmission full text of the publications as PDF files in the appendix)
• Description of the publication strategy including the intended publication organs and journals
  
• Information on the completed peer review of the publications
• Depending on the practice of the subject, information on indexing in databases such as SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, citations or other indicators of scientific quality / international visibility
  

5. lecture directory

• Nomination of invited lectures at international conferences

6. third-party funds

• Complete directory as project manager of third-party funded projects (role, topic, duration, sponsor, funding volume) as well as any inventions / patents

7. Courses and supervised theses

• List of courses held and supervised theses
• Explanation of the teaching and supervision concept (maximum 3 pages)

Attachment to application letter (in a single PDF or ZIP file named "Surname_Name_Anhaenge.pdf / zip"):

1. Five main publications electronically as full text (if not publicly available)
2. Teaching Assessments (if available, summarized in a single PDF file)
3. Copies of academic degrees (compulsory, summarized in a single PDF file )

code: 9749

The application deadline is 18.09.2019.

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