Professor of Business Law

The University of Vienna is internationally renowned for its excellence in teaching and research, and counts more than 7,500 academics from all disciplines. This breadth of expertise offers unique opportunities to address the complex challenges of modern society, to develop comprehensive new approaches, and educate the problem-solvers of tomorrow from a multidisciplinary perspective.

At the Faculty of Law, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

Full Professor
of
Business Law

The position:

Successful candidates qualify by their ability and willingness to teach and examine both in German and English Austrian and European Business Law in its whole variety, including Commercial Law, Company and Securities Law as well as principles of Accounting Law, Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law and Intellectual Property Law (IP), and their outstanding expertise in at least one of these subjects, preferably in Accounting Law, Antitrust Law, Unfair Competition Law or Intellectual Property Law (IP), evidenced by high-quality legal publications taking into account national, European and international developments. Particularly desirable is a specialization that enables a substantial contribution to one or more of the faculty\’s main areas of research as well as a relevant habilitation (venia docendi) or an internationally recognized equivalent qualification.

Your academic profile:

1. Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
2. Gender and diversity competence
3. Experience in designing and managing large research projects
4. Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor\’s, master\’s, and doctoral level
5. Willingness to take on organisational and administrative responsibilities within the Faculty and/or the University

The University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in bachelor’s programmes and for participation in university committees.

We offer:

1. a dynamic research environment
2. a wide range of research and teaching support services
3. attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
4. a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects

Please submit a single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the following information in English (additionally, in German is possible) via E-mail to the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. Brigitta Zöchling-Jud ( ):

1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic curriculum vitae
   o education and training
   o positions held to date
   o relevant parental, family or other care times
   o awards and honors
   o commissions of trust
   o previous and current cooperation partners
   o list of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator, and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
   o list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
   o teaching and mentoring
   o supervision experience (Master and PhD)
3. List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
4. Research statement
   o most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
   o synopsis of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised
5. Teaching and supervision statement
   o teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)

Appendices to application document:

1. Five key publications as electronic full text version
2. Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
3. Copies of certificates of academic degrees (mandatory, compiled into a single PDF file)

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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Reference no.: 0600/24
Application deadline: 10 January 2025

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