Full Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Anthropology

Professors\‘ Appointment Consulting Service

Organisation/Company: University of Vienna

Department: Professors\‘ Appointment Consulting Service

Research Field: Other

Researcher Profile: Leading Researcher (R4)

Positions: Other Positions

Country: Austria

Application Deadline: 15 Apr 2025 – 23:59 (Europe/Vienna)

Type of Contract: Permanent

Job Status: Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme

Reference Number: RELPHIL2025

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

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 Catholic Theology, the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a Full Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Philosophical Anthropology .

The position:

The task of the professorship is to work on the areas of philosophy of religion, philosophical anthropology, philosophical theology, metaphysics and other disciplines of philosophy anchored in the curricula for the study programmes of theology and religious studies in research and teaching. The professorship is intended to continue the Institute\’s tradition of engaging with the religious philosophical and anthropological currents of so-called ‘Continental Philosophy’, in particular modern and contemporary philosophy, and to promote the research focus on questions of non-European philosophies and interreligious and intercultural dialogue. The faculty aims to strengthen collaboration between the different theological disciplines and cooperation with neighbouring faculties, in particular the Faculty of Philosophy and Education. For this reason, it is looking for a scientific researcher who is qualified in the above-mentioned key areas and is actively involved in the main research areas of the Faculty and the ‘Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society’ research centre. A Habilitation (venia docendi) in a subject field relevant to this position or an internationally accepted equivalent qualification as well as a doctorate/PhD in philosophy is desirable.

Your academic profile:

• Proven leadership qualities
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor\’s, master\’s, and doctoral level
• 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:

• A dynamic research environment
• A wide range of research and teaching support services
• Attractive working conditions in a city with a high quality of life
• A “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects
• Career breaks (e.g. parental, family or other care periods)
• Commissions of trust
• Previous and current cooperation partners
• List of most important acquired third-party funding as principal investigator, and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
• List of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
• Teaching and mentoring
• List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
• Most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
• Synopsis of five key publications with relevance to the position advertised
• Teaching and supervision statement
  • Teaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
• Five key publications as electronic full text version
• Teaching evaluations (if available, 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 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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