3 Stellenausschreibungen: Universität Wien - Project Staff Member - 2 University Assistant

06.03.2023

Supervision: João Alves (Department of Astrophysics)

Project outline:

The ERC Advanced Grant ISM-FLOW will attempt to make the first (3D) space motion map of the Local Interstellar Medium. The project will use a dedicated large observational campaign in the near-infrared at ESO (ESO Public Survey VISIONS), and ESA Gaia data, and will cover topics on the formation of giant molecular clouds, star formation and young stellar populations (1-100 Myr), the role of feedback, and the formation and evolution of spiral arms and large Galactic gas structures, such as the Radcliffe Wave. We are looking for motivated researchers with experience in astrometry, near-infrared imaging, and astrostatistics to join a collaborative team at the University of Vienna.

Job Description:

The position aims to deepen and extend the professional and scientific education targeting a doctoral degree. Tasks and responsibilities include:

Independent research and development of an academic profile targeting a doctoral degree. We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within one year.
Participation in research, teaching and administration of the research group/department
Participation in examination activities
Participation in evaluation activities and in quality assurance
Supervision of students
Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
Publication of refereed academic articles, support in preparation of research proposals and acquisition of third-party funding, participation in the organisation of conferences, workshops and meetings, etc.

The candidate who is selected for this position joins VISESS as a PhD student member.

Profile:

Astronomy/Astrophysics: Master’s Degree or equivalent
Excellent command of written and spoken English
Good programming skills and ability to work with large data sets

We offer:

Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade
An active and inspiring research environment, a vibrant PhD community and many ways to connect with peers from home and abroad on a social and professional level
A broad range of interdisciplinary training possibilities and school activities, such as leadership skill trainings, workshops, seminars, mobility and summer schools

Expected starting date: at the earliest possible date

Duration of employment: 4 years

(The employment relationship is initially limited to 1.5 years and automatically extended to a total of 4 years, unless the employer submits a declaration of non-renewal after a maximum of 12 months)

Extent of employment: 30 hours/week

Application: Interested students can apply until the deadline of 15 April 2023 via: https://visess.univie.ac.at/how-to-apply/.

Further information: For further information, please contact admin.visess@univie.ac.at.

The University pursues a non-discriminatory employment policy and values equal opportunities, as well as diversity (http://diversity.univie.ac.at/). The University lays special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female applicants.

University Assistant (prae doc): Observational Galaxy Evolution

Supervision: Bodo Ziegler (Department of Astrophysics)

Project outline:

The PhD research work will be in the field of physical parameters of galaxies and their evolution. Important aspects are galaxy kinematics and structure, stellar populations and star formation. The exact topic will be fixed at the time of formation of the contract to guarantee flexibility and timeliness. However, the main source for the investigations will be observational data, in particular spectroscopy in the optical/NIR wavelength regime for high-redshift galaxies. Thus, experience in reduction of spectra and their analysis will be a main criterion in the selection process. For example, (proprietary) spectroscopic data are available from ESO-VLT (MUSE, KMOS) that are suitable for studies of kinematical and chemical evolution.

Job Description:

The position aims to deepen and extend the professional and scientific education targeting a doctoral degree. Tasks and responsibilities include:

Independent research and development of an academic profile targeting a doctoral degree. We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within one year.
Participation in research, teaching and administration of the research group/department
Participation in examination activities
Participation in evaluation activities and in quality assurance
Supervision of students
Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
Participation in all group activities, contributions to publications and presentations, support in preparation of research proposals and acquisition of third-party funding, participation in the organisation of conferences, workshops and meetings

The candidate who is selected for this position joins VISESS as a PhD student member.

Profile:

Astrophysics / Astronomy: Master’s Degree or equivalent
Excellent command of written and spoken English
Experience in reduction of spectra and their analysis

We offer:

Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade
An active and inspiring research environment, a vibrant PhD community and many ways to connect with peers from home and abroad on a social and professional level
A broad range of interdisciplinary training possibilities and school activities, such as leadership skill trainings, workshops, seminars, mobility and summer schools

Expected starting date: (ideally) 1 June 2023

Duration of employment: 4 years

(The employment relationship is initially limited to 1.5 years and automatically extended to a total of 4 years, unless the employer submits a declaration of non-renewal after a maximum of 12 months)

Extent of employment: 30 hours/week

Application: Interested students can apply until the deadline of 15 April 2023 via: https://visess.univie.ac.at/how-to-apply/.

Further information: For further information, please contact admin.visess@univie.ac.at.

University Assistant (prae doc): Socio-economic sustainability transformations and place-based innovation policy in disadvantaged regions

Supervision: Michaela Trippl and Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer (Department of Geography and Regional Research)

Project outline:

Societal challenges such as the climate crisis, environmental degradation, digitalisation, pandemics and increasing inequalities call for system-wide innovation and transformation processes of established socio-economic structures. Such processes unfold unevenly across space, ‘producing’ winner regions and leaving other regions behind.

Building on recent advances in research on the geography of innovation and sustainability transitions, the overall aim of this PhD project is to explore both conceptually and empirically how different types of disadvantaged regions cope with the pressure to phase-out unsustainable structures and pathways and to build new ones in response to societal challenges and to assess the role of novel policy approaches (particularly place-based innovation policies for sustainability) to facilitate such processes.

Key research questions include: what place-specific structures, multiscalar dynamics and agencies enable and constrain socio-economic sustainability transformations in disadvantaged regions? How do such processes unfold in different regions in Central Europe? What is the role of the regional policy level in emerging mission-oriented and transformative innovation policy practices?

Job Description:

The position aims to deepen and extend the professional and scientific education targeting a doctoral degree. Tasks and responsibilities include:

Participation in research, teaching and administration in the working group Economic Geography
A doctoral thesis agreement is expected to be concluded within one year
Participation in research projects, publications and acquisition of third-party-funded projects
Participation in and independent holding of courses in the scope of the collective agreement provisions,
Supervision of students

The candidate who is selected for this position joins VISESS as a PhD student member.

Profile:

Geography or a related discipline: University Master’s Degree or equivalent
Excellent knowledge in the field of economic geography, innovation research, sustainability transitions, innovation policy
In-depth knowledge in qualitative and/or quantitative research methods
Very good command of written and spoken English
Ability to work in a team

We offer:

Job grading in accordance with collective bargaining agreement: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) with relevant work experience determining the assignment to a particular salary grade
An active and inspiring research environment, a vibrant PhD community and many ways to connect with peers from home and abroad on a social and professional level
A broad range of interdisciplinary training possibilities and school activities, such as leadership skill trainings, workshops, seminars, mobility and summer schools

Expected starting date: at the earliest possible date

Duration of employment: 4 years

(The employment relationship is initially limited to 1.5 years and automatically extended to a total of 4 years, unless the employer submits a declaration of non-renewal after a maximum of 12 months).

Extent of employment: 30 hours/week

Application: Interested students can apply until the deadline of 15 April 2023 via: https://visess.univie.ac.at/how-to-apply/.

Further information: For further information, please contact Michaela Trippl: michaela.trippl@univie.ac.at or Simon Baumgartinger-Seiringer: simon.baumgartinger-seiringer@univie.ac.at.