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 Mathematics at the University of Vienna seeks to appoint a

Tenure-Track Professorship in Didactics of Mathematics

The position

We are looking for candidates with an outstanding research profile in mathematics education, excellent teaching skills in the subject-specific training of secondary school mathematics teachers, and ideally experience in teaching at the secondary level and in teacher training. The successful applicant will be expected to teach courses in teacher training programs, particularly in the field of mathematics education (language of instruction: German). In addition, the position involves the establishment of an independent research agenda and the development of innovative teaching approaches.

The position will be based at the Faculty of Mathematics and the Centre for Teacher Education. The mathematics didactics group plays a crucial role in the teacher education at secondary level, with a particular focus on courses covering the didactic aspects of mathematics. The group is dedicated to innovative teaching, excellent research, and development in mathematics education at secondary and tertiary levels. At the University of Vienna, the group collaborates with other disciplines’ didactics groups within the framework of the Centre for Teacher Education. The group also collaborates with university colleges for teacher education within the "Verbund Nord/Ost” and maintains partnerships with the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education in the areas of research, curriculum development and the mathematics school-leaving exam. The members of the group also work as authors and editors of mathematics schoolbook series and cooperate with schools in research and teaching.

Your academic profile:

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Two years of international research experience during or after doctoral studies
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing of and participating in research projects, ability to lead research groups and acquire third-party funding
• Enthusiasm for excellent teaching and supervision at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral level

We expect 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:

• the opportunity to obtain a permanent position and eventual promotion to full professor; the initial contract as Assistant Professor is limited to six years, after positive evaluation of a qualification agreement the contract becomes permanent as Associate Professor; Associate Professors can be promoted to Full Professor through an internal competitive procedure.
• 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
• an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (level A2) and an organisational retirement plan

Application documents (in English):

1. Letter of motivation
2. Academic curriculum vitae
• education and training (PhD Certificate, PDF)
• positions held to date
• career breaks (e.g. relevant parental, family or other care periods)
• awards and honors
• commissions of trust
• previous and current cooperation partners
• complete list of acquired third-party funding and, if applicable, of inventions/patents
• list of most important scientific talks (max. 10)
• teaching and mentoring
• supervision experience (Master and PhD), if applicable
3. List of publications
• link to your own publicly accessible ORCID record, with a complete and current publication list
4. Research statement
• most important research achievements (max. 2 pages) and planned future research activities (max. 4 pages)
• synopsis of three key publications with relevance to the position advertised
• publication strategy
5. 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)
• teaching evaluations (if available, PDF)

If you have any questions, please contact:

tenuretrack.personal@univie.ac.at
Only applications submitted through the link "Apply now" below will be considered.

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
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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