University Assistant (postdoc)

Start date/duration:

• from 01.09.2025
• for 4 years

Administrative unit:

• Department of History and European Ethnology

Extent of employment:

• 40 hours per week

Job Description:

Your tasks:

• Independent research
• Research-orientated, independent teaching
• Administrative tasks, including public relations work for the subject European Ethnology

Your profile:

• A relevant, qualified doctorate in European Ethnology, Empirical Cultural Studies or Cultural Anthropology required; experience (methodological and didactic) in historical and contemporary cultural analysis
• Didactic skills; ability to work in a team in teaching and research; creative problem-solving skills
• Desired are: Research skills in the field of social inequality, everyday life and digitality or regional cultural analysis in the Alpine region as well as experience with public relations and science communication
• The application must be accompanied by a methodologically and substantively elaborated concept for an independent research project at habilitation level (max. 5 pages) and a proposal for a course of your choice from the curricula applicable at the University of Innsbruck for the European Ethnology programme (BA or MA)
• The list of publications must be accompanied by the three most important publications in pdf format

Our offer:

With us, you can expect exciting tasks, flexible working hours, a family-friendly working environment, attractive training and development opportunities, a paid lunch break, a meal allowance and much more! .

The minimum gross salary (stipulated by collective agreement) for this position amounts to € 4.933 per month (14 times)^*.

^*as of 2025

06.05.2025 stating the code PHIL-HIST-14986

Contact:

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The University of Innsbruck emphasizes equal opportunities and diversity in its personnel policy.

The University of Innsbruck strives to increase the percentage of women and thus expressly encourages women to apply. This is particularely true for leading positions and scientific job offers. In case of underrepresentation women with the same qualifications will be given priority.

Following Austrian disability legislation, qualified persons are strongly encouraged to apply.