Visiting Professor of Entrepreneurship

(50%, for the period of 1 October 2025 – 28 February 2027)

The Position

The successful candidate should specialize in the context of Small, Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and larger firms. The main purpose of this professorship is to support International Business Administration Master students in finishing their master studies. This includes esp. the supervision of the Master thesis. The teaching obligation includes 4 semester hours per week. In line with Master thesis supervision, the courses are mainly related to the final phase at the master studies, e.g., delivery of the Master conversatory and participation in oral master theses examination as examiner or chair.

Your Academic Profile

• Doctoral degree/PhD
• Outstanding research achievements, excellent publication and funding record, international reputation
• Proven leadership qualities
• Gender and diversity competence
• Experience in designing and managing large research projects
• 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
• an attractive salary according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff (
• 98 UG, level A1, to be negotiated individually) and an organisational retirement plan
• a “start-up package”, in particular for the initiation of research projects
• comprehensive relocation support
  
  

Application Documents

Please submit a single PDF file (LastName_FirstName.pdf) containing the following information in English via email to the Dean of the Faculty Business, Economics and Statistics of the University of Vienna, Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Karl Franz Dörner ([email protected])

• 1. Letter of motivation
• 2. Academic curriculum vitae
• education and training
• positions held to date
• relevant parental, family or other care times
• awards and honors
• 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
• supervision experience (Master and PhD)
• 3. List of publications and a link to your ORCID record
• 4. Research statement
• 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
• 5. Teaching and supervision statement
• eaching and supervision concept, including a description of the previous and planned priorities in academic teaching and supervision (max. 2 pages)
  

Appendices To Application Document

• a. Five key publications as electronic full text version
• b. Teaching evaluations (if available, compiled into a single PDF file)
• c. 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.

Reference no.: 5/2025

Application deadline: 17 September 2025