WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] of Education Management at the Department of Management. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.[2]

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Qualifications

The Professor of Education Management will primarily be involved in both research and teaching in the field of Business Education at WU's Department of Management. As an academic discipline, Business Education is concerned with a wide range of topics in economic and professional (vocational) education and training and their impact on individuals, organisations and society. Core areas include, but are not limited to, business didactics, the acquisition of economic knowledge and the development of relevant skills, digital education, general economic education, and the management of education. Education management, as envisaged for this professorship, is related to these core areas and focuses on the management of processes and structures in professional (vocational) education, adult education as well as continuing education in various formats and contexts and their impact on individuals, organisations and society.

The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher as exemplified above and to have the following characteristics (candidates’ qualifications will be assessed under consideration of their academic age):

a) A solid academic qualification (e.g. PhD, habilitation or equivalent qualification) in business education (advantageous), alternatively in a closely related area;

b) A track record of international experience;

c) An international reputation for excellent research;

d) An excellent research record with regard to his/her academic age, especially by

a. having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals of the field (especially advantageous also in journals from the WU star-list and the department’s A+ and A lists) and by

b. regular participation in recognized conferences and workshops in the field of business education and education management;

e) A record in successfully attracting research funding;

f) Excellent teaching qualifications at different higher education levels;

g) Ability to teach in German and in English;

h) Active participation in the international scientific community and a track record of serving the scientific community;

i) Team leadership qualities;

j) Gender and diversity management skills;

k) documented activities in the areas of self-governance and third mission.

Expectations

We expect the successful candidate to teach at all levels of higher education and executive education at WU, both in classroom and in distance-learning. Full professors are expected to teach eight credit hours weekly at WU. We also want them to play an active role in the development and improvement of existing academic programs.

The successful candidate will be expected to establish stakeholder relations in the field of education management, particularly for lifelong learning processes, adult learning and related topics. The new professor should also take an active role in the university’s self-governance and third mission activities. The successful candidate shares the department’s collaborative approach and is also expected to contribute to the future development of the Department of Management (see https://www.wu.ac.at/management/).

Overall, the successful candidate complements the department’s profile in research, teaching, and third mission. Especially in research, the candidate introduces new approaches to the overall portfolio of the department as well as connects with existing research foci.

Applications

WU is committed to diversity and inclusion, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age.

WU assesses performance in the context of each applicant’s biography and relative to the opportunities available to them. This approach recognizes that academic achievements cannot be assessed separately from each individual researchers’ biographical factors. To ensure equitable opportunities, qualifications are evaluated relative to the applicant’s academic age. This means that WU takes biographical factors such as part-time employment or career interruptions due to caregiving or childcare obligations or other functions performed at or outside of a university into account. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.

In your application, you can include personal data related to biographical factors. WU will keep all data that you send us as part of your application confidential. All persons involved in the selection procedure are bound by obligations of secrecy.

Applicants should address their applications and all relevant documents (including in any case a letter of motivation, academic CV, reference to the criteria specified in the call for applications) to the Rector of WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, and upload these documents using the link provided/ button below/ on the WU website.

Please submit your application via WU’s online recruiting tool by January 5, 2026.

For details of the position, please contact the department head, Professor Renate Meyer, Department of Management, by phone: ++43-1-31336-4437, or email: Renate.Meyer@wu.ac.at.

For details about the application process, please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team by email at prof.application@wu.ac.at.

Please note: Only applications uploaded via our online recruiting tool will be considered. In their application documents, applicants must respond to all criteria specified in the call for applications, especially to items A) “Qualifications” and B) “What we expect.” A reference to these two items is considered a mandatory element of any application to WU Vienna, and any applications that lack this mandatory element cannot be considered.

1 employed under salary group A 1 pursuant to the Collective Bargaining Agreement for University Staff [Kollektivvertrag für die Arbeitnehmer/innen der Universitäten], minimum gross yearly salary: €92,460.20; the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation.

2 The duration of fixed-term contracts is subject to negotiation.

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