Assistant Professor, non-tenure track

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien; Wien; On-site; EUR 51,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks vacation

Flexible hours

Training opportunities

Wide employee benefits

Meaningful work

Modern campus

Public transport access

Job summary

Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien’s Institute for Intercultural Communication invites scholars to advance research on language-in-interaction and organizational decision-making. You will design interventions, supervise theses, and collaborate on international research projects.

You will teach intercultural (business) communication, develop course materials, and contribute to research-to-practice initiatives while engaging with a diverse academic community on a modern Vienna campus.

Qualifications

• PhD in intercultural communication or related fields such as linguistics or education.
• Strong background in qualitative research methods including conversation analysis, interviews, and observation.
• Research-to-practice activities demonstrated in previous work.
• Commitment to publishing in top journals and developing funding proposals.
• Willingness to use multimedia teaching methods.
• Excellent written and spoken English; knowledge of other languages is a plus; German learning is an advantage.
• Interest in teaching intercultural business communication and related methods.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to ongoing research on language-in-interaction and organizational decision-making.
• Teach courses and develop materials for intercultural (business) communication.
• Supervise master’s and bachelor’s theses.
• Share in administrative tasks and organize research workshops.
• Collaborate with researchers on proposals, projects, and papers.

Skills

English proficiency

Education

PhD in intercultural communication

Job description

Do you want to understand how language and culture are connected and make a fundamental impact? We offer an environment where you can realize your full potential. At one of Europe’s largest and most modern business and economics universities. On a campus where quality of work is also quality of life. We are looking for support at theInstitute for Intercultural Communication

Fulltime, 40 hours/week
Starting December 01, 2026, and ending after 6 years

We explore how culture shapes human interaction and discourse, especially in organizational communication. Our current projects investigate intercultural / multilingual face-to-face and video-mediated interactions (multimodal conversation analysis) and language, culture, and communication in the context of migration.

Our teaching focuses on intercultural communication, including cross-cultural competence training courses, applied research projects on migration and diversity, intercultural simulations, as well as general courses on intercultural business communication.

What to expect

• Research: You will contribute to ongoing research projects on language-in-interaction and on organizational decision-making and develop and conduct your independent research projects in the field of intercultural communication (e.g., research on migrants).
• Teaching: You will teach your own courses and contribute to the development of courses and course materials in intercultural (business) communication, methods courses and applied research projects at bachelor’s and master’s levels.
• Thesis Supervision: You will give students feedback and help them develop their work, including supervising master’s theses and bachelor’s theses.
• Organizational and Administrative Tasks: You will share in the institute’s administrative responsibilities, including the organization of international and internal research workshops on topics of mutual interest, and help prepare applications for collaborative grants. You will also contribute at the departmental level (e.g. by reviewing applications for the master’s program).
• Collaborative Teamwork: You will support tasks related to research, teaching, research-to-practice activities, and collaborate with our researchers on projects, proposals and papers.

What you have to offer

• Academic Background: You have a PhD degree (or equivalent) in a field related to intercultural communication such as linguistics or education, enabling you to design interventions and trainings that facilitate collaboration.
• Strong academic record: You have an outstanding academic background and qualifications in qualitative research methods, in particular conversation analysis, interview-based research, and observation. Your work clearly relates to intercultural communication and adaptation strategies in complex contexts such as migration.
  On the level of methodology, it is a plus if you have experience in systematically collecting data and managing access to the field, especially within organizations (e.g., through in-depth interviews or participant observation).
• Research-to-practice activities: You have contributed with your research to organizations where intercultural communication plays an important role.
• Passion for academic work: You have a strong dedication to publish your research in top-tier academic journals, and to develop research projects and write funding proposals with our team.
• Willingness to use multimedia teaching methods: You are prepared/ready to use multimedia teaching and learning formats.
• Soft skills: You communicate and present ideas very effectively, work independently and with a high degree of self-motivation, organize tasks efficiently, take responsibility, approach new topics with curiosity, and work well as part of a team.
• Language skills: You have expert command in written and spoken English. Knowledge of other languages is a plus, in particular as and when relevant for your research in intercultural communication. Willingness to learn German is an advantage.
• Interest in teaching: You have a proven track record of teaching intercultural (business) communication and qualitative research methods. You are interested in developing research-to-practice formats.

What we offer you

• Six weeks of vacation/Extra vacation time
• Flexible working hours
• Training opportunities
• A wide range of benefits, from an in-house medical officer to athletic activities and a meal allowance to a variety of employee discounts
• Meaningful work in an open-minded, inclusive, and family-friendly environment
• A modern campus with spectacular architecture in the heart of Vienna
• Inspiring campus lifewith over 2,400 employees in research, teaching, and administration and approximately 21,500 students
• Excellent accessibility by public transportation

The minimum monthly gross salary amounts to €5,014.30 (14 times per year). This salary may be adjusted based on equivalent prior work experience. In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive social benefits.

WU is committed to diversity and inclusion and actively encourages applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from women. Not sure if your profile fully matches my requirements? In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be supported throughout each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates' qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age.