You want to understand how things 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 the
Department of Business Communication
Fulltime, 40 hours/week
Starting December 01, 2026, and limited for 6 years
A qualification agreement will be concluded at the start of the employment (§ 27 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement). Pursuant to WU’s Personnel Development Plan, this position can only be fixed-term for up to six years. Once all objectives agreed upon in the qualification agreement have been fulfilled, the employment relationship can be made permanent. Employees who have successfully completed a qualification agreement are classified as associate professors. From an organizational regulation perspective they belong to the group of professors. Three years after successful completion of the qualification agreement, they are entitled to apply for promotion to full professor according to the By-Laws of WU § 43a.
Strategic communication as the communication that is substantial for the survival and sustained success of social entities is an indispensable organizational function in the 21st century. The study of strategic communication is a key field of research and teaching at the Institute for Strategic Organizational Communication. We are therefore looking for excellent applicants with a focus on research and teaching in the field of strategic communication in general.
The new tenure track position will have a special focus on strategic financial communication and influencer communication. Since both fields of research have only developed in recent years, we don’t expect applicants to already have a fully established research or teaching record in financial communication or influencer communication. However, the successful candidate is expected to develop the field at the intersection of strategic financial communication and influencer communication as part of his/her qualification agreement.
Are you interested? Then apply and become a member of our creative, international, and inspiring team at the Institute for Strategic Organizational Communication at the Department of Business Communication at WU Vienna.
