Full Professor of International Tax Law, part-time (pursuant to § 99 UG 2002)

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] of International Tax Law at the Department of Public Law and Tax Law (part-time 20%, duration of employment ist 3 years). Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field.
 
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Research and teaching at the Department of Public Law and Tax Law covers the areas of public law (including criminal law, European law, and international law) and tax law. The department is a leading institution in the fields of Austrian and international tax law, Austrian and international public law, economic criminal law, European law, and international law in the German-speaking world and internationally. The department is also mainly responsible for the public law core areas of WU’s law programs with a focus on business law, as well as for law-based courses in the bachelor’s and master’s programs in business and economics-related fields.
 
Within the department, this position is assigned to the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law.

Qualifications

The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field and to have outstanding qualifications. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age on the basis of the following characteristics:
 
a)    A solid academic qualification in law (e.g. S.J.D./J.S.D); 
b)    An outstanding international reputation for high quality scholarship in the area of international tax law commensurate with academic age, especially by having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals in the field; 
c)    Excellent teaching qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in executive education; 
d)    proven international experience as a professor in an academic environment outside Europe; 
e)    leadership qualities; 
f)     gender and diversity management skills.

Expectations

The successful candidate is expected to perform teaching activities at all levels (bachelor’s, master’s, PhD/doctorate, and executive education), both in the classroom and in distance-learning formats. Full professors (part time, 20 %) are expected to teach two weekly credit hours.
 
We also expect the new professor to take an active role in third mission activities.

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. People with disabilities are encouraged to apply and 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 researcher’s biographical factors. To ensure equal 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.
 
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 those using the button below.
 
Please submit your application WU’s online recruiting tool by May, 11 2025.
 
For details about the position, please contact Professor Michael Lang, chair of the Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law, by phone: ++43-1-31336-4182, or by email: michael.lang@wu.ac.at.
 
For details about the application process, please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team email: 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) Expectations. 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 (full-time); the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation