Full Professor of Labour Economics, part-time 20% (pursuant to § 99 UG 2002)

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a part-time 20% full professor[1] of Labour Economics at the Department of Economics. Duration of employment is 2 years. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. 

WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business) combines excellence with responsibility. 
Its rare triple accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA is a guarantee for the highest quality research and teaching in the fields of business, economics, and business law. WU’s research is characterized by a wide diversity of disciplines practiced at WU, allowing researchers to deal with even the most complex of research questions.
 
International cooperation is very important to WU, and we encourage and support both faculty and student mobility. WU is also very aware of its responsibility to its students, faculty, and staff and is committed to gender equality, equal opportunities, accessibility, family-friendly working conditions, and sustainability.
 
The Department of Economics upholds internationally competitive standards and is committed to excellence in research. It offers comprehensive expertise in state-of-the-art theoretical and empirical methods, and its research and teaching covers a wide range of topics (https://www.wu.ac.at/en/economics/forschung/forschungsbereiche/). The Department enjoys a vibrant and internationally oriented research environment, and the members of the Department are committed to pursuing new scientific knowledge and contributing to solving contemporary, global, societal problems. The visibility of the Department as an outstanding research institution is reflected in rankings (most recently 10th in the “Handelsblatt” list of the best economics faculties in German-speaking countries) and further strengthened by training early-stage researchers in a high-quality PhD program. 

Qualifications

The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in the relevant field and to have excellent 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 (e.g. PhD, habilitation) in labour economics, in particular in its intersection with development economics and political economy, or a related area 

b)    An outstanding international reputation for high-quality scholarship on labor economics commensurate with academic age, especially by having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals in the field. It is an advantage if aspects of development and/or political economy are also present in the research output 

c)    Excellent teaching qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in executive education 

d)    Proven international experience 

e)    A strong record in attracting research funding 

f)     Leadership qualities 

g)    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. The holder of this position is expected to teach 2 weekly credit hours. 

We also expect the new professor to take an active role in the university’s self-governance and 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 via WU’s online recruiting tool by March 11, 2026.

For further subject-related details about the position, please contact Professor Jesús Crespo Cuaresma, chair of the Department of Economics, by phone: ++43-1-31336-4530 or by email: jesus.crespo.cuaresma@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: €93,986.20 (full-time); the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation