Full Professor of Management, part-time (pursuant to § 99 UG 2002)

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor[1] of Management at the Department of Management (part-time 20%, duration of employment is 3 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.
 
In the Department of Management, we engage in research, teaching, executive education, and third mission activities. We strive towards excellent research at the highest level, and to contribute to exchanging knowledge internationally and nationally, within academia and with other actors in society. We conduct our research and teaching mainly from a social science perspective. The Department is open to strengthening existing areas of research as well as to developing new areas of scholarly expertise. Candidates should have a strong track record of theory-related empirical research based on multiple state-of-the-art methods in and of organizations. We value our common understanding of academia as a joint effort grounded in mutual respect and appreciate our constructive collaboration.

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 or equivalent qualification) in management, with an emphasis on organization theory, organizational behavior, organizational change, leadership & strategy in the for-profit, non-profit or public sector, or in a related area 

b)    An outstanding international reputation for high-quality scholarship in the area of Management, in particular in the areas mentioned above, commensurate with academic age, especially by having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals in the field 

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 Management;

c.      experience in editorial activities (especially advantageous in journals from the WU star-list and the department’s A+ and A lists) and/or university leadership;

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

d)    Proven international experience 

e)    A record in successfully attracting research funding

f)     Active participation in the international scientific community and a proven track record of serving the scientific community (e.g., invited talks and guest lectures, visiting positions, support of young scholars); 

g)    g)        Well documented activities in the areas of self-governance and third mission; Leadership qualities 

h)    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. Joint research activities with WU faculty would be appreciated.

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 April 29, 2026.

For further subject-related details about the position, please contact Professor Renate Meyer, chair of the Department of Management, by email: renate.meyer@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