Teaching and Research Associate

  • Vienna University of Economics and Business
  • IT
  • Research, development, teaching
  • Part time
  • published till: 03.12.2025
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

Institute for Digital Ecosystems
Part-time, 30 hours/week
Starting February 02, 2026, and ending after 6 years
 
You want to work in a dynamic, open-minded and highly motivated team? Expect exciting research projects with a focus on Behavioral Decision Making, Digital Ecosystems, Digital Humanism, Data Science and AI, Decision Support, and Online Consumer Behavior.

What to expect

  • Research life: Collaborate with your colleagues on ongoing research projects at the Institute. Support Institute research projects and set up your own projects with a focus on topics in Behavioral Decision Making, Digital Ecosystems, Digital Humanism, Data Science and AI, Decision Support, and Online Consumer Behavior
  • Teaching: Plan, create and teach courses. Advise students and co-supervise their theses and exams
  • Build a personal network: Use the pre-doc phase to start building your personal network with contacts in research, industry and business. Opportunities to visit international partners in the Institute network
  • Organizational and administrative support: Support workshop and conference organization and work together with the Institute team on general tasks
  • Writing a dissertation: You will be investigating your research topic and spending a third of your working hours on writing your dissertation. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged 
  • Exciting research projects on digital ecosystems in a variety of contexts (e.g., financial, consumer, workplace) from a variety of perspectives (e.g., de-biasing and nudging, algorithm development, interface development, adaptive systems design, biosignal processing) with a variety of research methods (e.g., experiments, design science)
  • Small team with intensive research mentoring 
  • Participation in international conferences (e.g., ICIS, ECIS, HICSS)
  • Publication of research projects in international journals

What you have to offer

  • Academic degree: You have completed a master's degree that qualifies you for enrolling in a PhD program in one of the following subject areas:
    • Information Systems, Business Informatics
    • Information Technology, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence 
    • Social and economic sciences (e.g., Business Administration or Economics)
    • Psychology, Cognitive Sciences (e.g., Organizational or Business Psychology)
  • Language skills: You are fluent and able to express yourself very well in both spoken and written English. Fluency in German is a big plus
  • Motivation: Strong motivation to contribute to the interdisciplinary agenda of the Institute. Highly motivated, curious, well organized, team player
  • Software engineering and data science: You have experience in at least one of the following areas and are looking forward to developing more expertise in the others:
    • Data science and statistics (including R or Python)
    • Software engineering (e.g., Java, Python)
    • AI pipeline development and maintenance (e.g., in Azure or Kubernetes)
    • AI use case development, implementation and testing (e.g., Azure or Kubernetes)
  • Additional skills: Experience and intermediate to very good skills in at least one of the following areas are an advantage:
    • Teaching (e.g., prior experience in tutorials, workshops)
    • Experimental research (e.g., behavioral and experimental economics, psychology)
  • Willingness to use multimedia teaching methods: You are prepared to use multimedia teaching and learning formats

 

Do you want to join the Digital Ecosystems team? Then please submit your application including

  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Motivation Letter
  • Transcript of your Bachelor and Master studies
  • If applicable: certificate(s) or references for additional skills

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 life with over 2,400 employees in research, teaching, and administration and approximately 21,500 students
  • Excellent accessibility by public transportation
Curious? Visit our website and find out more at www.wu.ac.at/benefits

The minimum monthly gross salary amounts to €2,786.10 (14 times per year). This salary may be adjusted based on job-related prior work experience. In addition, we offer a wide range of attractive social benefits.

Do you want to join the WU team?
Then please submit your application by December 03, 2025 (ID 2610).
We are looking forward to hearing from you!