Job opportunity Full Professor of Business Communication (part-time, 20 (pursuant to 99 UG 2002) at Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Jobportal

WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor¹ of Business Communication at the Department of Business Communication (part-time 20% duration of employment is 2 years). Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation in the field and contribute actively to the Departments research and teaching.

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. WUs research is characterized by a wide diversity of disciplines practiced at WU allowing researchers to address complex research questions based on approaches that cross disciplinary boundaries.

International cooperation is very important to WU and we encourage and support both faculty and student mobility. WU is also very aware of its role as a responsible university ensures barrier-free accessibility provides a family-friendly workplace and is committed to the principles of equitable opportunities and sustainability.

WU is committed to diversity and inclusion and qualified women are strongly encouraged to case of equal qualification female candidates will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age.

WU has been awarded certification under the University and Family Audit (Audit hochschuleundfamilie) and assists dual career couples. For further details please see details on the call for applications including a detailed qualification profile can be found online: its research the Department of Business Communication focuses on phenomena relevant to business and the economy as they are explored in the fields of linguistics communication and culture. Reflecting this focus the masters program in Business Communication is a key feature of the Departments teaching activities. The Department is also actively involved in delivering significant contributions to the universitys bachelors programs. The Departments course portfolio at all levels is largely taught in English.

This 20% professorship is intended to further sharpen the Departments research profile enhance its interdisciplinary connections and strengthen its methodological diversity at the interface of communication studies linguistics as well as business and economics.

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)

b) An excellent international reputation in an area that matches the Departments research profile with a particular focus on language-sensitive approaches to organization and management

c) Excellence in research demonstrated by publications in top-tier outlets in the field

d) Methodological expertise and experience showing a clear focus on qualitative methods and critical approaches

e) Excellence in teaching and supervision at graduate and postgraduate levels

f) Potential for attracting research funding

g) Active engagement in the international scientific community

h) An interdisciplinary mindset

i) Leadership qualities

j) Gender and diversity management skills

The successful candidate is expected to:

• Actively contribute to the Departments research profile and publication output both independently and in collaboration with department faculty.
• Take part in the Departments research seminars and be committed to fostering the dialog between diverse disciplines investigating business communication.
• Contribute to funding applications submitted by the Departments faculty.
• Join in the Departments third-mission activities.
• Teach and carry out supervision at all levels (bachelors masters PhD/doctorate and executive education).
• Teach 2 weekly credit hours (delivered largely in person).
• Be physically present at the Department for a total of at least 3 weeks per semester in order to facilitate teaching supervision and face-to-face scholarly exchange with the Departments faculty.
  

WU assesses performance in the context of each applicants biography and relative to the opportunities available to them. This approach recognizes that academic achievements cannot be assessed separately from each individual researchers biographical factors. To ensure equitable opportunities qualifications are evaluated relative to the applicants 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 these documents using the link provided/ button below/ on the WU website.

Please submit your application via WUs online recruiting tool by May 15 2026.

For further subject-related details about the position please contact Professor Gerlinde Mautner chair of the Department of Business Communication by phone:or by email:

For details about the application process please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team by email at

Please note: Only applications uploaded via our online recruiting tool will be their application documents applicants must respond to all criteria specified in the call for applications especially to items A) Qualifications and B) What we expect. 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 Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer der Universitäten minimum gross yearly salary: 92460.20 (full-time); the actual annual gross salary is subject to negotiation.