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Universität Wien
Die Universität Wien ist eine der ältesten Universitäten Europas und die größte Universität in Österreich. Sie bietet rund 8.600 MitarbeiterInnen vielfältige Herausforderungen in Forschung, Lehre und Administration. Mit der in ihrem Entwicklungsplan festgelegten Strategie stärkt die Universität Wien ihre Rolle als Forschungsuniversität. Attraktive Studienangebote basierend auf forschungsgeleiteter Lehre, Förderung von NachwuchswissenschafterInnen und die hochrangige Besetzung von Professuren sind zentrale Elemente ihrer Strategie.

Die Universität Wien lädt Sie herzlich zur Bewerbung um die ausgeschriebene Professur ein.

Fakultät für Lebenswissenschaften
Universitätsprofessur für Public Health Nutrition

The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna announces the position of a Full Professor of Public Health Nutrition
As stated in its development plan (http://www.univie.ac.at/rektorenteam...lungsplan.html) the University of Vienna aims at strengthening its position as a major research-oriented university. Key elements of this strategy include the provision of an attractive range of research-based study programmes, support for furthering the work of junior academic colleagues, and high-calibre professorial appointments.

The Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Vienna announces the position of a

Full Professor of Public Health Nutrition

(full time, permanent position under private law). The University of Vienna intends to increase the number of women on its faculty, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications by women. Among equally qualified applicants women will receive preferential consideration.

The successful applicant is expected to cover the field public health nutrition in research and teaching, and to closely cooperate with the scientists of the Department of Nutritional Sciences in their main fields of research. Experience in public health nutrition, nutritional sciences and nutritional epidemiology is required. Main focuses are: nutrition and health policy, socio-economical aspects of nutrition and health, principles of health promotion, health problems on European and global level, and health monitoring and documentation.

Successful candidates will have the following qualifications:

- PhD and post-doctoral experience at a university or other research institution.
(Austrian or equivalent international academic degree in the relevant field)

- Outstanding research and publication record, with an excellent reputation as an active member in the international academic community ¬(Habilitation (venia docendi) or equivalent international qualification in the relevant field is desirable)

- Experience in designing, procuring and directing major research projects, and willingness and ability to assume the responsibility of team leadership

- Experience in university teaching, and willingness and ability to teach at all curricular levels, to supervise theses, and to further the work of junior academic colleagues

The University of Vienna expects the successful candidate to acquire, within three years, proficiency in German sufficient for teaching in Bachelor programmes and participation in committees

The University of Vienna offers

- Attractive terms and conditions of employment with a negotiable and performance-related salary, associated with a retirement fund
- A “start-up package” for the initiation of research projects
- An attractive and dynamic research location in a city with a high quality of life and in a country with excellent research funding provision
- Support for relocation to Vienna, where appropriate

Candidates should send an application containing at least the following documents:

- Academic curriculum vitae
- Brief description of current research interests and research plans for the immediate future
- List of publications together with
a) specification of five key publications judged by the applicant to be particularly relevant to the advertised professorship together with an explanation of their relevance
b) PDF versions of these five publications provided either as email attachments or through URLs of downloadable copies (PDF versions of monographs need only be provided if easily available.)
- List of talks given, including detailed information about invited plenaries at international conferences
- List of projects supported by third-party funds
- Short survey of previous academic teaching and list of supervised PhD theses

Applications, written in English and in electronic form (preferentially as a pdf file), should be sent to Dorothea.Prenner[at]univie.ac.at , no later than May 31st, 2010 and be referenced under the 20/6-2009/10.

Die Bewerbungsfrist endet am 31. Mai 2010.

Die Universität Wien strebt eine Erhöhung des Frauenanteils, insbesondere in Leitungsfunktionen und im wissenschaftlichen Personal, an und fordert deshalb qualifizierte Frauen ausdrücklich zur Bewerbung auf. Frauen werden bei gleicher Qualifikation vorrangig aufgenommen.