The University of Klagenfurt wants to attract more qualified women for professorships.
The University of Klagenfurt is pleased to announce the following open position at the Department of Statistics, Faculty of Technical Sciences, in compliance with the provisions of Art. 98 (permanent) or Art. 99 Austrian Universities Act (limited to 5 years):
Full Professor of Statistics (all genders welcome)
This is a full-time position, available from 1 October 2025. Whether the position will be implemented in compliance with the provisions of Art. 98 (permanent) or Art. 99 of the Austrian Universities Act (limited to 5 years) will be decided in course of the appointment procedure.
With approximately 12,000 students, the University of Klagenfurt is a young, vibrant and innovative university, located at the intersection of Alpine and Mediterranean culture in an area that offers exceptionally high quality of life. As public university pursuant to Art. 6 of the Austrian Universities Act, it receives federal funding. The university operates under the motto “Beyond Boundaries!” and holds rank 77 worldwide in the Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2022.
In accordance with its key strategic road map, the Development Plan, the university’s primary guiding principles and objectives include the pursuit of scientific excellence regarding the appointment of professors, favourable research conditions, a good faculty-student ratio, and the promotion of the development of early career researchers.
The professorship will be embedded within the new Area of Research Excellence “Multiple Perspectives in Optimization (MPOpt)” with its well-established Doctoral Programme in Mathematics at the Department of Statistics and within the Faculty of Technical Sciences (https://www.aau.at/tewi). The department provides a vivid, friendly, and research-oriented environment. We are looking for a highly qualified and internationally recognized scholar with high engagement in developing and sustaining an ambitious and innovative research programme that enriches the Department of Statistics as well as MPOpt.
The duties of the position include:
• Representing the field of Statistics in research and teaching
• Engaging in the Area of Research Excellence “Multiple Perspectives in Optimization” as well as in the Doctoral Programme “Modeling – Analysis – Optimization”
• Teaching in relevant degree programmes at Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral level, both in German and in English, as well as supervision of student projects and academic theses
• Service teaching in Statistics for students with different backgrounds, in particular for Business and Economics students
• Advising and mentoring of students and early career researchers
• Competitive research grant acquisition and management
• Collaboration with industry partners
• Participation in university management
• Participation in third mission and public relations activities
Required qualifications:
• Habilitation or equivalent qualification in Statistics, Mathematics, or a relevant neighbouring field
• Excellent research and publication record in Statistics, in particular substantial methodological and theoretical contributions
• Experience in the acquisition, implementation, and management of competitive third-party funded fundamental research projects in Statistics
• Embeddedness in the international research community
• Teaching experience at university level and didactic competence
• Experience in the (co-)supervision of academic theses
• Fluency in English

Desired qualifications:
• Research experience in Computational Statistics
• Ability to cooperate within the Area of Research Excellence “Multiple Perspectives in Optimization” as well as in the Doctoral Programme “Modeling – Analysis – Optimization”
• Excellent scientific dissemination skills
• International experience
• Fluency in German
• Experience with academic management duties
• Competence in leadership and management of teams
• Competence in gender mainstreaming and diversity management
German language skills are not a formal prerequisite, but fluency in German is expected within two years. The remit of the professorship requires that the future professor will establish Klagenfurt as their primary place of work.
The university is committed to increasing the number of women among the academic staff, particularly in high-level positions, and therefore specifically invites applications from qualified women. Among equally qualified candidates, women will receive preferential consideration.
People with disabilities or chronic diseases who meet the qualification criteria are explicitly invited to apply.
The salary is subject to negotiation. The minimum gross salary for the position at this level (salary group A1 for University Staff according to the Austrian Universities’ Collective Bargaining Agreement) is currently € 81,600 per year.
In accordance with the Austrian Income Tax Act an attractive relocation tax allowance can be granted for the first five years in the case of appointments to professorships in Austria. The prerequisites are subject to examination on a case by case basis.
Please submit your application in English by e-mail no later than 17 September 2023 to application-professorship@aau.at, including:
• a mandatory principal part not exceeding five pages (https://jobs.aau.at/wp-content/uploads/specimen_main_part_application_professorship.doc). The submission of the mandatory principal part mentioned above constitutes a necessary condition for the validity of your application.
• one single PDF including:
– a letter of motivation
– a detailed scientific CV
– a comprehensive list of publications, talks, and of all courses taught
– a research statement
– a teaching statement (including a statement on remote teaching) and an example outline of an introductory course in Statistics for Bachelor’s students of Mathematics
– supplementary documents where applicable (e.g., course evaluations)
– links to publicly available versions of your three most important publications within the scope of this professorship

For general information please refer to the information leaflet provided at https://jobs.aau.at/en/the-university-as-employer/. For specific information about the position please contact Prof. Dr. Michaela Szölgyenyi (Tel.: +43 463 2700 3135; michaela.szoelgyenyi@aau.at).
The University of Klagenfurt will not reimburse applicants’ travel and lodging expenses incurred as part of the selection and/or hiring process.