[AISWorld] Job Opening: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at University of Innsbruck (Application deadline: June 16, 2021)

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Job Opening: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at University of Innsbruck (Application deadline: June 16, 2021)

At the Department of Information Systems, Production and Logistics Management at the Faculty of Business and Management at the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck seeks to fill a Tenure Track Position in Information Systems, in particular Digital Services and Platforms at the earliest convenience. 


Responsibilities include

This tenure-track position is to conduct independent research and teaching in the area of Information Systems, in particular Digital Services and Platforms.

The main areas of research should be the analysis and design of Information Systems, platforms and social networks, as well as the digitalization of firms, organizations and markets from a behavioural, economic or socio-technical perspective. Close collaboration with the research center Innsbruck Decision Sciences (IDS) and the Digital Science Center (DISC) is expected, as well as participation in the cross-faculty research platform Economy, Politics & Society (EPoS).Teaching comprises the (co-)supervision of all Information Systems courses in the Bachelor program ‘Management and Economics’, the Master’s program ‘Information Systems’, the Diploma program ‘International Economic and Business Studies’, and the PhD program ‘Management’ as well as the supervision of students including (co-)supervision of theses

Participation in academic self-administration is taken for granted.

Employment Requirements include

a)	doctoral degree in Information Systems (or a related discipline)
b)	post-doc experience and/or professional experience;
c)	output beyond the PhD, documented by publications in international peer reviewed journals; 
d)	interdisciplinary work; 
e)	international contacts;
f)	involvement in research projects and acquisition of competitive grants;
g)	pronounced teaching skills and experience with (co-) supervising students;
h)	communication skills for team work;
i)	organizational and management qualities;
j)	fluency in English is required; knowledge of the German language is not strictly required for this position, but the successful applicant will convincingly demonstrate her/his willingness to become proficient in the language at the level of teaching in the BSc program.


Format of the Position

At the University of Innsbruck, a ‘tenure-track position’ enables the pursuit of a career up to tenured full professor. The successful applicant will enter a six-years’ work contract on the basis of the ‘Angestelltengesetz’ (Employees Act; extent of employment: 100%) and at the same time concludes a ‘Qualification Agreement’ according to § 27 of the ‘Kollektivvertrag’ (Austrian Collective Labor Agreement for university personnel); (s)he will start her/his occupation at the rank of Assistant Professor. Once the targets of the ‘Qualification Agreement’ are reached, the position will be tenured, thus promoting the holder of the position to Associate Professor. Subsequently, a full professor position according to § 99 (4) of the ‘Universitätsgesetz’ (Austrian University Act) will be opened, for which the Associate Professor is eligible to apply.


Your application must have arrived by 16.06.2021 at Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck Fakultäten Servicestelle Standort Karl-Rahner-Platz 3, A-6020 Innsbruck (fss-karlrahnerplatz at uibk.ac.at). 


Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck seeks to increase the proportion of female scientists in the faculty – so that applications from top-qualified female scientists are especially encouraged. With equal qualification, female applicants will be given priority.

In line with the ‘Kollektivvertrag’ (Austrian Collective Labor Agreement for university personnel) scientists who have entered a ‘Qualification Agreement’ are in remuneration group A2 with an initial wage of € 4.666,30 / month (14 times). After fulfillment of the Agreement, the salary rises to € 5.059,50 / month (14 times). Moreover, the university offers attractive additional benefits (see http://www.uibk.ac.at/universitaet/zusatzleistungen).

The application must at least contain a full CV including the scientific and professional career stages; a list of scientific publications, speeches as well as other scientific activities (like seminars, conferences, etc.); Description of completed, ongoing and planned research projects and the five most important works of the applicant. Research and teaching concept, as well as a statement of the qualification goals which the applicant wishes to reach at this position. These are to be explained at the hearing and subsequently represent the starting point for the negotiation of the ‘Qualification Agreement’.
The application must be submitted in digital form (e-mail, etc.) and may be complemented by a paper submission. 

The full, authoritative text in German (published in the official bulletin of the University of 19.05.2021) can be found at https://orawww.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.home. 

Up-to-date information on the state of the opening can be found at  https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten-servicestelle/standorte/karlrahnerplatz3/berufung/


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Prof. Dr. Ulrich Remus
Professor for Information Systems – Digital Society
Head of Department “Information Systems, Production and Logistics Management”

University of Innsbruck | School of Management | Information Systems
SOWI Office w.3.08 | Universitätsstr. 15 | A-6020 Innsbruck 
Phone: +43 512 507 73240 | E-Mail: mailto:ulrich.remus at uibk.ac.at
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