Full Professor of Complex Dynamic Networks (all genders welcome)

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 Faculty of Technical Sciences, in compliance with the provisions of Art. 98 (open-ended) or Art. 99 (limited to 5 years) of the Austrian Universities Act:

Full Professor of Complex Dynamic Networks (all genders welcome)

This is a full-time position. Whether the position will be implemented in compliance with the provisions of Art. 98 Austrian Universities Act (open-ended) or Art. 99 of the Austrian Universities Act (limited to 5 years) will be decided in course of the appointment procedure.

With approximately 13,000 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 § 6 of the Austrian Universities Act, it receives federal funding. The Times Higher Education (THE) Young University Rankings 2021 ranked it among the 50 best young universities in the world. The university operates under the motto “Beyond Boundaries!”.

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 young scientists.

The professorship will be embedded within the Faculty of Technical Sciences (https://www.aau.at/en/tewi) with its well-established Areas of Research Excellence on “Networked and Autonomous Systems” and “Multiple Perspectives in Optimization” as well as doctoral programmes on “Information and Communications Engineering”, “Informatics” and “Modeling-Analysis-Optimization of Discrete, Continuous, and Stochastic Systems”. The Faculty provides a vivid, friendly, and research-oriented environment. We are looking for a highly qualified and internationally recognized scientist with high engagement in developing and sustaining an ambitious and innovative research programme.

The professorship will be endowed by KELAG (https://www.kelag.at/) – a leading sustainable energy producer, energy distributor, and service provider in Austria – for the first five years and will then be funded by the university. The main objective of this endowment is to foster and cluster cutting-edge research in complex dynamic networks and promote its application in energy and communication networks. Relevant topics include design, control, maintenance, security, resilience, networking, and optimization in technical networks and systems. The professorship also plays an essential part in a joint initiative of the university, government, and industry to establish a research centre in this field.

The duties of the position include:

• Representing the field of Complex Dynamic Networks in research and teaching, particularly in the relevant topics with a focus on energy and communication networks (and related sustainable technical systems)
• Collaboration with the endowing and other industry partners
• Competitive research grant acquisition and management
• Active participation in the planned research centre
• Teaching in relevant degree programmes at Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral level as well as supervision of student projects and academic theses
• Advising and mentoring of students and early career researchers
• Participation in university management
• Participation in third mission and public relations activities

Required qualifications:

• Habilitation or equivalent qualification in the relevant field
• Excellent research standing and publication record in Complex Dynamic Networks, including theoretical and technical foundations
• Research experience in energy networks or communication networks
• Experience in the acquisition of third-party funded research projects of a relevant volume
• Teaching experience at university level and didactic competence
• Experience in the (co-)supervision of academic theses
• Fluency in English

Desired qualifications:

• Excellent scientific communication and dissemination skills
• Experience with academic management duties
• Competence in leadership and management of teams
• Competence in gender mainstreaming and diversity management
• Fluency in German

German language skills are not a formal prerequisite, but proficiency at level B2 is expected within two years. The remit of the professorship requires that the successful candidate will establish Klagenfurt as primary place of work.

The university is committed to increasing the number of women among the faculty, 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 faculty according to the Austrian Universities’ Collective Bargaining Agreement) is currently € 92,460 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 by e-mail to the University of Klagenfurt, Office of the Senate, attn. Mag.^a (FH) Sabine Seebacher via application_professorship@aau.at no later than June 18, 2025, 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 courses taught
  • a list of acquired third-party funded research projects, including role, funding organization, and amount of funding
  • a compact research statement of up to two pages
  • 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 general information on our website provided at https://jobs.aau.at/en/the-university-as-employer/. For specific information about the position, please contact Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rinner (bernhard.rinner@aau.at).