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You want to understand how things are connected and make a fundamental impact? We offer an environment where you can realize your full potential. At one of Europe’s largest and most modern business and economics universities. On a campus where quality of work is also quality of life. We are looking for support at the
Department of Business Communication
Fulltime, 40 hours/week
Starting October 01, 2025, and ending after 6 years
Qualified candidates with disabilities are especially encouraged to apply for this position. If necessary, a reduction of the extent of employment is possible.
A qualification agreement can be concluded after a contract duration of two years (§ 27 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement). Pursuant to WU’s Personnel Development Plan, this position can only be fixed-term for up to six years. Once all objectives agreed upon in the qualification agreement have been fulfilled, the employment relationship can be made permanent. Employees who have successfully completed a qualification agreement are classified as associate professors. From an organizational regulation perspective they belong to the group of professors. Three years after successful completion of the qualification agreement, they are entitled to apply for promotion to full professor according to the By-Laws of WU § 43a.
Our societies face growing challenges from an environmental, health but also education, equality, and social justice perspective. Organizations of all kinds, size and shape play a crucial role in addressing these challenges and stimulating transformational processes towards a more diverse and just culture – within organizations and beyond.
Do you want to deepen your research interests and teaching experience around communication of, about and for sustainability and transformation?
You plan to further explore cultures of sustainability and the plurality of sustainability visions and pathways, complementing the expertise on organizational communication that is present at the Institute for strategic organizational communication with your background and experiences in social sciences / humanities and arts with a focus on culture, values, diversity and people?
You wish to analyze transformative aspects of and the “human moment” in organizational communication from an interdisciplinary perspective?
Are you interested in place-based and local (strategic) communication, art-based approaches and the cultural dimension of sustainability?
Then become an engaged member of our creative, international and inspiring team at the Department of Business Communication!