PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Business in Austria

The Department of Economics at the University of Graz is inviting applications for a four-year University Assistant position without a PhD, designed for an economics graduate intending to pursue doctoral research. The successful candidate will develop research and write a dissertation in environmental economics , with related work in microeconomics and game theory . The role offers the opportunity to work in a research environment alongside leading scholars, including Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Fin...

WU Vienna’s Institute for Austrian and International Tax Law is offering a funded four-year Teaching and Research Associate position designed for doctoral study in tax law. The successful candidate will develop an independent dissertation and contribute to research publications in Austrian and international tax law. The role also combines doctoral research with teaching responsibilities, providing an opportunity to work within one of the world’s largest tax law institutes. Based in Vienna, Austr...

Mundus MAPP is an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s in Public Policy for the 2027–2029 cohort. The programme focuses on European and international public policy, governance, development and political economy. Students study across a consortium of partner universities in Austria, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom, gaining an international and comparative perspective on public policy. The programme includes compulsory mobility across two countries and is designed for students interested in...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral university assistant for the Department of Political Science, within the research area Transformations of Democracy . The successful candidate will develop and complete a political science dissertation supervised by Associate Professor Fabio Wolkenstein. The research focuses particularly on democratic resilience and democratic regression . Possible topics include the institutional, party-political, and ideological conditions that support democrat...

The IST-BRIDGE International Postdoctoral Program at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria offers a fully funded, two-year postdoctoral fellowship for highly qualified researchers. The program is designed for candidates who have completed, or will soon complete, a PhD or equivalent in the natural sciences, computer sciences, mathematics, or a related discipline. Hosted at ISTA in Austria, the fellowship is embedded in an international research environment and is paired with a flexible ...

WU Vienna (Vienna University of Economics and Business) is advertising a PhD position in the Institute for Data, Energy, and Sustainability (IDEaS), supported by the BMIMI Endowed Professorship for Data-Driven Knowledge Generation: Climate Action. The project sits at the intersection of energy technologies , energy infrastructure , data science , and computational methods . The research focus is on why energy technologies and infrastructure succeed or stall, and how technology, firms, investors,...

WU Vienna University of Economics and Business is advertising a PhD opportunity in Marketing through a Teaching and Research Associate role in Vienna, Austria. The position focuses on Marketing and Customer Analytics , with research themes including quantitative marketing , applied economics , customer value management , customer-base analysis , and the use of generative AI for marketing decision support . The post also mentions collaboration with international researchers and contribution to re...

The University of Vienna is advertising a University Assistant (postdoc) position in the Department of Government , part of the Faculty of Social Sciences. The role is aimed at researchers in political science and related social science fields, especially those working on political representation , party competition , political institutions , political behaviour , and political economy . This is a postdoctoral opening, not a PhD or master’s call. The appointment starts on 1 February 2027 or late...

Fully funded PhD position in deformable and breakable particle mechanics in DEM at the CHASE Competence Center , Vienna site, Austria. This opportunity sits in the Fluid Dynamics team and is aimed at candidates interested in particle mechanics , discrete element method (DEM) , fluid dynamics , and computational modeling. The project appears well suited to students with a strong background in mechanical engineering , physics , chemical engineering , process engineering , or related fields. Eligib...