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

The University of Vienna is recruiting a postdoctoral University Assistant for the Department of Geology within the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Geography and Astronomy. The position focuses on the Late Paleozoic Glacial Period in southern Africa and combines paleoglaciology, geomorphology, field geology, GIS, photogrammetry and quantitative analysis. The researcher will investigate glacial landscapes and geological datasets through paleoglaciological field studies, photogrammetry, digital mapping...

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...

A postdoctoral researcher is sought in the group of Professor Maria Ibáñez at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) in Klosterneuburg near Vienna. The project focuses on advanced electron microscopy of nanocrystal assembly and supercrystal formation , with the aim of understanding how individual nanocrystals organize, interact, and transform as they build ordered superstructures. The work combines high-resolution structural characterization with three-dimensional electron micros...

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...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate and Nature Finance at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Vienna, Austria. This postdoctoral opening is in climate finance, nature finance, development finance, economics, finance, statistics , and quantitative macro-financial modelling. The role sits at the WU Institute for Ecological Economics and focuses on the international development aspects of climate and nature finance within the international financial architecture. The researcher wil...