PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Public Health in Austria

The University of Salzburg is seeking a postdoctoral University Assistant with PhD for the Division Food–Movement–Health in its Department of Sports and Exercise Science. The role combines independent scientific research with contributions to university teaching and the broader research and teaching activities of the department. The division works at the intersection of food, movement and health, within a department dedicated to the importance of physical activity and sport across the lifespan, ...

This postdoc position is based at the Institute for Social Anthropology (ISA) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. It sits within the ERC-funded project “Climate and contemporary transformations of vernacular architecture” , led by Hubert Feiglstorfer , and focuses on climate/environmental anthropology in relation to architectural and social change. The project examines how climate shapes the transformation of vernacular architecture across Alpine and Himalayan regions . The successful...

The University of Vienna is seeking a predoctoral researcher in geoecology to investigate the ecological functioning of wetlands. The doctoral project focuses on greenhouse gas exchange in the reed belt of Lake Neusiedl and the Pürgschachen Moor . The research will make use of the geoecology group’s existing eddy covariance infrastructure , including towers equipped with sensors for carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane. The successful researcher will contribute to field-based environmental r...

The Medical University of Graz is recruiting a Senior Scientist PostDoc in Nursing and Health Sciences . This is a temporary, part-time postdoctoral research position at a leading Austrian medical university, offered under identification number I-PFLWIS-2026-003957 . The role sits within the university’s research environment in medical sciences and is aimed at a recognised researcher at R2 level. The posting is presented as a senior scientific appointment rather than a student project, and it is...

PhD project in agricultural polymer degradation and microplastics Environmental Geosciences (EDGE) at the University of Vienna is seeking a PhD researcher to investigate how agricultural polymers fragment into microplastics and nanoplastics in soil. The project addresses an important challenge in developing environmentally safe agricultural materials: although biodegradable polymers are designed to break down fully in the field, their degradation may pass through a temporary stage in which micro...

Montanuniversität Leoben’s Department of Geoenergy is seeking a University Assistant to join the Chair of Reservoir Engineering in Leoben, Austria, with the opportunity to pursue a PhD. The research focuses on geological carbon dioxide and hydrogen storage, investigating reactive fluid transport through porous media. The project combines experimental and numerical approaches to understand transport processes relevant to subsurface energy storage and reservoir engineering. Potential research acti...

The University of Vienna is offering a PhD position in Arctic energy budget diagnostics within the Climate Diagnostics research group at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics. The group is led by Prof. Leopold Haimberger and Dr. Michael Mayer and works on coupled atmosphere–ocean–cryosphere energy-budget diagnostics and the quality and homogeneity of datasets used in climate reanalyses. The doctoral project will investigate detailed energy and moisture budgets to trace the sources of majo...

The Institute for Outcomes Research at the Center for Medical Data Science, Medical University of Vienna, is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to research projects in medical data science and outcomes research. The role offers an opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary research, academic teaching, and the supervision of students. The research environment connects medical data science with outcomes research and welcomes expertise from fields including data science, medical i...

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology’s Center for Health & Bioresources in Tulln, near Vienna, is offering a PhD thesis position on prediction and functional validation of microbiome modulators for improved soil-plant resilience . The project investigates how microbial strains and defined microbial communities can shift soil and plant microbiomes toward beneficial traits, including improved plant stress tolerance, nutrient availability and soil health. The doctoral researcher will develop a real...