University Assistant postdoctoral

Universität Wien

University Assistant postdoctoral

At the University of Vienna almost 11,000 personalities work together towards answering the big questions of the future. We are looking for a University Assistant postdoctoral at the Faculty of Psychology.

Job vacancy starting: 01.09.2026. Working hours: 20,00. Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Job ID: 5948.

Your personal sphere of play

The Faculty of Psychology includes the Dean's office, a StudyServiceCenter and four Departments. We are seeking candidates for a half-time non-tenured postdoc position at the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology. The successful applicant will work in close collaboration with Prof. Claus Lamm and his team at the Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit.

The SCAN-Unit investigates topics in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, with a focus on empathy, prosocial behaviour and environmental social neuroscience.

Your future tasks

You participate in research, teaching and administration.
You are involved in research projects and studies in social, environmental and decision neuroscience.
You program experiments with human participants in behavioral, neuroimaging and online settings.
You analyse empirical data from your own and collaborators' experiments and studies, including complex behavioral and neuro-cognitive datasets.
You support team members in advanced data analyses, with a focus on computational modeling and Bayesian analysis approaches.
You teach courses in neuro-cognitive and behavioral data science and computational modeling.
You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality

Completed PhD degree or Diploma, e.g. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Data Sciences or Statistics.
Advanced experience in academic writing and research methods.
Excellent command of written and spoken English and German at C1 level.
Expertise in scientific computing with R, Python or Matlab.
Experience with computational models of cognition and probabilistic programming languages such as Stan, Turing or Tensorflow.
Experience with advanced Bayesian inference approaches is highly desirable.
Expert knowledge in social and computational neuroscience.
Team player with strong communication skills, autonomous working style and problem solving abilities.

What we offer

Work-life balance: flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work upon agreement.
Inspiring working atmosphere: international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: workplace in the center of Vienna.
Internal further training and coaching: more than 600 courses free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 full-time basis, 14 times a year, with increase possible for credited professional experience.

It is that easy to apply

Scientific curriculum vitae and letter of intent.
List of publications.
Summary of research interests.
Doctoral degree.
Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters.
Application via the job portal Apply now button.

Contact

For content questions, please contact Claus Lamm: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at.

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University Assistant postdoctoral

Job vacancy starting: 01.09.2026. Working hours: 20,00. Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Job ID: 5948.

Your personal sphere of play

The SCAN-Unit investigates topics in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, with a focus on empathy, prosocial behaviour and environmental social neuroscience.

Your future tasks

You participate in research, teaching and administration.
You are involved in research projects and studies in social, environmental and decision neuroscience.
You program experiments with human participants in behavioral, neuroimaging and online settings.
You analyse empirical data from your own and collaborators' experiments and studies, including complex behavioral and neuro-cognitive datasets.
You support team members in advanced data analyses, with a focus on computational modeling and Bayesian analysis approaches.
You teach courses in neuro-cognitive and behavioral data science and computational modeling.
You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality

Completed PhD degree or Diploma, e.g. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Data Sciences or Statistics.
Advanced experience in academic writing and research methods.
Excellent command of written and spoken English and German at C1 level.
Expertise in scientific computing with R, Python or Matlab.
Experience with computational models of cognition and probabilistic programming languages such as Stan, Turing or Tensorflow.
Experience with advanced Bayesian inference approaches is highly desirable.
Expert knowledge in social and computational neuroscience.
Team player with strong communication skills, autonomous working style and problem solving abilities.

What we offer

Work-life balance: flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work upon agreement.
Inspiring working atmosphere: international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: workplace in the center of Vienna.
Internal further training and coaching: more than 600 courses free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 full-time basis, 14 times a year, with increase possible for credited professional experience.

It is that easy to apply

Scientific curriculum vitae and letter of intent.
List of publications.
Summary of research interests.
Doctoral degree.
Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters.
Application via the job portal Apply now button.

Contact

For content questions, please contact Claus Lamm: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at.

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University Assistant postdoctoral

Job vacancy starting: 01.09.2026. Working hours: 20,00. Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Job ID: 5948.

Your personal sphere of play

The SCAN-Unit investigates topics in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, with a focus on empathy, prosocial behaviour and environmental social neuroscience.

Your future tasks

You participate in research, teaching and administration.
You are involved in research projects and studies in social, environmental and decision neuroscience.
You program experiments with human participants in behavioral, neuroimaging and online settings.
You analyse empirical data from your own and collaborators' experiments and studies, including complex behavioral and neuro-cognitive datasets.
You support team members in advanced data analyses, with a focus on computational modeling and Bayesian analysis approaches.
You teach courses in neuro-cognitive and behavioral data science and computational modeling.
You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality

Completed PhD degree or Diploma, e.g. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Data Sciences or Statistics.
Advanced experience in academic writing and research methods.
Excellent command of written and spoken English and German at C1 level.
Expertise in scientific computing with R, Python or Matlab.
Experience with computational models of cognition and probabilistic programming languages such as Stan, Turing or Tensorflow.
Experience with advanced Bayesian inference approaches is highly desirable.
Expert knowledge in social and computational neuroscience.
Team player with strong communication skills, autonomous working style and problem solving abilities.

What we offer

Work-life balance: flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work upon agreement.
Inspiring working atmosphere: international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: workplace in the center of Vienna.
Internal further training and coaching: more than 600 courses free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 full-time basis, 14 times a year, with increase possible for credited professional experience.

It is that easy to apply

Scientific curriculum vitae and letter of intent.
List of publications.
Summary of research interests.
Doctoral degree.
Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters.
Application via the job portal Apply now button.

Contact

For content questions, please contact Claus Lamm: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at.

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Universität Wien

Wien

Universität Wien

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Wir stehen Ihnen telefonisch unter (+43)01-4277-10800 zur Verfügung.

Allgemeine Anfragen nehmen wir unter info@postgraduatecenter.at entgegen.

Website: www.postgraduatecenter.at

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Universität Wien

Campus der Universität Wien, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 1, Eingang 1.14.1
1090 Wien
Österreich

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University Assistant postdoctoral

Universität Wien

University Assistant postdoctoral

Job vacancy starting: 01.09.2026. Working hours: 20,00. Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Job ID: 5948.

Your personal sphere of play

The SCAN-Unit investigates topics in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, with a focus on empathy, prosocial behaviour and environmental social neuroscience.

Your future tasks

You participate in research, teaching and administration.
You are involved in research projects and studies in social, environmental and decision neuroscience.
You program experiments with human participants in behavioral, neuroimaging and online settings.
You analyse empirical data from your own and collaborators' experiments and studies, including complex behavioral and neuro-cognitive datasets.
You support team members in advanced data analyses, with a focus on computational modeling and Bayesian analysis approaches.
You teach courses in neuro-cognitive and behavioral data science and computational modeling.
You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality

Completed PhD degree or Diploma, e.g. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Data Sciences or Statistics.
Advanced experience in academic writing and research methods.
Excellent command of written and spoken English and German at C1 level.
Expertise in scientific computing with R, Python or Matlab.
Experience with computational models of cognition and probabilistic programming languages such as Stan, Turing or Tensorflow.
Experience with advanced Bayesian inference approaches is highly desirable.
Expert knowledge in social and computational neuroscience.
Team player with strong communication skills, autonomous working style and problem solving abilities.

What we offer

Work-life balance: flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work upon agreement.
Inspiring working atmosphere: international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: workplace in the center of Vienna.
Internal further training and coaching: more than 600 courses free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 full-time basis, 14 times a year, with increase possible for credited professional experience.

It is that easy to apply

Scientific curriculum vitae and letter of intent.
List of publications.
Summary of research interests.
Doctoral degree.
Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters.
Application via the job portal Apply now button.

Contact

For content questions, please contact Claus Lamm: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at.

Bewerben

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University Assistant postdoctoral

Job vacancy starting: 01.09.2026. Working hours: 20,00. Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Job ID: 5948.

Your personal sphere of play

The SCAN-Unit investigates topics in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, with a focus on empathy, prosocial behaviour and environmental social neuroscience.

Your future tasks

You participate in research, teaching and administration.
You are involved in research projects and studies in social, environmental and decision neuroscience.
You program experiments with human participants in behavioral, neuroimaging and online settings.
You analyse empirical data from your own and collaborators' experiments and studies, including complex behavioral and neuro-cognitive datasets.
You support team members in advanced data analyses, with a focus on computational modeling and Bayesian analysis approaches.
You teach courses in neuro-cognitive and behavioral data science and computational modeling.
You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality

Completed PhD degree or Diploma, e.g. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Data Sciences or Statistics.
Advanced experience in academic writing and research methods.
Excellent command of written and spoken English and German at C1 level.
Expertise in scientific computing with R, Python or Matlab.
Experience with computational models of cognition and probabilistic programming languages such as Stan, Turing or Tensorflow.
Experience with advanced Bayesian inference approaches is highly desirable.
Expert knowledge in social and computational neuroscience.
Team player with strong communication skills, autonomous working style and problem solving abilities.

What we offer

Work-life balance: flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work upon agreement.
Inspiring working atmosphere: international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: workplace in the center of Vienna.
Internal further training and coaching: more than 600 courses free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 full-time basis, 14 times a year, with increase possible for credited professional experience.

It is that easy to apply

Scientific curriculum vitae and letter of intent.
List of publications.
Summary of research interests.
Doctoral degree.
Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters.
Application via the job portal Apply now button.

Contact

For content questions, please contact Claus Lamm: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at.

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University Assistant postdoctoral

Job vacancy starting: 01.09.2026. Working hours: 20,00. Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc). Job ID: 5948.

Your personal sphere of play

The SCAN-Unit investigates topics in Social Cognitive Neuroscience, with a focus on empathy, prosocial behaviour and environmental social neuroscience.

Your future tasks

You participate in research, teaching and administration.
You are involved in research projects and studies in social, environmental and decision neuroscience.
You program experiments with human participants in behavioral, neuroimaging and online settings.
You analyse empirical data from your own and collaborators' experiments and studies, including complex behavioral and neuro-cognitive datasets.
You support team members in advanced data analyses, with a focus on computational modeling and Bayesian analysis approaches.
You teach courses in neuro-cognitive and behavioral data science and computational modeling.
You take on administrative tasks in research, teaching and administration.

This is part of your personality

Completed PhD degree or Diploma, e.g. in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Data Sciences or Statistics.
Advanced experience in academic writing and research methods.
Excellent command of written and spoken English and German at C1 level.
Expertise in scientific computing with R, Python or Matlab.
Experience with computational models of cognition and probabilistic programming languages such as Stan, Turing or Tensorflow.
Experience with advanced Bayesian inference approaches is highly desirable.
Expert knowledge in social and computational neuroscience.
Team player with strong communication skills, autonomous working style and problem solving abilities.

What we offer

Work-life balance: flexible working hours, remote/hybrid and/or part-time work upon agreement.
Inspiring working atmosphere: international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.
Good public transport connections: workplace in the center of Vienna.
Internal further training and coaching: more than 600 courses free of charge.
Fixed-term contract and fair salary: basic salary of EUR 5.014,30 full-time basis, 14 times a year, with increase possible for credited professional experience.

It is that easy to apply

Scientific curriculum vitae and letter of intent.
List of publications.
Summary of research interests.
Doctoral degree.
Contact details of persons who could provide reference letters.
Application via the job portal Apply now button.

Contact

For content questions, please contact Claus Lamm: claus.lamm@univie.ac.at.

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Ansprechpartner

Universität Wien

Wien

Universität Wien

Alle Details finden Sie auf der Website: www.postgraduatecenter.at

Bewerben:

Interessierte können sich laufend bewerben. Alle Details zum jeweiligen Bewerbungsverfahren finden Sie auf der Website www.postgraduatecenter.at

Wir stehen Ihnen telefonisch unter (+43)01-4277-10800 zur Verfügung.

Allgemeine Anfragen nehmen wir unter info@postgraduatecenter.at entgegen.

Website: www.postgraduatecenter.at

Klicke hier,
um mit der Karte zu interagieren.

Hauptstandort

Universität Wien

Campus der Universität Wien, Spitalgasse 2, Hof 1, Eingang 1.14.1
1090 Wien
Österreich