WU is currently inviting applications for the position of a full professor of Nonprofit Management and Governance at the Department of Management. Candidates are expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher in their field. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.

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WU is committed to diversity and inclusion, and qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference. Applicants with disabilities will be supported during each stage of the recruitment process. Candidates’ qualifications will be assessed in the context of their academic age.

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Further details on the call for applications, including a detailed qualification profile, can be found online: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/careers/job-portal/jobs/professorships.

Nonprofit Management and Governance is a diverse and multidisciplinary research area, in which various management and governance elements are studied in the context of nonprofit organizations, the third sector and Civil Society. Ideally, candidates will explore various challenges and opportunities in terms of management and governance related with nonprofit organizations. This includes, but is not limited to, (1) organizational and institutional dynamics in the nonprofit sector, (2) measuring and managing social impact, (3) social innovation in nonprofits and social entrepreneurship, (4) volunteering and HRM, (5) fundraising and financial management, and (6) governing transparency and accountability of nonprofit organizations. In one or more of these research areas, candidates should have a strong track record of theory-related empirical research in organizations and the field.

The successful candidate is expected to have established an international reputation as a researcher as exemplified above and to have the following characteristics (candidates’ qualifications will be assessed under consideration of their academic age):

1. A solid academic qualification (e.g. PhD, habilitation, or equivalent qualification) in management (highly advantageous), alternatively a closely related area
2. a track record of international experiences;
3. An outstanding international reputation for excellent research based on management and organization theories from a social science perspective in Nonprofit Management and Governance;
4. an excellent research record with regard to their academic age, especially by
   1. having demonstrated the ability to publish in top-tier journals of the field (especially advantageous also in journals from the WU star-list and the department’s A+ and A lists) and by
   2. regular participation in recognized conferences and workshops in the field of Management (e.g., Academy of Management, EGOS, EURAM, ARNOVA, ISTR);
5. a record in successfully attracting research funding;
6. Excellent teaching qualifications at undergraduate and graduate levels as well as in executive education
7. active participation in the international scientific community and a proven track record of serving the scientific community;
8. Team leadership qualities;
9. Gender and diversity management skills;
10. well documented activities in the areas of self-governance and third mission;
11. ability to teach in German is an advantage; And – in case this is not possible at the start of the employment – a strong commitment to learn German towards an advance level (CEFR B2) in the first five year is expected, in order to fulfill necessary responsibilities of this position, including teaching, university self-governance, and third mission activities.

We expect the successful candidate to teach at all levels of higher education and executive education at WU, both in classroom and in distance-learning. Full professors are expected to teach eight credit hours weekly at WU. We also want them to play an active role in the development and improvement of existing academic programs.

The successful candidate will be expected to take on a leadership role at institute level at the Department of Management, to establish stakeholder relations and to position the Institute of Nonprofit Management and Governance as international knowledge hub for Nonprofit Management and Governance.

The new professor should also take an active role in the university’s self-governance and third mission activities. The successful candidate shares the department’s collaborative approach and is also expected to contribute to the future development of the Department of Management (see https://www.wu.ac.at/management/).

Overall, the successful candidate complements the department’s profile in research, teaching, and third mission. Especially in research, the candidate introduces new approaches to the overall portfolio of the department as well as connects with existing research foci.

WU assesses performance in the context of each applicant’s biography and relative to the opportunities available to them. This approach recognizes that academic achievements cannot be assessed separately from each individual researchers’ biographical factors. To ensure equitable opportunities, qualifications are evaluated relative to the applicant’s academic age. This means that WU takes biographical factors such as part-time employment or career interruptions due to caregiving or childcare obligations or other functions performed at or outside of a university into account. Depending on the candidate’s academic credentials, the employment contract can be concluded either as a permanent employment contract or as a fixed-term employment contract with the option of a permanent extension.

In your application, you can include personal data related to biographical factors. WU will keep all data that you send us as part of your application confidential. All persons involved in the selection procedure are bound by obligations of secrecy.

Applicants should address their applications and all relevant documents (including in any case a letter of motivation, academic CV, reference to the criteria specified in the call for applications) to the Rector of WU Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, and upload these documents using the link provided/ button below/ on the WU website.

Please submit your application via WU’s online recruiting tool by August 15, 2025.

For details of the position, please contact the department head, Professor Renate Meyer, Department of Management, by email: Renate.Meyer@wu.ac.at, or deputy department head, Professor Jurgen Willems, Department of Management, by email: Jurgen.Willems@wu.ac.at.

For details about the application process, please contact the Senior Faculty Recruitment team by email at prof.application@wu.ac.at.

Please note: Only applications uploaded via our online recruiting tool will be considered. In their application documents, applicants must respond to all criteria specified in the call for applications, especially to items A) “Qualifications” and B) “What we expect.” A reference to these two items is considered a mandatory element of any application to WU Vienna, and any applications that lack this mandatory element cannot be considered.

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