Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment) / Reference Code 37

The Department of Water, Atmosphere and Environment, Institute of Safety and Risk Sciences is currently seeking a Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment).

Extent of employment:         20 hours per week

Duration of employment:      1st of April 2024, limited to 30th of November 2027

Gross monthly salary and pay grade in terms of collective agreement for university staff (payable 14 times per year): B1, € 1.789,40

Responsibilities:

As part of the advertised position, criteria for a sustainability assessment of "Advanced Materials" are to be formulated.
In addition to criteria for assessing the environmental impact and economic aspects, which will be developed primarily in
cooperation with partner institutions, the focus will be on developing criteria for assessing the social impact. This task is part of a method with which the European Commission's strategy for the development of safe and sustainable chemicals and materials (SSbD) is to be implemented. As part of the activity, it will also be analysed together with the other project partners of the EU Sunrise project how the new method could be anchored within the EU's legal framework for materials and chemicals. The tasks are therefore primarily dedicated to socio-technical and socioecological issues and also concern the regulation of technologies. In order to fulfil these tasks, a constant exchange with the other project partners is necessary. The position is suitable for a dissertation.

Required skills and qualifications:

• Diploma degree in a either a social science or b) an economic, legal, environmental science or technical field (if social science expertise can also be demonstrated in the latter) or other equivalent university degree
• Language skills: English and German

Desired skills and qualifications:

• The ability to work independently and scientifically
• The ambition to contribute to the sustainable and riskminimising design of technologies with differentiated and indepth
  approaches

University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female faculty and staff members. Therefore qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference unless reasons specific to an individual male candidate tilt the balance in his favour.

People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply.

Please send your job application incl.

• Motivation letter
• CV
• A short self-written text (topic does not matter, 2,000-5,000
  words, seminar paper or excerpt/chapter from master's
  thesis/diploma thesis etc.)

to Personnel Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Straße 70, 1190 Vienna; E-Mail: recruiting@boku.ac.at. (Reference code: 37)

We regret that we cannot reimburse applicants travel and lodging expenses incurred as part of the selection and hiring process.

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