University assistant predoctoral

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• While your key task will be research, work will also include teaching and administration (e.g., co-organizing academic events such as workshops)
• Participation in research projects/research studies
• Participation in publications/academic articles/presentations
• You work on your dissertation and its completion.
• Involvement in the organization of meetings, conferences, symposiums.
• International travel, e.g., to conferences.
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• Completed Master's/Diploma degree in Geoinformatics, GIScience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Data Science, Geography, Digital Humanities, Philosophy, Communication Studies, Computational Social Sciences, or related disciplines. If you have not yet finished your Master’s thesis, it needs to be completed by the start of the position in fall/winter 2026.
• We are currently not hiring candidates with core interests in physical geography, civil engineering, and remote sensing; there are far better groups in Vienna focusing on these areas.
• Clearly able to identify and explain the overlap between our research (GeoAI, knowledge graphs, knowledge representation, AI ethics, social sensing, …) and your own ideas.
• Grit: You are self-motivated, creative, eager to grow, and able to work independently on your and our joint long-term goals.
• Strong team skills and able to work in international, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary teams
• You are able to manage project work. e.g., write documentations, deliver project results in time, to present them to others.
• English language skills are required.
• At least some experience in using (Spatial) Data Science libraries and/or Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
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