Skills, qualifications and experience

• PhD degree combined with more than 10 years of relevant research experience in material sciences and systems analysis.
• Extensive experience in industrial ecology, environmental footprint analysis and multi-regional input-output models.
• Expertise related to circularity measures in the context of energy-material transitions and climate change mitigation.
• Leadership experience in executing collaborative research projects and credible science project management experience.
• Strong publication profile in leading journals with a competitive research citation profile.
• Demonstrated external grant-raising competencies, also for self-initiated proposals.
• A degree of flexibility and willingness to travel.
• Fluency in English and excellent presentation skills.

• IIASA offers an interdisciplinary and international workplace, and the possibility to interact with researchers of different nationalities, with strong ties to a world-wide network of research institutions engaged in environmental systems research. The successful candidate must be able to work in, and have respect for, an intercultural environment, and IIASA core values.

APpointment terms

The successful candidate should be available to take up the position as soon as possible in 2025. We offer an initial fixed-term, full-time employment contract for one year, with the possibility for extension thereafter.

Eligible applicants wishing to work part-time hours may be considered.

The place of work is IIASA in Laxenburg, near Vienna Austria.

The successful candidate will be appointed in accordance with the IIASA profiles for research careers (R3 or R4).

we offer

• The possibility to contribute to environmental sciences for sustainability and global wellbeing.
• Career development perspectives.
• An international atmosphere and pleasant working environment in a historic market town surrounded by green areas.
• An attractive salary which is exempt from income tax in Austria and negotiable, based on the qualifications, skills and experience of the selected individual but at least
  EUR 71,949.00 for senior research scholars (R3)
  or
  EUR 95,184.00 for principal research scholars (R4)

Salaries quoted are:

• Gross per annum (subject to deductions for health insurance and/or social security).
• Not directly comparable with other employers in Austria, due to the unique legal status and privileges granted to IIASA.
• Subject to the principle of income aggregation (Progressionsvorbehalt in German).

Other benefits

• Educational subsidies for children of school age enrolled in private schools in Austria.
• A generous annual leave entitlement.
• Relocation allowances and paid home leave for employees hired from international locations.
• Assistance for newcomers to Austria with visa, work and residency permit applications.
• Support finding accommodation in Austria.

Further details here.

IIASA is committed to a working environment that promotes equality, diversity, tolerance and inclusion within its workforce. This is reflected in our IIASA core values and the IIASA Gender Equality Plan (GEP). We encourage qualified candidates from all religious, ethnic, and social backgrounds to apply. In the case that candidates are equally qualified, preference will be given to applicants from countries where IIASA has a Member Organization.