Teaching and Research Associate (PhD Position), Institute for Intercultural Communication, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Vienna, Austria. Deadline: 28 January 2026.
“Do you want to understand how language and culture are connected and make a fundamental impact? We offer an environment where you can realize your full potential. At one of Europe’s largest and most modern business and economics universities. On a campus where quality of work is also quality of life. We are looking for support at the
Institute for Intercultural Communication
Part-time, 30 hours/week
Starting April 01, 2026, and ending after 6 years
We explore how culture shapes human interaction and discourse, especially in organizational communication. Our current projects investigate intercultural / multilingual face-to-face and video-mediated interactions (multimodal conversation analysis) and language, culture, and communication in the context of migration.
Our teaching focuses on intercultural communication, including cross-cultural competence training courses, applied research projects on migration and diversity, intercultural simulations, as well as general courses on intercultural business communication.
What to expect
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Writing a dissertation: You will investigate your research topic in the field of intercultural (business) communication and spend a third of your working hours on writing your PhD dissertation. The outcomes of your research will be published in international academic journals.
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Regular research exchange: You will regularly present and discuss your research at international conferences and at our Institute’s regular research meetings and data sessions.
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Doctoral courses: You will enroll in WU’s PhD program and complete doctoral courses as part of your education.
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Teaching: You will teach your own course and contribute to the development of courses and course materials in intercultural (business) communication
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Research and teaching support: You will support administrative tasks related to research, teaching, research-to-practice activities, and self-governance and collaborate with our senior researchers on projects, proposals and papers.”
Center for Intercultural Dialogue 