Ref. no: 2627-95

WU, Vienna University of Economics and Business, is currently inviting applications for the position of a Full Professor of Health Economics at the Department of Socioeconomics.

This Chair will be granted for a five-year period, and is both publicly and privately funded.

Research and teaching at the Department of Socioeconomics integrates knowledge across disciplines to investigate the interplay of social and economic dynamics and to address social, economic, demographic and environmental challenges to sustainable development.

The ideal candidates have an outstanding international reputation in high quality scholarship and conduct applied health economic research in areas such as the analysis of health care markets, the economic evaluation of health service organization and delivery, the financing of medical care, health disparities or the economics of (risky) health behaviors. They should have a proven track record of excellent teaching in health economics.

For details of the position, please see www.wu.ac.at/jobs (PDF). Applications must be submitted by September 21st, 2014.