CURRENT OPEN POSITIONS (all genders welcome)

Deadline for Applications: please see below
Currently, the following PhD positions are advertised, each associated to one of the two universities as detailed in the list below. The successful candidates will become members of the Vienna School of Mathematics and are expected to actively contribute to its activities. The extent of employment is 30 hours per week. Candidates who
want to apply for more than one position must apply separately for each position by following the corresponding indicated procedure.
The VSM fosters diversity and gender equality.

Up to 3 PhD Positions Financed by the VSM (University of Vienna); detailed information, application via recruiting tool, application deadline February 28, 2026 – there is currently an issue with the application system for these positions; we are working on solving it and apologize for the inconvenience
Geometric analysis under curvature bounds (University of Vienna, Supervisor: D. Semola), intended starting date between September 1 and November 1, 2026, detailed information, application via email: daniele.semola@univie.ac.at, no fixed application deadline
Several positions Constraint Satisfaction: between universal algebra, model theory, and theoretical computer science (TU Wien, Supervisor: M. Pinsker). Detailed information. Application via mail to jobs@pococop.eu, for full consideration, applicants are encouraged to express their interest, no fixed application deadline
Collective Dynamics: From Individual-Based Models to Continuum Equations (University of Vienna, Supervisor: Sara Merino-Aceituno); detailed information, application via application portal (will be activated soon), application deadline March 11, 2026
Variational analysis, dynamics and operations research (TU Wien, Supervisors: Aris Daniilidis, Sebastian Tapia Garcia); detailed information, application via application portal, application deadline March 5, 2026
Universal Phenomena in Analytic Combinatorics (TU Wien, Supervisor: Michael Wallner); detailed information, application via email, application deadline April 30, 2026

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Feel free to check this site regularly, as we are planning to add further positions in the coming weeks.

Information on previous calls and positions financed via the VSM can be found here.