Fulbright-University of Vienna Visiting Professor of Social Sciences

18 JUN 2026

U.S. scholars have until September 15, 2026, to apply for the Fulbright Visiting Professorship at the Faculty of Social Sciences for the 2027–28 academic year (starting in October 2027 or March 2028).

The Visiting Professorship for Teaching and Research offers a 4-month teaching and research fellowship at the University of Vienna.

This call for applications is open to researchers who are U.S. citizens in the following disciplines: demography, international development, cultural and social anthropology, nursing science, political science, journalism and communication studies, sociology, and science and technology studies. The remuneration for the visiting professorship is EUR 5,000 per month. In addition, a one-time travel allowance of EUR 1,000 will be provided.

Further information:

  1. https://fulbrightscholars.org/award/fulbright-university-vienna-visiting-professor-social-sciences-7
  2. https://www.fulbright.at/programs/in-austria/scholars/grant-details/fulbright-university-of-vienna-visiting-professor-of-social-sciences

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The Wittgenstein Centre aspires to be a world leader in the advancement of demographic methods and their application to the analysis of human capital and population dynamics. In assessing the effects of these forces on long-term human well-being, we combine scientific excellence in a multidisciplinary context with relevance to a global audience. It is a collaboration among the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the University of Vienna.