Austria : PhD-position in Logistics/Supply Chain Management

PhD Studentships in Quantitative Methods / Logistics, University of Vienna, Austria

PhD-position in Logistics/Supply Chain Management and Quantitative Methods

The chair of Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Vienna offers a PhD-candidate position in its expanding international research team. The position includes participation in the faculty’s PhD program in Logistics and Operations Management and the opportunity to conduct a research project under the supervision of experienced senior researchers. A four year scholarship, the possibility to spend some time at a foreign research institution, and to present research results at leading international conferences are provided. The position further offers the opportunity to gain teaching experience (all Logistics and Supply Chain courses are taught in English) and to disseminate the research results within projects with industry. Our research areas include supply chain inventory management (especially service parts and retail applications), supply chain coordination (using game theoretic approaches), and strategic network design.

The Department of Business Administration is, according to the latest ranking by Handelsblatt, the #1 research institution in Business Administration in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. The city of Vienna, according to the latest Mercer survey, offers the highest quality of life worldwide.

If you are interested you should have completed (or be close to completion) of a master degree (Diploma / Magister) in Business Administration, Mathematics, Statistics, Operations Research, Management Information Systems, or Mathematical Economics with excellent records. Please send us your full application, including

• letter of motivation,
• resumé,
• transcript of records,
• relevant certificates.

to alexandra.ederer@univie.ac.at

Application Deadline: July 13, 2009

Contact:
Minner, Stefan
University of Vienna
stefan.minner@univie.ac.at