All Things Urban

The Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, one of the largest centres of its kind in Europe, brings together researchers from across the social sciences, humanities and engineering.

The Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research and Brussels Centre for Urban Studies are looking for colleagues in urban studies and planning! Join an expanding research community, with a track record in internationally and locally relevant research, and with a strong educational portfolio covering urban studies, spatial planning and design, and human geography.

- Research tasks: You will strengthen the research capacity of the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research and the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, primarily by bringing in new but complementary urban research niches. You will realize quality research output. You will (co-)supervise PhD researchers. You will apply for research funding at relevant levels (Brussels, Flemish, Belgian, EU). - Education tasks: Your educational tasks can involve the (co-)supervision of master’s theses (MSc Urban Studies, MSc 4Cities, MSc Spatial Planning and Urban Design, MSc Geography) and bachelor’s theses (BSc Geography). Depending on your profile, opportunities also exist for guest lectures or (co-)teaching existing course units within the mentioned programmes.

You have a PhD in urban studies, human geography, spatial planning and urban design or related domains. You have at least two years of postdoc research experience; You have an excellent track record in urban research as shown by: high-quality research output; international visibility within the relevant networks; experience with or potential for successfully acquiring research funding at different levels; experience with or potential for successfully supervising PhD researchers. As this is a small part-time position, we are looking for colleagues who already have a substantive (possibly tenured) position that can be combined with a 10 % professorship in Brussels.

You’ll be offered an appointment as a professor, for an assignment of 0.1 FTE, for 3 years (renewable, on the condition of the positive evaluation of the activities and pending funding availability), with a planned starting date of 01/02/2023 (a later date is possible).

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