All Things Urban

All degree programmes and research activities at Aalborg University are problem and project-based and have an interdisciplinary focus. Through strong interplay between staff and students and intense collaboration with public and private sectors, we offer degree programmes with a real-world approach and provide world-class research. This results in new insights, new solutions to societal challenges and knowledge that changes the world.

At the Technical Faculty of IT and Design, Department of Architecture, Design, and Media Technology a position as Associate Professor in Architecture and Wellbeing is open for appointment from March 1st, 2020 or soon hereafter. The Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology has as its goal the development of an innovative cluster of engineering-based environments for education and research which integrate creativity, engineering and technology within the disciplines of architecture, urban design, industrial design, and interactive media. The department is a leading research and educational environment in Denmark that addresses the challenge of the interplay between creativity and technology, and develops new areas in research and education directed towards the end-user. At Aalborg University, the architecture research environment works cross-disciplinary integrating functional, technical, social, and aesthetic elements of architecture and we expect that the applicant master architectural research within an integrated design perspective. The department wishes to enhance its research within social sustainability, health and wellbeing and welfare architecture; focusing on an architectural research that explores a user perspective in architectural design. The candidate shall have an interest to contribute to the department’s theoretical focus on themes such as atmospheres and affordances, and address the SDG goals. The applicant for the position must have a PhD-degree and a relevant background in architecture and/or architectural engineering.

The position is permanent and the applicant will be part of an ambitious research and teaching environment. We expect that the applicant will contribute to the research activities at the department by individually and collectively contributions to the development of externally funded research projects. The position will contain teaching obligations primarily in relation to the Architectural and Urban design programs at the department but also in some extend to related programs at the University, as well as containing administrative tasks related to the department.

The level of qualification for Associate Professors shall correspond to the level, which can be achieved on the basis of the appointment as Assistant Professor, but may be achievable in other ways. The appointment presupposes that the applicant can demonstrate original scientific production at an international level as well as documented teaching qualifications. Appointment to the position requires that both research and teaching qualifications are at the requested level. The two qualifications will be given equal and principal priority in the overall assessment.

This job is available for international candidates.