The internationally renowned Technische Universität Berlin is located in Germany’s capital city at the heart of Europe. Our academic activities are focused on achieving sharply-defined goals: building a distinctive profile for our university, ensuring exceptional performance in research and teaching, providing our graduates with excellent qualifications and a modern approach to university administration.
Planning Building Environment Facullty, Institute of Urban and Regional Planning offers an open position of a University Professor – salary grade W3 for the chair of "Urban Planning and Urban Regeneration". Reference number: VI-228/19 (starting at 01/10/20 / permanent / closing date for applications 10/05/19).
The professorship represents the department of Urban Planning and Urban Regeneration in research and teaching. The focus of the professorship are the application and further development of urban planning strategies and instruments at the interplay of city districts and city regions as well as the regeneration and adaption of existing cities and neighborhoods to rapidly changing social conditions and future challenges such as climate protection, demographic change, mediatization and digitization.
Comprehensive knowledge is expected in several of the following areas: integ-rated and cooperative urban development planning, urban systems and their actors and actions as learning systems, urban planning in (metropolitan) regions, further development and research on methods and instruments of formal and informal planning and participation (e.g. by digitalization), cross-sectoral and multi-scale planning (e.g. housing, energy, transport) and ways of implementation, development and evaluation of support and funding instruments and policies.
Teaching assignments include classes in the German-language Bachelor and Master program "Urban and Regional Planning" as well as in English in the international study programs "Urban Design" and "Urban Planning and Mobility". Furthermore, contributions to the courses „Urban Development“ at the Campus El Gouna are desirable. The continuation and development of activities in international networks, especially with strategic partners of the TU is also desired. The teaching needs to provide an introduction and deepening in strategies, procedures and instruments of urban planning and urban regeneration. Applicants should have a background in urban planning and know how of urban generation in national and international context.
Candidates must qualify for appointment according to the requirements of §100 of the Berlin Higher Education Act (BerlHG); these entail a completed university degree in spatial planning or architecture and geography focused on urban planning aspects, scientific qualifications (PhD as well as "Habilitation" or equivalent scientific achievements, i.e. publications), practical experience (providing expertise, consulting) as well as teaching aptitude and pedagogical-didactic qualifications, to be given proof of by a teaching portfolio.
In addition, experience in project-oriented teaching is desirable. Experiences in the implementation of urban planning is indispensable for teaching.
We are looking for an outstanding researcher capable of increasing the national as well as international visibility of Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) in the area of urban planning and urban regeneration. A successful track record in securing and leading research projects as well as an outstanding publication records including international journals are desirable. Expected experiences are in the acquisition and implementation of third-party funded projects of the public and private sector as well as the leadership of research groups. Communication skills, personnel management capabilities and the readiness to take on administrative tasks are essential. Furthermore the willingness to continuously develop interdisciplinary cooperation with other departments of TU Berlin, research establishments outside university as well as on the international level is a prerequisite. Experiences in working in interdisciplinary teams and competences in the field of promotion of young academics and women as well as in the field of gender mainstreaming are desirable. You should be willing and able to deliver courses in German and English. Incidentally we refer to the AS resolution on "Language Policy" of 16th May 2018.
Technische Universität Berlin is determined to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages qualified female researchers to apply. In case of equal merit, severely disabled candidates will be favoured. TU Berlin values the diversity of its members and is committed to the goals of equal opportunities. Technische Universität Berlin is a certified family-friendly higher education institution, and our Dual Career Service offers assistance to you and your family when relocating to Berlin. Applications from abroad are explicitely welcome. The application documents should include a teaching and research portfolio.
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