Assistant Professor Formgiving (with an education focus)

Assistant Professor Formgiving (with an education focus)
Assistant Professor Formgiving (with an education focus)

Published	Deadline	Location
yesterday	15 Feb	Delft

Will you bring our design education to the next level, based on the latest research? In a position where research and education reinforce each other?
Job description

The department Human-Centered Design (HCD) within the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) is recruiting an assistant professor with a focus on education and specific expertise in Formgiving.

We define Formgiving as the way in which a designer gives shape to his/her idea and concept. This can be a product, a service or a system; it can be physical or virtual; it can be tangible or intangible; it can be static or dynamic. Through that form, the designer communicates with the user/consumer. In this way formgiving gives expression to the product; it carries the identity of an organisation and the qualities of the brand; it is the access to the function of a product and the technology that makes that function possible; it brings the elements of a product together into an aesthetically pleasing, understandable, meaningful, or seductive whole and is therefore the key to experience, behaviour, and behavioural change.

Formgiving is a skill that one learns by doing; by experimenting with material, shape, colour, timing, dynamics, and interaction. Formgiving is also a field of knowledge: In recent decades, a great deal of knowledge has been developed about expression and meaning, about metaphors and affordances, about the character of new materials and the aesthetics of interaction with interactive technology and dynamic systems.

The assistant professor Formgiving brings a new impulse to this changing and evolving domain. An impulse that is scientifically informed and embedded in research, but has a main focus on educating our design students.

In this role you will show leadership in three domains: (1) integrating state-of-the-art knowledge on Formgiving in the IDE curriculum, (2) contributing to the development of this state-of-the-art knowledge, and (3) acting as ambassador for the Formgiving competence, involving colleagues in innovative learning and teaching practices.

• 60% Of your time is dedicated to teaching. This includes coordinating one or more core courses in BSc or MSc education (to be determined). Furthermore, you are broadly deployable for other education, such as supervising graduates and students in project-based education.
• 30% Of your time is earmarked for research and valorisation. You fulfil this task by keeping track of knowledge development in the field of Formgiving and by conducting research for knowledge development relevant to that competency. For this purpose, strategic collaborations can be entered into with IDE researchers.
• Finally, 10% of your time is for general organisation (such as meetings and administration).
• For all of the above, the focus of your activities will be determined in consultation with your supervisor.

Specifications

• 36—40 hours per week
• €3974—€5439 per month
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Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Requirements

You have mastered the design process and have been scientifically trained. You have a demonstrable affinity with education and can make the link between education and research.

• You have a Bachelor and/or Master in design, arts or a related field.
• You have a PhD in design, arts or a related field.
• You are a born teacher: you have a passion for education and at least three years of teaching experience.
• You are skilled in the use of active learning strategies and strive for excellence in teaching.
• You have social intelligence; you can support and inspire students and colleagues.
• You are a team player; you work constructively with fellow teachers and researchers, students, and the educational organisation (education board and educational & student affairs).
• You are proactive in the organisation and innovation of education; you are prepared to take the initiative in educational development.
• You are a go-getter; someone who is able to bring educational development to a successful execution (and enthuse colleagues to do so).

Conditions of employment

Fixed-term contract: 6 jaar.

A temporary tenure-track position is offered. Afterwards and based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment you will be offered a permanent position. We expect that you have the potential to grow towards an Associate Professor and/or Full Professor role in the future.

Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. We expect you to obtain a University Teaching Qualification (UTQ) within three years if you have less than five years of teaching experience. This is provided by the TU Delft UTQ programme.

TU Delft sets high standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. The TU Delft offers training to improve English competency. If you do not speak Dutch, we offer courses to learn the Dutch language within three years.

Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities. The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount on health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

For international applicants we offer the Coming to Delft Service and Partner Career Advice to assist you with your relocation. An International Children's Centre offers childcare and there is an international primary school.

Employer
Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

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Department
Faculty Industrial Design Engineering

Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.

IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.

In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.

The faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) educates students to be designers of products, services and systems that improve people's lives and have a positive impact on society. They are taught to address complex issues using a diverse range of methods and techniques to conceptualise and materialise. We teach our students how to initiate and shape future transitions while making connections across disciplines. The focus is on human-centered design using realistic challenges from the industry, societal organisations and government.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Or visit our Education Pages https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/education

Additional information

The department Human-Centered Design (HCD) develops knowledge about the interaction between people and design—knowledge with which the human dimension can be placed at the centre of design processes. This includes both instrumental and experiential aspects of human-design interactions. The term 'design' is used here in a broad sense, as product, service, environment, etc., and as part of complex adaptive socio-technological systems with multiple stakeholders, and an increasing role of complex data and artificial intelligence. Important aspects are the expressiveness of the design, usability and aesthetics, the meaning the design has for the user in the socio-cultural context, and the impact it has on the user, stakeholders, and the community. HCD applies the motto "design for the human dimension" both in its research and in its contribution to IDE education.

IDE education enables students to develop the broad set of competences that are required to be a professional designer. The department Human-Centered Design (HCD) contributes several of such competences to the curriculum, such as integration, prototyping, imagination/vision creation, framing, identity & positioning, formgiving, user testing, design research, critical thinking, context mapping, and systems thinking. The current position focuses specifically on the core competence Formgiving, contributing to both design education and knowledge development.

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/about-ide/departments/human-centered-design

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