Assistant Professor - Urban design for local climate types

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) on Urban Design for Local Climate Types in 4TU Project.

We invite applicants to join our international and interdisciplinary team of passionate and ambitious academic professionals at the Department of Urbanism, at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. One of the world's leading institutes in the field, ranked 2nd in the QS World University by Subject-Ranking. We are looking for a motivated colleague to strengthen our Section Environmental Technology and Design (ETD), and to join the 4 TU HERITAGE team.

HERITAGE (HEat Robustness In relation To AGEing cities) is a research program aiming at the detection, reduction and prevention of heat-stress occurring due to the ageing of built environmental settings and buildings in Dutch cities through socio-technical solutions. This programme is a 4TU initiative connecting the four universities of technology in the Netherlands: the Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente and Wageningen University and Research.

We are looking for a colleague to develop an independent research line within the 4TU HERITAGE programme focusing on the relationship between urban morphology and outdoor and indoor heat in the context of climate change. We specifically welcome applications from candidates with an interest and experience in linking data-driven research methods (e.g. clustering classification methods, microclimate simulations and on-site measurements) with spatial design on different scales. This approach is instrumental for the assessment of climate adaptation measures as well as the development of design guidelines for heat mitigation tailored to different urban morphologies.

As an assistant professor on a tenure track you will co-supervise PhD students and contribute to education, which includes teaching and developing courses on topics related to climate adaptation and methodology, as well as existing courses in the Urbanism and Faculty curriculum, at BSc and MSc levels. In addition, every academic staff is expected to contribute to management and service tasks within the department, faculty and university.

The section of Environmental Technology and Design (ETD) contributes to inter- and transdisciplinary, context-driven and problem/solution-focused research and education for the sake of a better environment. It involves a collaborative design and engineering approach, with social-and environmental-based methods and techniques as operative instruments, as well as the development and application of advanced urban data science and geospatial information technologies to support this primary aim. Research and education blend environmental technology, urban ecology, citizen participation and environmental behaviour at different scales. There is a strong emphasis on the interaction of these fields in terms of theories, methods and techniques, as well as their application via concepts, strategies and spatial interventions, as a significant part of ETD's research portfolio concerns applied science for and often with public and private partners.

The successful candidate for this position has:

• A strong interest in heat stress and socio-technical solutions.
• A PhD in Urbanism, Environmental Sciences, Design Engineering, Built Environment or a comparable domain.
• Postdoctoral research experience.
• A strong international profile, evidenced by international work experience and network.
• Ability to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary academic research, evidenced by a strong list of internationally peer-reviewed publications and contributions to books.
• Preferably experience in the management of research projects, grant proposal writing, and supervision of PhD students.
• Experience with teaching in Urbanism or related fields, and the ambition to acquire University Teaching Qualifications within a short period of time.
• Experience in supervising students and the ability to motivate students.
• Strong cooperation skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
• A demonstrated proficiency in the written and spoken use of the English language as well as the willingness to learn Dutch, and good presentation and communication skills.

TU Delft creates equal opportunities and encourages women to apply.

A tenure-track position is offered for six years. In the fifth year we’ll decide if you will be offered a permanent faculty position, based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment. 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.

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.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy from early in the morning until late at night, with four thousand people studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Department of Urbanism
The Department of Urbanism in the Faculty of Architecture conducts education and research in the fields of Urbanism, Landscape Architecture, and Geo-information. The department uses the Delft approach, an multidisciplinary and integrated approach that combines urban design, spatial planning, landscape architecture, environment technology, urban studies and geo-information. The department has a very good reputation worldwide in the field of research and education. Urbanism is best known for its 'unity of urbanism', which combines the creativity of design with scientific research methods. This combination is highly regarded in professional practice, research and education.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Dr.ir. Marjolein van Esch, Assistant Professor, e-mail:  [email protected] .

For more information about the recruitment procedure, please contact Mw. Caro Coemans, HR Advisor,
e-mail: [email protected] .

The position will remain open until November 15, 2022 (local Dutch time: UTC time + 2hrs.) You must apply via the "Apply now" button. Applications via e-mail will not be processed.  

We invite you to submit a complete application. The application should include a:

• Cover letter describing your motivation and qualifications for the position.
• Curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and the contact information of three references.
• Description of your scientific interests and plans (1-2 pages).
• Statement of your teaching goals and experience (1-2 pages).

We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as possible. The vacancy will remain open until the position is filled.

Please note:

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
• A pre-Employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) on Urban Design for Local Climate Types in 4TU Project.

We invite applicants to join our international and interdisciplinary team of passionate and ambitious academic professionals at the Department of Urbanism, at the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. One of the world's leading institutes in the field, ranked 2nd in the QS World University by Subject-Ranking. We are looking for a motivated colleague to strengthen our Section Environmental Technology and Design (ETD), and to join the 4 TU HERITAGE team.

HERITAGE (HEat Robustness In relation To AGEing cities) is a research program aiming at the detection, reduction and prevention of heat-stress occurring due to the ageing of built environmental settings and buildings in Dutch cities through socio-technical solutions. This programme is a 4TU initiative connecting the four universities of technology in the Netherlands: the Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Twente and Wageningen University and Research.

We are looking for a colleague to develop an independent research line within the 4TU HERITAGE programme focusing on the relationship between urban morphology and outdoor and indoor heat in the context of climate change. We specifically welcome applications from candidates with an interest and experience in linking data-driven research methods (e.g. clustering classification methods, microclimate simulations and on-site measurements) with spatial design on different scales. This approach is instrumental for the assessment of climate adaptation measures as well as the development of design guidelines for heat mitigation tailored to different urban morphologies.

As an assistant professor on a tenure track you will co-supervise PhD students and contribute to education, which includes teaching and developing courses on topics related to climate adaptation and methodology, as well as existing courses in the Urbanism and Faculty curriculum, at BSc and MSc levels. In addition, every academic staff is expected to contribute to management and service tasks within the department, faculty and university.

The section of Environmental Technology and Design (ETD) contributes to inter- and transdisciplinary, context-driven and problem/solution-focused research and education for the sake of a better environment. It involves a collaborative design and engineering approach, with social-and environmental-based methods and techniques as operative instruments, as well as the development and application of advanced urban data science and geospatial information technologies to support this primary aim. Research and education blend environmental technology, urban ecology, citizen participation and environmental behaviour at different scales. There is a strong emphasis on the interaction of these fields in terms of theories, methods and techniques, as well as their application via concepts, strategies and spatial interventions, as a significant part of ETD's research portfolio concerns applied science for and often with public and private partners.

The successful candidate for this position has:

• A strong interest in heat stress and socio-technical solutions.
• A PhD in Urbanism, Environmental Sciences, Design Engineering, Built Environment or a comparable domain.
• Postdoctoral research experience.
• A strong international profile, evidenced by international work experience and network.
• Ability to conduct high-quality interdisciplinary academic research, evidenced by a strong list of internationally peer-reviewed publications and contributions to books.
• Preferably experience in the management of research projects, grant proposal writing, and supervision of PhD students.
• Experience with teaching in Urbanism or related fields, and the ambition to acquire University Teaching Qualifications within a short period of time.
• Experience in supervising students and the ability to motivate students.
• Strong cooperation skills and ability to work in an interdisciplinary team.
• A demonstrated proficiency in the written and spoken use of the English language as well as the willingness to learn Dutch, and good presentation and communication skills.

TU Delft creates equal opportunities and encourages women to apply.

A tenure-track position is offered for six years. In the fifth year we’ll decide if you will be offered a permanent faculty position, based on performance indicators agreed upon at the start of the appointment. 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.

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.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy from early in the morning until late at night, with four thousand people studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Department of Urbanism
The Department of Urbanism in the Faculty of Architecture conducts education and research in the fields of Urbanism, Landscape Architecture, and Geo-information. The department uses the Delft approach, an multidisciplinary and integrated approach that combines urban design, spatial planning, landscape architecture, environment technology, urban studies and geo-information. The department has a very good reputation worldwide in the field of research and education. Urbanism is best known for its 'unity of urbanism', which combines the creativity of design with scientific research methods. This combination is highly regarded in professional practice, research and education.

For more information about this vacancy, please contact Dr.ir. Marjolein van Esch, Assistant Professor, e-mail:  [email protected] .

For more information about the recruitment procedure, please contact Mw. Caro Coemans, HR Advisor,
e-mail: [email protected] .

The position will remain open until November 15, 2022 (local Dutch time: UTC time + 2hrs.) You must apply via the "Apply now" button. Applications via e-mail will not be processed.  

We invite you to submit a complete application. The application should include a:

• Cover letter describing your motivation and qualifications for the position.
• Curriculum vitae, including a list of your publications and the contact information of three references.
• Description of your scientific interests and plans (1-2 pages).
• Statement of your teaching goals and experience (1-2 pages).

We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as possible. The vacancy will remain open until the position is filled.

Please note:

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
• A pre-Employment screening can be part of the selection procedure.
• Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.