The challenge
Designers and engineers at the Faculty of Engineering Technology of the University of Twente envision a world in which technological innovations are developed with one single purpose: to serve humanity. A world in which technology, design and engineering drive change in ways that benefit society, people and our planet. Long term effects for human wellbeing and working on societal challenges steer our work. We are looking for a versatile academic at the assistant professor level who can independently develop and advance a research line that will support the future of the field and who is an inspirational teacher in the Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) program.
In this position you will set out research lines on the impact of systems thinking in design - what systems thinking methodologies can and should we use to support societal transformations (e.g. sustainability, health and wellbeing, digitization)?
The person fulfilling this assistant professor position will have the opportunity to work with a PhD candidate on a fully funded position.
We invite inspiring, enthusiastic, innovative and entrepreneurial candidates to apply for this position. You are expected to contribute to and take responsibility for research and teaching development in the following ways:
- You work as an independent researcher who can identify academic questions related to the impact of systems thinking in design. This can be related to different societal challenges (sustainability, health & wellbeing, etc).
- You are able to bridge academic research results and practice of industrial design engineering, system design and/or design for transitions.
- You have a good track record of publishing research results in high quality international refereed journals and conferences.
- You can build relevant and necessary networks to attract external funding (national science foundation, EU, government and industry)
- You have a consistent record in teaching and in development of new courses in the area of industrial design engineering, system design, social design or other relevant fields.