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 program.

In this position you will set out research lines on evaluation and validation of interventions and methods in the area of design for behaviour change for health & wellbeing. Understanding what happens over time, at different levels, as behaviour change technologies are brought to people's hands is necessary to advance the field. Questions to work on could be (but are not limited to): How can we evaluate long term behaviour change within a community for different types of interventions? How can we improve interventions by combining different levels of influence (individual, family, environment)?

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 (design of) behaviour change interventions and their validation and evaluation.
• You contribute to bridging academic research results and practice of industrial design engineering.
• 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 record in teaching and (preferably) development of new courses in the area of industrial design engineering, systemic design, social design or biomedical engineering.

• You hold a PhD in industrial design (engineering), interaction design, human computer interaction, biomedical engineering or another field relevant to the position
• You are an expert design researcher who can adopt and develop situated research and design methods
• You are a passionate academic and experienced teacher in higher education or striving to become so
• You are able to build great relationships with co-workers and practice and operate at the intersection of disciplines
• You have good mentoring skills to supervise BSc, Msc, PDEng and PhD students
• You have good communication skills and an excellent command of English

• A fulltime position (or 0.8) for 1 year, with the prospect of a permanent position after a positive evaluation
• A gross salary between € 3.974,- and € 6.181,- per month, depending on experience and qualifications. The salary is in accordance with Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities
• A holiday allowance of 8% of the gross annual salary and a year-end bonus of 8.3% and a solid pension scheme
• Professional and personal development programs
• A high degree of responsibility and independence, while collaborating with close colleagues, researchers and other university staff is strongly encouraged
• We offer an excellent and stimulating scientific environment on an attractive and green campus with lots of facilities for sports and leisure
• The university provides a dynamic ecosystem with enthusiastic colleagues in which internationalization is an important part of the strategic agenda.