The new staff member will carry out research and teaching related to the development of spatial designs and advanced spatial analysis on the integration between urban transformations and management of urban and environmental risk. Experience in teamwork is required since the position involves collaboration with experts from different disciplinary backgrounds, particularly spatial planning, environmental modelling, and landscape architecture. Knowledge from history and theory of urbanism and environment design is required as well as experience in "research by design".

This new position is partly funded by the 4TU programme on the Design of Systems for Informed Resilience Engineering (DeSIRE) and the new staff member will participate in the newly established 4TU Centre for Resilience Engineering. Within TUDelft, the new staff member will closely work with colleagues in the department and faculty, the Flood Resilience group at Civil Engineering, the Systems Engineering and Simulation group (Multi-Actor Systems dept.) at the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management, and other experts in the 4TU DESIRE network. As the DeSIRE project related Tenure Track of TU Delft will be connected to the AMS Institute, close collaboration with stakeholders and practitioners (both private and public) related to AMS related cases will also form an important part of the scope. Moreover, the staff member will develop a strong national and international network in the field.

The position will involve ca. 50% research related work and 50% teaching and there are expected to be strong links between research and education. The post also involves management tasks, acquisition of research projects and academic valorisation. It is deemed essential to build up and maintain good collaboration with the other research groups within and outside the Department while striving for multidisciplinary knowledge and technology integration.

A tenure track position is initially a temporary appointment of high potential candidates, which, if performance criteria are met, will become a permanent appointment that offers an opportunity for progression to associate or full professor. It offers a clear and attractive career path and a structured career and personal development programme designed to offer individual academics as much support as possible.

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The candidate should:

• hold a PhD degree in architecture, urban design theory & methods, environmental technology & design, urban development management or related fields and postgraduate experience;
• have ample knowledge in urban design theory, modelling methods, with focus on urban transformations;
• excellent academic skills, as demonstrated by a solid scientific track record through academic publication;
• have experience in working in multidisciplinary teams;
• have a strong (proven) didactic skills and teaching experience in BSc and MSc education;
• have a teaching qualification or a willingness to undertake such training;
• preferably have experience in application of academic work in practice;
• have, or be able to set up, a developing international research and practitioner network;
• preferably have experience PhD supervision and writing of research proposals;
• a good command of English and high-level communication skills and a good command of Dutch or a willingness to undertake such training.  

Fixed-term contract: max. 6 years.

At the start of the tenure-track you will be appointed as Assistant Professor for the duration of six years. Section leader, department leaders and you will agree upon expected performance and (soft) skills. You will receive formal feedback on performance and skills during annual assessment meetings and the mid-term evaluation. If the performance and skills are evaluated positively at the end of the tenure track, you will be appointed in a permanent Assistant Professor position.

TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, a discount for health insurance and sport memberships, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged. An International Children’s Centre offers childcare and an international primary school. Dual Career Services offers support to accompanying partners. Salary and benefits are in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

TU Delft sets specific standards for the English competency of the teaching staff. TU Delft offers training to improve English competency.
Inspiring, excellent education is our central aim. If you have less than five years of experience and do not yet have your teaching certificate, we allow you up to three years to obtain this.

Delft University of Technology

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is a multifaceted institution offering education and carrying out research in the technical sciences at an internationally recognised level. Education, research and design are strongly oriented towards applicability. TU Delft develops technologies for future generations, focusing on sustainability, safety and economic vitality. At TU Delft you will work in an environment where technical sciences and society converge. TU Delft comprises eight faculties, unique laboratories, research institutes and schools.

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Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment

Since its foundation 110 years ago, the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has built up a solid international reputation for training architects, urban planners and designers, as well as for its research portfolio and coaching of PhD candidates. With around 2600 students and 500 staff members, with around 230 FTEs devoted to academic positions, our faculty is one of the largest of Delft University of Technology and one of the most prestigious architecture and the built environment faculties globally. Traditionally, the faculty has prioritised high-quality training in design and research in the field of the built environment. Over 40 chairs cover a wide range of academic areas in design, process and technology, which together cover the entire field of the built environment. The faculty has a budget of around €38 million, of which approximately €7 million is sourced indirectly and from contracts with third parties.

The Department of Urbanism in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment encompasses and combines urban design, spatial planning, landscape architecture and environmental modelling. These areas are represented in the four sections of the department. The Department has a global reputation for excellence in research and education, and is particularly well known for the ‘Dutch approach’ to urbanism that brings together the creativity of design with academic research methods. This ‘integral’ urbanism enjoys high international esteem in professional practice, research and education.

The TU Delft Chair of Urban Design Theory & Methods is embeeded within the Section of Urban Design of the Department of Urbanism. The Chair of Urban Design Theory and Methods is concerned with the design of the physical form of urban areas and the complex relationships between urban form and social processes. We have an expertise in spatial analysis, with a focus on evaluating the built form including architecture and open space, public as well as private space and its different uses. We are developing innovative concepts and approaches for urban analysis and design, acknowledging contextual changes that call for a rethinking of theory and method in urban design. The object of urban design – the city – is changing rapidly: in the Netherlands and across the globe, complex urban regions are emerging. A whole range of systemic changes in relation to, for example, transport, water management, energy production and consumption but also the social composition of cities and urban regions means that the assumptions about the relations between urban form and social activity are becoming outdated. We understand cities as ‘complex adaptive systems’ that comprise a multitude of dynamic interconnections and flows that adjust to each other irrespective of plans or designs.

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This position is embedded in the ‘Designing Systems for Informed Resilience Engineering’ (DeSIRE) program, an extensive capacity building program, set-up by the 4TU Centre Resilience Engineering [www.4tu.nl/resilience]. Within this program of the 4 technical universities of the Netherlands, 16 new tenure track positions have been created at 13 faculties across the 4TU. This ambitious 4TU umbrella program on resilience aims to conduct excellent research of societal value and set-up and contribute to educational programs in the emerging field of Resilience Engineering. You will be working in a team of top scientists within 4TU, benefiting from the opportunity to work on concrete resilience challenges within our broad network of partners in policy and practice. We foster interdisciplinary collaboration between the 16 tenure trackers, associated scientific staff and public and private partners. All 16 Tenure trackers will be actively involved in the scientific, educational and valorization activities of the DeSIRE program and the 4TU-Centre Resilience Engineering. It offers prospective candidates excellent opportunities to extend their networks with academic and societal partners.

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