Job: part-time professorships in urban studies and planning (10 %, 3 years)

Research tasks:

• You will strengthen the research capacity of the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research and the Brussels Centre for Urban Studies, primarily by bringing in new but complementary urban research niches.
• You will realize quality research output.
• You will (co-)supervise PhD researchers.
• You will apply for research funding at relevant levels (Brussels, Flemish, Belgian, EU).

Education tasks:

• Your educational tasks can involve the (co-)supervision of master’s theses (MSc Urban Studies, MSc 4Cities, MSc Spatial Planning and Urban Design, MSc Geography) and bachelor’s theses (BSc Geography).
• Depending on your profile, opportunities also exist for guest lectures or (co-)teaching existing course units within the mentioned programmes.

Profile:

• You have a PhD in urban studies, human geography, spatial planning and urban design or related domains.
• You have at least two years of postdoc research experience;
• You have an excellent track record in urban research as shown by: high-quality research output; international visibility within the relevant networks; experience with or potential for successfully acquiring research funding at different levels; experience with or potential for successfully supervising PhD researchers.
• As this is a small part-time position, we are looking for colleagues who already have a substantive (possibly tenured) position that can be combined with a 10 % professorship in Brussels.

Offer:

You’ll be offered an appointment as a professor, for an assignment of 0.1 FTE, for 3 years (renewable, on the condition of the positive evaluation of the activities and pending funding availability), with a planned starting date of 01/02/2023 (a later date is possible). 
 

Apply?

The application deadline is 10 November 2022. For further details and to apply, please follow this link.

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