Professor of Architecture Sciences (University of Antwerp)

The University of Antwerp is a dynamic, forward-thinking European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow's world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape. The Faculty of Design Science‘s Architecture program has the following full-time vacancy: junior or senior professor in the field of Architecture for Societal Transitions. The vacancy for Architecture for Societal Transitions seeks to anchor societally aware design and research within the architecture program, as well as deepen and expand the research into architectural design and socio-cultural as well as spatial methods. The field of architecture is inevitably evolving in response to a broad range of societal challenges e.g., demographics, cultural diversity, climate, and health-related or environmental changes. The candidate for this position will be working towards a research-oriented framework covering strategies for a flexible, open, fair and diverse building culture that allows for different ways of life and individual appropriation. The candidate’s research and design teaching experience should demonstrate in-depth expertise in at least one central research aspect in the field, such as community engagement, participatory approaches, demographics, migration, and various forms of ownership and co-creation. The scale can vary from material processes and buildings to the urban perspective and development on a regional, national and international level. The preferred candidate has an intimate knowledge of teaching architectural and design methodologies and is familiar with methods from related disciplines that enable societally and future-oriented architecture. Position You will contribute to the University of Antwerp’s three core tasks: education (40%), research (40%) and services (20%). Your role also includes organisational and managerial aspects. Education You will provide high-quality education in the area of Architecture for Societal Transitions. Your teaching duties will comprise 24 ECTS per year, consisting of courses both at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level, including research methodologies, research workshops and a graduation studio or thesis. You will play a role in developing activating, student-centred and competence-driven programme components and study programmes. You will supervise students and their Bachelor and Master dissertations. Research You will expand high-quality scientific research in the area of Architecture for Societal Transitions, with a particular focus on innovations in the process and methods of design and society. You will initiate new lines of research built on your own research experience and coordinate the progress of scientific research projects. You will also participate in ongoing research programmes. You will acquire and manage national and international research funding. You will develop an international scientific network. You will supervise PhD students and postdoctoral researchers. You will publish in international journals and specialist literature on design methods and innovative design strategies. Services You will play a role in the provision of both academic services and service to society, within the institution and externally. You will participate in student recruitment, boards and committees, popular science communication, and similar services. Organisation and leadership You will have coordinating responsibilities in the areas of education, research and/or service provision, and you will contribute to policy. Your leadership style will be motivating and coaching. You will be attentive to your employees’ growth, development processes as well as their wellbeing. Profile You hold a doctorate degree (PhD) in the field of Architecture, or in a related discipline, demonstrating your expertise in architectural research and methodology. You can demonstrate several years of postdoctoral experience (or equivalent). You can demonstrate experience in developing studies on societies and open architecture. Experience with participatory design will be favourably assessed. Experience in acquiring research funding will be favourably assessed. Your research qualities are in line with the faculty and university research policies. You have established an excellent research portfolio. Relevant experience in the design practice and/or a strong connection with and reputation in the professional field is considered favourably. Your teaching competencies are in line with the University of Antwerp’s educational vision. You are motivated to develop your teaching skills further through the professionalisation opportunities available. If you do not speak Dutch, the administrative language of the university, you should be willing to obtain a CEFR B2 level of proficiency in Dutch. As soon as you take on teaching duties as a programme component coordinator, you should be able to demonstrate a CEFR C1 level of proficiency in the language of instruction. The University of Antwerp supports international staff members through an integration trajectory and offers tailor-made language coaching in compliance with Flanders’ statutory language regulations. You demonstrate leadership potential and organisational skills. You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation. What we offer We offer a full-time appointment as a member of the Senior Academic Staff (Dutch: Zelfstandig Academisch Personeel, ZAP). The level of your appointment (assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor) is determined on the basis of your professional experience and academic qualifications. Junior ZAP members are usually offered temporary appointment as a tenure track assistant professor for five years, which is then followed by permanent appointment as an associate professor. Appointment as an associate professor or higher leads to permanent appointment (tenure) after a maximum of three years. A favourable performance appraisal is always required for permanent appointment. We offer, after a positive evaluation of a PhD project proposal you developed, an attractive starter package consisting of a four-year PhD project and €15 000 of consumables to boost your research from the start of your employment at the University of Antwerp. Your gross monthly salary is calculated according to the pay scales for Senior Academic Staff. You will receive ecocheques, Internet-connectivity allowance and a bicycle allowance or a full reimbursement of public transport costs for commuting. The planned start date is 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible after that date. You will do most of your work at Stadscampus Mutsaard in the center of Antwerp in a dynamic and stimulating working environment. A rich intellectual environment with a collaborative and inclusive culture where you can thrive and realise your ambitions. It is an exciting location with Antwerp as our base, a dynamic, commercial, and cultural city with a rich history, combining exciting social life with the inclusiveness and openness of a cosmopolitan city. Find out more about working at the University of Antwerp here and discover all the other benefits. Want to apply? You can apply for this vacancy through the University of Antwerp’s online job application platform up to and including 20 February 2025 (by midnight Brussels time). Click on 'apply', complete the online application form and include the following documents:The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure. If you are invited to the selection interview, you will also be asked to propose a topic for a four-year PhD project, and a date will be agreed for participation in an assessment centre. your motivation letter that clearly states your experience in architectural and design methodologies and your previous contributions to societally and future-oriented architecture research and design teaching the completed job application appendix for ZAP your academic CV your research plan your vision on studio pedagogy and teamwork. If you have any questions about the online application form, please check the frequently asked questions or send an email to jobs@uantwerpen.be. If you have any questions about the job itself, please contact prof. Mario Rinke (mario.rinke@uantwerpen.be). The University of Antwerp received the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award for its HR policy. We are a sustainable, family-friendly organisation which invests in its employees’ growth. We encourage diversity and attach great importance to an inclusive working environment and equal opportunities, regardless of gender identity, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse characteristics to apply. If you apply for this position please say you saw it on Engineeroxy

The University of Antwerp is a dynamic, forward-thinking European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow's world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape.

The Faculty of Design Science‘s Architecture program has the following full-time vacancy:

junior or senior professor in the field of Architecture for Societal Transitions.

The vacancy for Architecture for Societal Transitions seeks to anchor societally aware design and research within the architecture program, as well as deepen and expand the research into architectural design and socio-cultural as well as spatial methods. The field of architecture is inevitably evolving in response to a broad range of societal challenges e.g., demographics, cultural diversity, climate, and health-related or environmental changes. The candidate for this position will be working towards a research-oriented framework covering strategies for a flexible, open, fair and diverse building culture that allows for different ways of life and individual appropriation. The candidate’s research and design teaching experience should demonstrate in-depth expertise in at least one central research aspect in the field, such as community engagement, participatory approaches, demographics, migration, and various forms of ownership and co-creation. The scale can vary from material processes and buildings to the urban perspective and development on a regional, national and international level. The preferred candidate has an intimate knowledge of teaching architectural and design methodologies and is familiar with methods from related disciplines that enable societally and future-oriented architecture.

Position

You will contribute to the University of Antwerp’s three core tasks: education (40%), research (40%) and services (20%). Your role also includes organisational and managerial aspects.

Education

You will provide high-quality education in the area of Architecture for Societal Transitions.

Your teaching duties will comprise 24 ECTS per year, consisting of courses both at the Bachelor’s and Master’s level, including research methodologies, research workshops and a graduation studio or thesis.

You will play a role in developing activating, student-centred and competence-driven programme components and study programmes.
You will supervise students and their Bachelor and Master dissertations.

Research

You will expand high-quality scientific research in the area of Architecture for Societal Transitions, with a particular focus on innovations in the process and methods of design and society.
You will initiate new lines of research built on your own research experience and coordinate the progress of scientific research projects. You will also participate in ongoing research programmes.
You will acquire and manage national and international research funding.
You will develop an international scientific network.
You will supervise PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.
You will publish in international journals and specialist literature on design methods and innovative design strategies.

Services

You will play a role in the provision of both academic services and service to society, within the institution and externally. You will participate in student recruitment, boards and committees, popular science communication, and similar services.

Organisation and leadership

You will have coordinating responsibilities in the areas of education, research and/or service provision, and you will contribute to policy.
Your leadership style will be motivating and coaching. You will be attentive to your employees’ growth, development processes as well as their wellbeing.

Profile

You hold a doctorate degree (PhD) in the field of Architecture, or in a related discipline, demonstrating your expertise in architectural research and methodology.
You can demonstrate several years of postdoctoral experience (or equivalent).
You can demonstrate experience in developing studies on societies and open architecture. Experience with participatory design will be favourably assessed.
Experience in acquiring research funding will be favourably assessed.
Your research qualities are in line with the faculty and university research policies.
You have established an excellent research portfolio.
Relevant experience in the design practice and/or a strong connection with and reputation in the professional field is considered favourably.
Your teaching competencies are in line with the University of Antwerp’s educational vision.
You are motivated to develop your teaching skills further through the professionalisation opportunities available.
If you do not speak Dutch, the administrative language of the university, you should be willing to obtain a CEFR B2 level of proficiency in Dutch. As soon as you take on teaching duties as a programme component coordinator, you should be able to demonstrate a CEFR C1 level of proficiency in the language of instruction. The University of Antwerp supports international staff members through an integration trajectory and offers tailor-made language coaching in compliance with Flanders’ statutory language regulations.
You demonstrate leadership potential and organisational skills.
You act with attention to quality, integrity, creativity and cooperation.

What we offer

We offer a full-time appointment as a member of the Senior Academic Staff (Dutch: Zelfstandig Academisch Personeel, ZAP). The level of your appointment (assistant professor, associate professor, professor or full professor) is determined on the basis of your professional experience and academic qualifications. Junior ZAP members are usually offered temporary appointment as a tenure track assistant professor for five years, which is then followed by permanent appointment as an associate professor. Appointment as an associate professor or higher leads to permanent appointment (tenure) after a maximum of three years. A favourable performance appraisal is always required for permanent appointment.
We offer, after a positive evaluation of a PhD project proposal you developed, an attractive starter package consisting of a four-year PhD project and €15 000 of consumables to boost your research from the start of your employment at the University of Antwerp.
Your gross monthly salary is calculated according to the pay scales for Senior Academic Staff.
You will receive ecocheques, Internet-connectivity allowance and a bicycle allowance or a full reimbursement of public transport costs for commuting.
The planned start date is 1 September 2025 or as soon as possible after that date.
You will do most of your work at Stadscampus Mutsaard in the center of Antwerp in a dynamic and stimulating working environment. A rich intellectual environment with a collaborative and inclusive culture where you can thrive and realise your ambitions. It is an exciting location with Antwerp as our base, a dynamic, commercial, and cultural city with a rich history, combining exciting social life with the inclusiveness and openness of a cosmopolitan city.
Find out more about working at the University of Antwerp here and discover all the other benefits.

Want to apply?

You can apply for this vacancy through the University of Antwerp’s online job application platform up to and including 20 February 2025 (by midnight Brussels time). Click on 'apply', complete the online application form and include the following documents:The selection committee will review all of the applications as soon as possible after the application deadline. As soon as a decision has been made, we will inform you about the next steps in the selection procedure. If you are invited to the selection interview, you will also be asked to propose a topic for a four-year PhD project, and a date will be agreed for participation in an assessment centre.
- your motivation letter that clearly states your experience in architectural and design methodologies and your previous contributions to societally and future-oriented architecture research and design teaching
- the completed job application appendix for ZAP
- your academic CV
- your research plan
- your vision on studio pedagogy and teamwork.
If you have any questions about the online application form, please check the frequently asked questions or send an email to jobs@uantwerpen.be. If you have any questions about the job itself, please contact prof. Mario Rinke (mario.rinke@uantwerpen.be).

The University of Antwerp received the European Commission’s HR Excellence in Research Award for its HR policy. We are a sustainable, family-friendly organisation which invests in its employees’ growth. We encourage diversity and attach great importance to an inclusive working environment and equal opportunities, regardless of gender identity, disability, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation or age. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds and with diverse characteristics to apply.

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