Assistant or Associate Professor in Sustainable Building Construction

 

The Department of Architecture at Aalto University is an internationally renowned education and research unit. With respect to Finland’s esteemed architectural heritage, we search for new solutions to the challenges of sustainable development. To us, architecture is an art form that requires practical skills and individual artistic development, as well as sustainability knowledge relevant to design and planning. We educate critical thinkers who accept their responsibility to research and design a socially, culturally, and ecologically sustainable built environment. The Department of Architecture offers degree programmes in architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture. Currently, the BA level courses are taught primarily in Finnish whilst MA and doctoral level studies primarily in English. For more information, please see: http://architecture.aalto.fi/en/

                                                                                                                                  

We are seeking:

Assistant or Associate professor in Sustainable Building Construction

The call is open for assistant and associate professor levels of the Aalto University tenure track system. The position will begin 1 January 2023 or as agreed. The professorship is full-time.

Job description

The professorship focuses on creating new visions and knowledge as well as on developing tools and methods for sustainable building construction. These include aspects of tectonics, materials research and recycling, and the reuse of materials and buildings.

A holistic understanding of building technology and sustainability is necessary to successfully lead research and education. The role also involves external fundraising, multidisciplinary collaboration as well as development and management work within the Department of Architecture.

We expect professors to be proactive members of the Aalto and the international academic community, to exhibit leadership and to contribute to society. Collaboration with national and international stakeholders will be important in this professorship.

 
Requirements

The applicants will be reviewed based on the quality and potential of their research, relevant architectural projects, teaching merits, academic leadership skills and societal impact. A master’s degree in architecture is mandatory, and a doctoral degree relevant to the position is valued.

The successful candidate is expected to have broad knowledge of sustainable building construction, research and policy, as well as their applicability to the Nordic context. Peer-reviewed publications, participation in research projects, architectural publications and experience in sustainable building or development projects will be considered indications of the applicant’s suitability for the position.

The candidate is expected to be internationally networked and fluent in English. Knowledge of Finnish and/or Swedish is an advantage. The position will require relocation to Finland for candidates not already located in the country.

Please find more information on the School of Arts, Design and Architecture’s tenure-track criteria here.

What we offer

We offer you a possibility to work within a well-resourced learning, research and art & design community. The School of Arts, Design and Architecture has well-equipped infrastructure for research and artistic activities, including a number of top-class workshop premises. We are located on the Aalto University campus in Otaniemi, Espoo, with several other neighboring research institutions and organizations.

The salary will be defined based on the applicant’s qualifications and level of position and will follow the Aalto University salary system. In addition to the salary, Aalto University provides its employees with occupational health care and excellent learning and development opportunities.

Ready to apply?

The following materials should be submitted in English and in PDF format through our recruitment system Workday. Maximum size per document there is 5 MB. (Please note that the portfolio with your most significant publications and/or architectural works should not be submitted via Workday due to the file size restrictions, and therefore separate instructions are provided below for the specific delivery of the portfolio file).

• a motivation letter, including your vision for research and teaching in the field of sustainable building construction (max. 2 pages)
• a curriculum vitae, according to the instructions of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity: https://tenk.fi/sites/default/files/2021-06/TENK_CV_template_2020.pdf
• a teaching portfolio that follows Aalto University guidelines: https://www.aalto.fi/sites/g/files/flghsv161/files/2019-12/teaching_competence_assessment_guidelines_for_candidate_2019_aalto_university.pdf
• A portfolio presenting your 5 most significant publications and/or selected architectural works (max. 20 pages and 30 MB). Please upload your portfolio document, as a single PDF file, to our special portfolio uploading service via the following link: https://up.aalto.fi/delivery/sustainablebuildingconstruction/

We kindly ask you to submit your application materials through our recruitment systems no later than midnight on 28th March 2022 (UTC +2). 

If you already work at Aalto University or are a visitor here, please apply for the position by using your existing Workday user account! Please see how to do it here.

After the application period closes, the Departmental Committee will draw a shortlist of candidates who will be invited to a site visit at the Department of Architecture. During the site visit they will be interviewed and asked to deliver a teaching demonstration. The site visit will take place in the fall 2022, if this is possible in the light of the Corona pandemic at the time (if not, the teaching demonstrations and interviews will be delivered remotely). In addition, the shortlisted applications will be reviewed by external experts.

Aalto University reserves the right to leave the position open, to extend the application period, to ask for supplementary materials, or to consider additional candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.

Enquiries

For additional information, please contact Chair of the Departmental Committee, Associate Professor Jenni Reuter: +358 50 3055 704, jenni.reuter(at)aalto.fi.
In questions related to the recruitment process, please contact HR Specialist
Satu Pöyhönen: satu.poyhonen(at)aalto.fi.
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