Postdoc In Nature-Inclusive Urban Planning and Design

Short introduction

Are you inspired by regenerative and commons based approaches to urban biodiversity and nature stewardship In this 3-year post-doctoral position you will codesign and evaluate citizenled models for maintaining biodiverse public spaces in residential urban areas in the Netherlands. Youll combine research facilitation and studio pedagogy to advance morethanhuman urban planning and circular community economies in collaboration with research partners in 5 other European countries.

Job Description

EcoCARE Ecologies of Care: Multispecies Design and Circular Community Economies in PeriUrban Settings is a DUT (Driving Urban Transitions) Partnership project engaging a cross-European consortium with partners in France Spain Portugal Romania Sweden and the Netherlnds. It addresses biodiversity loss fragmented urban planning and climate risks by advancing morethanhuman approaches to urban design and circular community economies. Across a network of living labs in postindustrial suburban and periurban neighbourhoods in five countries EcoCARE combines commonsbased ecological stewardship multispecies design and transformative pedagogies to diversify local biotopes enhance socioecological resilience and build capacity through communities of practice. This postdoc will anchor the nature stewardship strand of EcoCARE focusing on citizendriven models for maintaining biodiverse public spaces and multispecies placemaking in residential urban areas.

Embedded in the Urbanism and Urban Architecture research group and our practice oriented studio environment Urban Labs you will conduct cuttingedge research and coproduce practice with residents and practitioners to design test and evaluate models for citizenled biodiversity maintenance in residential urban contexts (e.g. pocket parks green streets wetlands/rewilded areas shared courtyards). The postdoc bridges research pedagogy and practice contributing to the projects scientific outputs living lab programming and the communities of practice.

Specifically you will have the following tasks:

• Map current practices governance arrangements and regulatory bottlenecks related to citizendriven nature stewardship in residential urban areas.
• Conduct comparative case analysis identify enabling/limiting factors (policy maintenance regimes liability funding equity).
• Codesign and run deliberative activities with residents municipal staff and practitioners on biodiversity maintenance and multispecies placemaking. Pilot stewardship models and evaluate impacts.
• Produce scholarly and practice oriented outputs including 2-3 journal publications policy briefs podcast and newsletter entries.
• Develop placebased studio/lab pedagogies for urban design/planning students that plug into the living labs. Cocreate pedagogical materials and open resources.
• Maintain open lines of communication with the transnational community of practice contributing to newsletters podcasts tool/library entries and events.
• Support the PI in stakeholder engagement and crosspartner coordination. Contribute to planning documentation monitoring ethics/data management and reporting to funding bodies.

Job Requirements

• Motivated researcher with a PhD in urbanism urban planning urban geography environmental studies landscape architecture transition studies or a comparable domain.
• Demonstrated expertise in participatory/ethnographic and/or designresearch methods; experience with living labs codesign or action research. Experience facilitating multistakeholder workshops and working with residents/municipal actors is a plus.
• Knowledge of urban biodiversity naturebased solutions stewardship/governance of public space and social equity in urban regeneration.
• Ability to conduct high quality academic research reflected in demonstratable outputs.
• A team player who enjoys coaching PhD and Masters students and working in a dynamic interdisciplinary team.
• A proven ability to manage complex projects to completion on schedule including ability to manage timelines documentation and multisite coordination.
• Excellent (written and verbal) proficiency in English good communication and leadership skills. Knowledge of Dutch is a plus.

Conditions of Employment

A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful green campus within walking distance of the central train addition we offer you:

• Full-time employment for 2 years.
• Salary in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities scale 10 (min. 4241 max. 5538).
• A year-end bonus of 8.3% and annual vacation pay of 8%.
• High-quality training programs on general skills didactics and topics related to research and valorization.
• An excellent technical infrastructure on-campus childrens day care and sports facilities.
• Partially paid parental leave and an allowance for commuting working from home and internet costs.
• A TU/e Postdoc Association that helps you to build a stronger and broader academic and personal network and offers tailored support training and workshops.
• A Staff Immigration Team is available for international candidates as are a tax compensation scheme (the 30% facility) and a compensation for moving expenses.

Information and application

About us

Eindhoven University of Technologyis an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude. Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries. Fundamental knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of today and tomorrow.

Sustainability in its broadest definition is the cornerstone of research and education in the Department of Built Environment. We take the lead in (re)shaping the built environment to be future-proof safe healthy inclusive and respectful of planetary boundaries. We house the entire spectrum of technology engineering design and human behavior disciplines in the built environment with world-class experimental facilities at all scales. This allows us to address societal challenges from a uniquely integrated perspective.

Information

Do you recognize yourself in this profile and would you like to know more Please contact the hiring manager Oana Druta Associate professor .

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Application

We invite you to submit a complete application using the apply-button. The application should include a:

• Cover letter in which you describe your motivation and qualifications for the position. Max 1 page.
• Curriculum vitae including a list of your publications and the contact information of three references.
• List of five self-selected representative outputs fitting the position (both academic and practice oriented).
• One-two page research plan including ambitions unique approach/preferred methodologies potential outputs.

We look forward to receiving your application and will screen it as soon as possible. The vacancy will remain open until November 21st.

Please note

• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
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