DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Resilient, Health Promoting and Inclusive Indoor Environments and Occupant Well Being DTU Sustain

DTU Sustain seeks a candidate with a strong research profile in Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) human wellbeing and healthpromoting indoor environments.

The position focuses on how buildings can support diverse populations including vulnerable and sensitive groups under increasing climate variability and extreme weather events. You will contributeto evidencebased strategies that strengthen resilience protect and improve health and enhance the lived experience of occupants.

The Section for Indoor Environment conducts research to define criteria and develop methods ensuring healthy and comfortable indoor environment at the lowest possible environmental impact. Within this framework the position emphasizes humancentred and adaptive indoor environments multisensory comfort and the interaction between environmental conditions and physiological/psychological responses. Youwill contribute to resilient indoorenvironment innovations that combinesensoryvariable design concepts personalised solutions and psychological mechanisms of comfort and wellbeing supported by theoretical and empirical research.

Research activities include multidomain climatechamber experiments controlled studies with physiological and behavioural monitoring field studies in buildings andmultidisciplinary collaboration with national and international researchers in neuroscience immunology psychology and chronobiology to understand the holistic effects of indoor environment on a diverse range of occupants.

Youwill play an active role in national and international research networks related to climate resilience IEQ daylight and its non-visual effects personalised comfort systems health impact of IEQ and inclusive design.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your focus will be on advancing inclusive healthsupporting and resilient indoorenvironment solutions involving both fundamental studies to increase our understanding and the development of practical building strategies. You will work with colleagues at DTU and with both academic and industrial partners in Denmark and abroad.

Your responsibilities

• Design and execute controlled climatechamber studies integrating environmental. measurements subjective evaluations and physiological data.
• Conduct field campaigns in buildings including multi-domain monitoring and user-based assessments.
• Investigate visual and nonvisual effects of light on occupants.
• Develop evidence-based criteria for healthpromoting and resilient indoor environments including strategies for vulnerable groups.
• Develop and tailor personalised environmental control solutions that reduce energy use enhance building resilience and address individual needs.
• Publish research in leading journals contribute to international conferences and communicate results to industry policymakers and user communities.
• Develop innovative ideas for future research and participate actively in raising funds for research.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams and participate in international research initiatives including IEA Annex networks and broader collaborations in humancentred building research.

Qualifications

• A PhD in indoor environment building science energy engineering or a related field.
• Strong experience in the evaluation of IEQ through controlled environment experiments field studies and multidomain investigations.
• Documented experience working with diverse populations including vulnerable groups using rigorous subjective behavioural and physiological assessment methods.
• Expertise in human-centric and healthpromoting indoor environments including sensory comfort environmental variability restorative potential and salutogenic design principles.
• Experience with research on visual and nonvisual impacts of light on health and wellbeing.
• An established international research network and collaborations across engineering architecture psychology neuroscience or related disciplines.
• Ability to work independently manage complex research tasks supervise students and contribute proactively to collaborative environments.
• Publication record in highquality journals and demonstrated ability to disseminate research across academic professional and public platforms.

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent).

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research experience
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership collaboration and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The position is part of DTUs Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment processhere.

You can read more about career paths at DTUhere.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Professor and Head of Section Jørn Toftum ()

You can read more about DTU Sustain at you are applying from abroad you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU atDTU Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 27 April 2026 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply please open the link Apply now fill out the online application form and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and researchfor the tenure track period
• CV including employment history list of publications H-index and ORCID (see portfolioincluding documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age gender disability race religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology which is subject to special rules for security and export control open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Sustain - Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering is one of Europes largest university departments specializing in environmental and resource engineering. The department conducts research development & scientific advice and provides educational programs and services to society. We are working to develop new environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies methods and solutions and to disseminate this knowledge to society and future generations of engineers. The Department has approximately 300 staff from more than 30 nationalities.

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