Assistant or associate professor in low carbon constructions

At the Faculty of Engineering and ScienceDepartment of the Built Environment (BUILD) Division for Building Technology Management and Indoor Environment at Aalborg Universitys campus in Copenhagen one or more positions as Assistant or Associate professor in low carbon constructions are open for appointment from August 1st 2026 orsoon hereafter.

Your work tasks

To meet an increasing need for research and dissemination within the field of low carbon constructions BUILD is looking for one or more Assistant or Associate professors with expertise within building physics and/or structural engineering with special competences within hygrothermal performance of building envelopes and/or building design.

Climate change new materials the desire for more sustainable construction reduction of energy consumption and demand for high productivity and efficiency challenge the construction industry. Danish building practice is changing and there is an urgent need for research within modern wood-based and other low carbon constructions. The building sector needs updated knowledge and experience within the area and future candidates that can design wood-based and other low carbon constructions with respect to both safety durability and sustainability.

The position(s) is open at the Department of the Built Environment Division for Building Technology Management and Indoor Environment Research Group for Building Physics which carries out research in these main areas often in relation to building envelopes:

• Use of bio-based materials in construction
• Retrofitting of existing buildings
• Service life and durability of buildings and building components
• Climate change and future building practices
• Robust solutions reuse and recycling
• Load bearing capacity of structures

The position(s) includes research and teaching including supervision of master and PhD students. Further it includes dissemination government consultancy and cooperation with the building industry as well as development of research proposals for accessing national and international funding.

The topics in this position may include but are not limited to:

• Heat and mass transfer in building materials constructions and buildings
• Structural design and risk assessment
• Refurbishment solutions of structures in the existing building stock
• Hygrothermal and structural performance of building envelopes
• Development of methods for testing and documentation of the performance
• Robust optimized and buildable structural details and joints
• Innovation of sustainable solutions for future building constructions

Your Competencies

Aalborg University is looking for motivated candidates with strong research background in hygrothermal performance of low carbon building materials and/or structural design of low carbon constructions. The right candidate
holds a PhD degree in structural engineering or building physics
has some years of postdoctoral research experience
is theoretically well-founded and has strong analytical skills for transforming new knowledge
has strong communication skills both in Danish and English
has experience with experimental research activities e.g. laboratory or field studies.

It is an advantage if the candidate has experience in
statistical analysis and data management
proposal writing for Danish and/or international funding programs
project management
cooperation with the building sector.

The candidate will contribute to AAU activities within low carbon constructions and therefore experience from teaching and supervision of students is an advantage. The candidate should have the ability to work in a team as well as independently and be good at networking.

Assistant professor
Appointment as assistant professor requires academic qualifications at PhD level. The research potential of each applicant will be emphasized in the overall assessment. This position is for four years.

Associate professor
Appointment as an associate professor requires research and teaching qualifications at the level that can be achieved through the satisfactory completion of a period of employment as an assistant professor but may also be obtained in other ways.

It is a precondition that applicants have documented research at an international addition applicants are assumed to have received supervision and pedagogical skills development and to have obtained a positive written assessment of their teaching qualifications.

Who we are

The Department of the Built Environment (BUILD) focuses on the technical and scientific disciplines within the built environment. The research is conducted in a national as well as an international research environment.

A position at BUILD offers significant opportunities to influence the built environment through government consultancy SBi guidelines business collaboration teaching and research dissemination. The department takes on contract research for both public institutions and private companies. The research projects involve both theoretical research and in situ measurements along with laboratory experiments. As an employee at BUILD you become a part of a dynamic international research environment where focus is on innovation knowledge sharing and interdisciplinary collaborations on technical and social science assignments.

Read more about the Building Physics research group and the people it consists of here. We sit in an open office area together with the rest of the Division for Building Technology Management and Indoor Environment. We share our knowledge with colleagues and try to interact as much as possible to make the most of each others competencies in our daily work.

We have a cantina at the campus but you can also bring your own lunch or join a small lunch club consisting mostly of people from the Building Physics research group. Further at BUILD we have a Housing Committee arranging different kinds of social events.

How to apply
Your application must include the following:

• Application stating reasons for applying qualifications in relation to the position and intentions and visions for the position
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Diplomas (masters degree diploma and PhD diploma)
• List of publications with an indication of the attached publications that you wish to be taken into account in the assessment.

For the position as assistant professor youmay attach a maximum of five publications.

For the position as associate professor youmay attach a maximum of ten publications.

• Documentation of teaching qualifications. Please see guidelines for teaching portfolio The Faculty of Engineering and Science. If this is not enclosed the applicant must enclose the reasons for this.
• Dissemination qualifications including participation on committees or boards participation in organisations etc.
• Additional qualifications in relation to the position
• References/recommendations

You can read more about the requirements for your application here.

The application must be submitted via Aalborg Universitys recruitment system which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aalborg Universitys website.

Aalborg University wants to reflect the surrounding society and has diversity as a core value. Therefore everyone regardless of personal background and orientation is encouraged to apply for the position.

Do you have any questions
If you have any questions about the position you are more than welcome to contact us. You will find contact persons at the bottom of the jobpost.

Further information
Read more about our recruitment process here

The appointment process at Aalborg University involves a shortlisting process. You can read more about the shortlisting and appointment process here.

The hiring process at Aalborg University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires ensuring the safety compliance and integrity of the workplace.

Salary and terms of employment
The employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities (the Appointment Order) and the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities (in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (in Danish).

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the state (AC collective agreement) (only in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (only in Danish).

There is a mutual probationary period of 3 months for the position.

Aalborg University - Knowledge for the world
Aalborg University is an international workplace with more than 3700 employees. We offer real-world-oriented education and create world-class research results through collaboration between researchers students and public and private companies. This is how we achieve insights new solutions to societal problems and knowledge that changes the world. Our main campus is in Aalborg but we also have campuses in Esbjerg and Copenhagen.