The Villum Foundation has launched a record-breaking research grant of 1 billion DKK over the next ten years, with the goal to advance efforts towards a more sustainable built environment. The announced position is part of this venture (CEBE), and the successful candidate will participate in the joint effort to achieve this goal.
A 6 year - long tenure track position within Department of the Built Environment is open in the field of sufficiency in the built environment. This is a fulltime position starting August 2026 and is a six-year position as an assistant professor, leading towards a permanent position as an associate professor. The position is with the department's research group Sustainable Cities and Everyday Life, located at the university campus in Copenhagen. Sufficiency measures in the built environment include reducing the need for space and the need of conditioning of spaces without compromising health and wellbeing. An anthropological approach to home and sufficiency within the built environment is needed, which can supplement the technical understandings of healthy and efficient buildings.
Your work tasks
We seek an anthropological candidate with knowledge and understanding of the interdisciplinary field of the built environment, including both anthropological understandings of the meaning of home and anthropological understandings of how technical professionals within the building sector work. Your research is expected to bridge these two fields in the study of the implications of sufficiency within the built environment and how it can be promoted.
The candidate is expected to work together with other researchers related to this centre, including making co-design approaches with technical researchers on their approaches to sufficiency. The affiliation with the Villum Foundation initiative also includes participation in relevant seminars, conferences, activities and the overall contribution to the realization of the Villum initiative's long-term research goals.
The position includes teaching, and you are expected to follow the University Pedagogy Program, including teaching BSc and MSc students and co-supervising PhD students. Teaching will mainly be within the engineering educations, contributing to the interdisciplinary social sciences parts of these programs. BSc and MSc programs are based on AAU's problem-based learning model.
Qualification requirements
Applicants for a tenure track assistant professorship must have academic qualifications at PhD level.
When appointing tenure track assistant professors, Aalborg University also place particular emphasis on:
- The candidate can demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in their previous education and employment path
- The candidate shows considerable potential and is among the best in their field
- The candidate has academic experience from several universities and/or research institutions and preferably international experience
- The candidate is a skilled communicator
- The candidate writes and speaks English at the academic level
- The candidate is expected to meet the criteria for permanent employment as an associate professor at Aalborg University at the end of the tenure track process
Assessment in connection with transfer to associate professorship
The assessment in connection with transition to tenure as an associate professor normally takes place in the final six months of the tenure track assistant professors’ employment. However, the employee may request that an assessment take place at an earlier time in the first four years. If this assessment finds that the employee is not academically qualified, they may request another assessment within the final six months of their period of employment. A maximum of two assessments may take place.
The assessment, on transition to the associate professorship, will as a minimum, emphasize the following qualifications in relation to the scientific subject area of the tenure track assistant professorship:
- Research qualifications equivalent to the level that can be achieved on the basis of satisfactorily completed employment as tenure track assistant professor.
- Documented scientific production at international level. Assessment will be based on up to ten selected publications selected by the employee.
- Documentation of pedagogical supervision and upgrading of qualifications, including a positive written assessment of teaching qualifications. The assessment will also be based on the employee's teaching portfolio.
- The level of contribution to an active academic environment as well as the ability to collaborate and build relationships.
- The level of experience with grant proposals and experience of communicating research to relevant stakeholders.
If the tenure track assistant professor fails to request that their qualifications be assessed in the last year of their period of employment or if they are assessed as not academically qualified, the university must immediately initiate dismissal proceedings in accordance with the collective agreement rules.
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 (master's 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. You may attach a maximum of five publications.
- Documentation of teaching qualifications. 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 University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aalborg University's 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).
