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W2 - Professorship of "Urban Transformations" (m/f/d)
Universit盲t Kassel
Kassel
Permanent
Full Time
Apply by: 2025-01-28
Published: 2024-12-19
The University of Kassel is a dynamic university with around 22.000 students. The Kassel Institute for Sustainability is an academic centre set up in 2020 that combines research activities of all faculties and focuses on interdisciplinary teaching and research on the subjects of sustainable development in the competence fields of nature, technology, culture and society.
The Kassel Institute of Sustainability and Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning has a vacancy for the position of
The Kassel Institute of Sustainability and Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning has a vacancy for the position of
W2 鈥� Professorship of 鈥淯rban Transformations鈥� (m/f/d)
Vacancy number
38010
The professorship concentrates on practice-oriented research and teaching of urban transformation in the areas of architecture, urban planning and landscape planning from an interdisciplinary perspective.
The professorship is based at the Kassel Institute of Sustainability. 50% of the teaching will be provided in the newly developed sustainability degree programmes (also in the Bachelor's area), the other 50% in the department's degree programmes.
Applicants will have research experience in the field of urban planning and urban governance with a focus on sustainability with particular attention to the resilience of urban systems and their ability to transform. They have a scientific background in urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture, political economy, geography, governance research or sustainability studies. Lectures and seminars will have sustainability-related content at all study levels of the different degree courses, including the B.Sc. program 鈥淪ustainability Studies鈥�. In addition to the tasks of academic management, it is expected that interdisciplinary co-operations between the Institute for Sustainability and the various departments of the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning will be arranged.
The successful applicant will have inter- and transdisciplinary research priorities with spatial concepts. It is expected that s/he has acquired in-depth knowledge in at least two of the following research areas and demonstrated the ability to combine them:
The successful applicant will have relevant academic publications as well as a significant project portfolio. The references should reflect the co-production of knowledge on various levels at the interface between science and society, including the co-production of knowledge with various actors at the local level.
Please note: The Kassel Institute of Sustainability and Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning are striving to increase the proportion of women professors and urge women scholars to apply for the position.
The conditions of employment and performance requirements are in accordance with 搂搂 67 and 68 of the Hessian Institute of Higher Education Law (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz), in particular a completed university degree, the necessary suitability for academic work and pedagogical suitability.
Please send the following documents with the application; CV, publications list, evidence of teaching experience as well experience of acquiring and executing third party funded projects, (indicating your own contribution), project portfolio as well copies of certificates and documents, via the .
In the event of any differences between the German and English versions of this call for application, the German wording is legally binding.
For further information please contact Prof. Stefan Rettich, Rettich(at)asl.uni-kassel.de Phone: +49 561 804-3217.
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Please send your application with the usual informative documents, stating the reference number the subject line, via the online form. We have complied further information for you in our FAQ. In exceptional cases, we will also accept your application documents in paper form or via e-mail bewerbungen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de, stating the reference number.In the case of postal applications, please submit only copie of your documents (no folders), as these cannot be returned. All documents will be destroyed after completion of the selection process in compliance with data regulations.The protection of your personal information is very important to us, so we will handle your personal information with care. By your application, you allow us the storage and use in the sense of the Hessian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act. You can object to this at any time. Your personal data will be deleted.
Information according to Art. 13 DSGVO for the application process at the University of Kassel can be found at:
Information and FAQ about applying for a job offer:
Application deadline: 28.01.2025
Date of hire: as soon as possible
The University of Kassel is very interested in the professional satisfaction of its employees. It is distinguished as a family-friendly university and, in the interests of equal opportunities, strives to offer everyone the same opportunities for development and to counteract existing disadvantages. It promotes the Family Welcome Service and also the Dual Career Service for positions that are scientifically and academically filled. One of the strategic goals of the University of Kassel is to significantly increase the proportion of women in research and teaching. Applications from women are therefore particularly welcome. Seriously handicapped and equivalent applicants are given preference if they have the same suitability, qualifications and professional performance.
The professorship is based at the Kassel Institute of Sustainability. 50% of the teaching will be provided in the newly developed sustainability degree programmes (also in the Bachelor's area), the other 50% in the department's degree programmes.
Applicants will have research experience in the field of urban planning and urban governance with a focus on sustainability with particular attention to the resilience of urban systems and their ability to transform. They have a scientific background in urban design, urban planning, landscape architecture, political economy, geography, governance research or sustainability studies. Lectures and seminars will have sustainability-related content at all study levels of the different degree courses, including the B.Sc. program 鈥淪ustainability Studies鈥�. In addition to the tasks of academic management, it is expected that interdisciplinary co-operations between the Institute for Sustainability and the various departments of the Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning will be arranged.
The successful applicant will have inter- and transdisciplinary research priorities with spatial concepts. It is expected that s/he has acquired in-depth knowledge in at least two of the following research areas and demonstrated the ability to combine them:
- living labs in urban development
- methods for the future/urban futures
- climate-resistant restructuring of cities
- open space planning
- nature-based solutions
- urban social and green infrastructure
- social justice
- climate justice
- participatory transformation processes
- multifunctional urban spaces
The successful applicant will have relevant academic publications as well as a significant project portfolio. The references should reflect the co-production of knowledge on various levels at the interface between science and society, including the co-production of knowledge with various actors at the local level.
Please note: The Kassel Institute of Sustainability and Faculty of Architecture, Urban Planning and Landscape Planning are striving to increase the proportion of women professors and urge women scholars to apply for the position.
The conditions of employment and performance requirements are in accordance with 搂搂 67 and 68 of the Hessian Institute of Higher Education Law (Hessisches Hochschulgesetz), in particular a completed university degree, the necessary suitability for academic work and pedagogical suitability.
Please send the following documents with the application; CV, publications list, evidence of teaching experience as well experience of acquiring and executing third party funded projects, (indicating your own contribution), project portfolio as well copies of certificates and documents, via the .
In the event of any differences between the German and English versions of this call for application, the German wording is legally binding.
For further information please contact Prof. Stefan Rettich, Rettich(at)asl.uni-kassel.de Phone: +49 561 804-3217.
For more job offers visit
Please send your application with the usual informative documents, stating the reference number the subject line, via the online form. We have complied further information for you in our FAQ. In exceptional cases, we will also accept your application documents in paper form or via e-mail bewerbungen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de, stating the reference number.In the case of postal applications, please submit only copie of your documents (no folders), as these cannot be returned. All documents will be destroyed after completion of the selection process in compliance with data regulations.The protection of your personal information is very important to us, so we will handle your personal information with care. By your application, you allow us the storage and use in the sense of the Hessian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act. You can object to this at any time. Your personal data will be deleted.
Information according to Art. 13 DSGVO for the application process at the University of Kassel can be found at:
Information and FAQ about applying for a job offer:
Application deadline: 28.01.2025
Date of hire: as soon as possible
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