PhD Position in Multi-Scale Assessment of Circular and Climate-Resilient Building Construction

Job description

The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment of Delft University of Technology is hiring a PhD researcher to work on a recently awarded Horizon Europe project, entitled AURORA (Shaping safe, sustainable, and human-centered places) under the supervision of Assistant Professors Simona Bianchi and Olga Ioannou, and Associate Professor Maria Pregnolato.

The broader AURORA project aims at accelerating the transformation of the built environment towards climate resilience and circularity. The project has a strong social perspective aiming at both technological and governance innovation. It combines innovative construction technologies, digital workflows, multi-level governance approaches, and participatory processes to support the development and implementation of resilient renovation strategies. Through demonstration pilots across Europe, AURORA provides practical frameworks for municipalities, practitioners, and stakeholders to evaluate and implement sustainable construction and renovation pathways.

In your role as a PhD researcher, you will contribute to the development of AURORA resilient and circular strategies multi-scale assessment framework for designing circular and climate-resilient building construction and renovation pathways. Your research will focus on mapping and cataloguing innovative building technologies and investigating how individual products and product systems interact and can be combined into circular and resilient building configurations. Furthermore, you will contribute to the development of a digital database containing structured data for construction and renovation pathways, exploring how these can be adapted to different building typologies and hazard scenarios. You will then apply the developed framework to a Dutch urban neighborhood case-study.

Key activities include:

1. Mapping integrated construction and renovation strategies, covering structural systems, façades and building systems equipment across different building typologies, climatic conditions and hazard contexts.
2. Developing a catalogue of pre-evaluated configurations, supporting informed selection of resilient and circular construction and renovation options.
3. Assisting in the integration of assessed technologies and pathways into decision-ready parametric datasets and a structured database, enabling direct integration into AURORA digital planning workflows.
4. Applying the framework in real-time in a Dutch urban neighborhood.

You will collaborate with two research groups within the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment: Structures and Materials (restructgroup) and Building Design & Technology (architectural-facades-products), and one group within the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences: Hydraulic Structures and Flood Risk (hydraulic-structures-and-flood-risk). The position is funded for 48 months, during which the candidate will conduct doctoral research while contributing to the broader AURORA research program. The project offers opportunities to collaborate with leading European universities, industry partners, municipalities and public authorities working on circular construction, digital workflows and resilient urban development.

Job requirements

• You have a MSc degree in Building Sciences, such as Architectural Engineering, Building Technology, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or a related discipline;
• You have demonstrated knowledge of one or more of the following areas: circular construction, resilience analysis, building technologies, building performance;
• You have demonstrated experience in multi-scale approaches linking materials, components, buildings and urban systems and quantitative performance assessment methods;
• Knowledge of GIS, digital workflows or programming (e.g. Python) is an advantage;
• You have excellent oral and written communication skills in English. For more details, please check the Graduate Schools Admission Requirements.
• Knowledge of Dutch is considered a plus;
• You are able to work independently and as part of a team, and to build collaborative, interdisciplinary/transdisciplinary networks;
• You are motivated to develop innovative methods to support circular and resilient transformation of the built environment.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional.

Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy, with four thousand people enthusiastically studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Postdoc Position Whole Life Cycle Design for Climate-Responsive Buildings

Job description

Delft University of Technology is hiring a Post-doc researcher on “Whole Life Cycle Decision-Support for Climate-Responsive Buildings and In-Between Spaces”. The Post-doc position is part of the Horizon Europe WEAVE project.

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will lead the development of an innovative Whole Life Cycle (WLC) decision-support framework that integrates environmental, circularity, economic, social and resilience indicators to support evidence-based design and planning from the earliest project stages. Moreover, you will develop innovative methodologies that place climate-responsive in-between spaces—such as balconies, loggias, winter gardens, atria and transitional outdoor areas—at the heart of low-carbon, resilient building renovation. You will identify, classify and evaluate in-between space archetypes, assessing their climatic performance, adaptability, buildability, circularity and integration into both new construction and renovation projects. Your research will be validated through demonstrators in different European countries, where you will collaborate with architects, engineers, municipalities and industry partners to assess and refine innovative renovation solutions. Working within the Horizon Europe WEAVE project, you will contribute to practical design methods and digital decision-support tools that accelerate the transition towards climate-resilient, circular and people-centred built environments. Next to the project, the postdoc will support the research group’s research and network activities, such as editorial assistance, project acquisition, and conference organisation.

The successful candidate will be a part of the Architectural Facades and Products research group (architectural-facades-products), within the Building Design & Technology section, in the Architectural Engineering and Technology (AE+T) department of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft. In the past 10 years the AE+T department has positioned itself at the interface of architecture and engineering that underpins excellent structural design. It has a world-leading academic reputation, a high impact in real-world applications and an excellent reputation with national and international employers in architectural engineering. The AE+T department is uniquely placed to grasp the exciting opportunities in this field such as advanced materials, novel methods of construction; powerful computational design tools; the internet of things etc. All of which are rooted in a deep understanding of fundamental principles, strong conceptual design skills and excellent teaching that are a hallmark of TU Delft.

The position is funded for 36 months full time, but it is possible to discuss options for part-time employment and the relative extension of the contract length up to 4 years. During this period, the candidate will lead the project tasks assigned to TU Delft and contribute to the broader WEAVE research agenda.

About WEAVE: WEAVE is a European funded research project that aims at overcoming the siloed approach between building and urban design by developing an early-stage decision-support system for building design that brings building-scale and urban-scale performance metrics into a unified framework. WEAVE places people and communities at the centre of building and urban design, and this will harness community codesign to deliver climate responsive, resilient and circular design strategies towards resilient decarbonization of buildings and precincts. In WEAVE’s approach, indoor and outdoor environments are evaluated together, and the building envelope is conceived as the crucial interface that connects building and urban scales, mediating not only between indoor and outdoor environments, but also between professions and stakeholders, and reciprocally between the outdoor and the indoor.

Job requirements

Our ideal candidate has:

• A PhD degree in architecture, building technology, building engineering, façade engineering, or similar disciplines.
• Affinity with sustainability standards, LCA, and circular economy in the construction sector
• Motivation to develop innovative methods addressing real-world challenges in sustainable and resilient building renovation.
• Experience with research acquisition and project management
• Strong analytical skills and interest in interdisciplinary research
• Ability to work independently, take initiative and collaborate effectively in a multidisciplinary team
• Good planning skills, scientific rigour and attention to detail.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Working at TU Delft means contributing to solutions that really make a difference.

For over 180 years, we have been training engineers who make an impact worldwide in companies, government bodies, or as entrepreneurs. Our alumni turn knowledge into concrete solutions for the challenges of today and tomorrow.

These challenges are changing rapidly. That is why we focus on themes such as energy, climate, digitalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), and smart mobility every day. Our education and research are directly aligned with what society needs now and in the future.

At TU Delft, our people make the difference. With their knowledge and curiosity, our staff provide a high-quality education and conduct pioneering research that extends beyond the campus. You will have the opportunity to take the initiative, work with others, and grow as a professional.

Working at TU Delft means join an international community of professionals and students. Together, we create knowledge, innovations, and solutions that help move the world forward.

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy, with four thousand people enthusiastically studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.

Stagesupervisor Orthopedagogiek

Binnen de opleiding Pedagogische Wetenschappen hebben we ruimte voor een stagesupervisor.

Als stagesupervisor begeleid je studenten in de master orthopedagogiek bij hun klinische stage. Daarnaast is er de mogelijkheid om bij te dragen aan het werkgroeponderwijs in de klinische vakken in de bachelor en premaster opleiding pedagogische wetenschappen, zoals risicotaxatie, klinische praktijk van de orthopedagoog, en gespreksvaardigheden.

Jouw taken

• je begeleidt studenten bij hun klinische stage middels groepssupervisie op de VU (5 bijeenkomsten per jaar, 6 studenten per groep, op vrijdag)
• je begeleidt studenten bij het opstellen van hun stageplan, beoordeelt hun tussen- en eindevaluatieverslag, voert eindgesprekken (online mogelijk)
• je begeleidt studenten bij het opstellen van hun casusverslagen in het kader van de diagnostiekaantekening (mondeling en schriftelijke feedback) en draagt bij aan de beoordeling (online)
• je draagt zorg voor goede communicatie met studenten en hun stageorganisatie
• optioneel: je verzorgt reeds ontwikkelde werkgroepen in klinische vakken (bij voorkeur op woensdag)

Lecturer Sport and Performance Psychology

We have an exciting opportunity for an ambitious person to join us as a Lecturer within the Department of Human Movement Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The department is situated in the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences which has a strong interdisciplinary and international orientation bringing together staff in movement sciences and different disciplines within psychology (e.g., clinical, biological, experimental and applied psychology). The Department of Human Movement Sciences itself brings together a large group of academics from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds, all addressing human movement as the topic of their research and education.

One of our key strengths is our critical mass of high-quality academics. This resulted in the department recently being ranked #7 globally in the Shanghai Global Ranking of Sport Science Schools and Departments (and #1 in the Netherlands). We are searching for a candidate who focuses on the field of sport, exercise and performance psychology. Note that in the Netherlands, sport psychology is very broadly defined to include work in skill acquisition and motor control. We encourage people with expertise in these fields to also apply.

Your duties
The candidate is expected to:

• conduct high-quality teaching in sport and performance psychology
• help to enhance our educational program in sport and performance psychology
• supervise student research projects in sport psychology
• contribute to innovative research in collaboration with others in our department
• be an active part of our department (participate in departmental work groups, commissions, project teams, activities and tasks)
• generate economic and/or societal as well as scientific impact as a result of your teaching

PhD in Brillouin Microscopy

Our group at VU Amsterdam develops advanced photonic technologies to explore fundamental light–matter interactions and create new tools for science and life sciences. We currently have an opening for a fully funded 4-year PhD position in Brillouin microscopy.

The project offers the opportunity to explore fundamental aspects of Brillouin scattering and photon–phonon interactions while developing exciting new experimental approaches for applications in life sciences and spectroscopy. We seek a highly motivated and curious PhD candidate with a strong background in physics and an internal drive to explore new ideas and build experiments.

The successful candidate will work at the intersection of fundamental photonics, nonlinear optics and advanced optical instrumentation, combining fundamental questions with hands-on experimental research and real-world applications.