Assistant professor (tenure track) Architectural culture and design TRACE

Karlstad University; Hasselt; Sur place; EUR 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading university in Belgium is seeking an Assistant Professor for a tenure track position in Architectural Culture and Design TRACE. This role involves teaching, supervising master’s theses, and contributing to the development of the curriculum. Candidates should possess a PhD in a relevant field and have a strong background in research funding and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field required.
• Experience in higher education teaching.
• Expertise in design-based research.

Responsabilités

• Teach architecture and interior architecture courses.
• Supervise master's theses.
• Contribute to the educational concept and curriculum.

Connaissances

Teaching skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Research funding acquisition

Team collaboration

Knowledge of Dutch

Formation

PhD in Architecture, Interior Architecture or Engineering Sciences: Architecture

Description du poste

Assistant professor (tenure track) Architectural culture and design TRACE

This vacancy is part of the further expansion of academic research at the Faculty of Architecture and Art and the ArcK research group at Hasselt University. You will become a member of the Architecture and Art department and the ArcK research group. You will join the TRACE research line, in collaboration with other research lines.

Trace is a research line focusing on the re-use of heritage, with an emphasis on cultural and design aspects. The profile of the output is strongly focused on theory formation. There is also a strong link with education—both with theoretical course components and with the design studio—of the international Master of Interior Architecture - Adaptive Reuse.
More information:
www.uhasselt.be/fac-architectuur-en-kunst
www.uhasselt.be/fragments
www.uhasselt.be/Trace

You will be involved in teaching architecture and interior architecture courses, focusing on two areas: cultural studies in the first and second years of the bachelor's programme and the design studio in the bachelor's programme in interior architecture. You will contribute to the ambition to strengthen the synergy between different course components in the bachelor's programme. As a member of the faculty's personnel framework of professors, you will also supervise master's theses that match your expertise.

As part of a team, you will also help strengthen the relationship between research and (studio) education, particularly within the interior architecture programme.

More generally, you will contribute to the development and implementation of the educational concept and curriculum, to the realization of the programme profile, and to the realization of the specific objectives of the programmes, the faculty, and the university.

Research mission

Your research will focus on aspects of repurposing and heritage, the broad theme of the TRACE research line, of which you will also be a part. Your own research focus will build on and broaden the existing expertise within the line. Teamwork is essential. You have a vision for scientific output, for building an (international) network, and for acquiring second, third, and/or fourth funding streams.

Internal and external community service
In addition to these academic tasks, you are willing to take on organizational, coordinating, and administrative tasks. You will also contribute to strengthening the faculty's social impact through public lectures, exhibitions, and other cultural and social contributions.

Profile

• You have a PhD in Architecture, in Interior Architecture, or in Engineering Sciences: Architecture.
• You have good teaching skills and demonstrable experience in higher education in the field of (interior) architecture.
• You have demonstrable experience in acquiring external research funding (e.g., FWO, FNRS, Horizon Europe, etc.).
• You have an ambitious yet realistic vision for expanding your scientific research, with a focus on output and integration into education, and its relationship with the Trace research line. Please include this vision statement with your application.
• You have a proven (inter)national network within the research domain of re-use and heritage.
• Your file demonstrates experience in design-based research, both theoretical and pedagogical.

You have excellent organizational, communication, and editorial skills. You function well in a team, are collegial, and can work in an interdisciplinary environment.

• You have the ability to fulfill a leading and guiding role within your own research.
• You have an excellent knowledge (CEFR level C1) of the English language, both written and spoken.
• Dutch is the administrative language of Hasselt University. This implies that at the time of your appointment or within 5 years after your appointment as a member of the tenured academic staff, you must be able to demonstrate that your knowledge of Dutch is at least at CEFR level B2. If this is not yet the case at the time of your appointment, we offer you language lessons as support. You have a maximum of 5 years to achieve the required level.
• Since you, from the start of your appointment, will be taking up teaching assignments in Dutch-language courses of the bachelor's programme as a coordinating lecturer or co-lecturer, you must be able to demonstrate mastery of the language of instruction of the programme component (Dutch) at CEFR level C1 at the time of your appointment.

Offer

UHasselt offers an appointment (100%) as an Assistant Professor in the tenure track system for 5 years. This will lead to an immediate permanent contract as an Associate Professor, if the Board of Directors favorably assesses the party involved, based on previously set and expressed grading criteria.
The start date will be determined by mutual agreement

Selection procedure

You can only apply online up to and including 15 December 2025.
The selection procedure consists of a preselection based on application file, an interview and a test lesson / presentation. An assessment for the selected candidates is part of the selection procedure.
The selection interviews take place on Tuesday 10.02.2026.

Further information

Prof. dr. Koenraad VAN CLEEMPOEL, [phone], [e-mail]
For questions about the selection procedure, please email [e-mail].

Job details

Title

Assistant professor (tenure track) Architectural culture and design TRACE

Closing on: 2026-01-05 (Europe/Brussels)