PHD POSITION IN URBAN SOCIAL RESILIENCE WITHIN SUSTAINABILITY AND PLANNING

Aalborg University; Aalborg; On-site; DKK 360,000 - 480,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalborg University invites applications for a PhD position in Sustainability and Planning Research focusing on urban resilience from a systemic and planning-oriented perspective.

The PhD project explores the dynamic relationships between people, places, and material environments and is situated within an emerging research agenda exploring how design thinking and planning practices can support circularity and sustainability initiatives in cities.

Job description

PHD POSITION IN URBAN SOCIAL RESILIENCE WITHIN SUSTAINABILITY AND PLANNING

Description of the Position
Aalborg University invites applications for a PhD position in Sustainability and Planning Research focusing on urban resilience from a systemic and planning-oriented perspective. The PhD project explores the dynamic relationships between people, places, and material environments and is situated within an emerging research agenda investigating how design thinking and planning practices can support circularity and sustainability initiatives in cities.

This PhD position, funded by the project “Co-creating regenerative green-social infrastructures for urban circular economies” (WeGrowCircle) through the Driving Urban Transitions Partnership, is part of a new interdisciplinary thematic research initiative addressing Urban Social Resilience (USR) with particular attention to care ethics, participatory processes, and social innovation as guiding perspectives. The successful candidate will contribute to interdisciplinary research activities, empirical studies, and scholarly publications in close collaboration with other members of the USR initiative across the Department of Sustainability & Planning and the Department of Architecture, Design & Media Technology. The position further offers engagement in a wider research network spanning urban sustainability, innovation, planning, design, and architecture.