PhD: Urban Social Resilience & Sustainable Planning

Phd Position In Urban Social Resilience Within Sustainability And Planning; Aalborg; On-site; DKK 324,000 - 402,000; Full time

Job summary

Aalborg University invites applications for a PhD position in Sustainability and Planning focusing on urban resilience from a systemic and planning-oriented perspective. The PhD sits within the WeGrowCircle project and involves close collaboration across Sustainability & Planning and related departments.

The position is funded for three years, with enrollment in the Technical Doctoral School and a focus on participatory, co-design, and co-production approaches.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in sustainability and planning, urban studies, sustainability and design, geography, or a related discipline.
• PhD stipends are normally for 3 years and require enrolment as a PhD student at the Technical Doctoral School of IT and Design.
• Complete PhD courses worth 30 ECTS and gain teaching or dissemination experience.
• External research stay outside Aalborg University, preferably 3–6 months at a foreign research institution.
• The project emphasizes participatory, co-design and co-production approaches in urban resilience.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to interdisciplinary research activities, empirical studies, and scholarly publications in collaboration with USR initiative members.
• Engage in the wider research network across sustainability, planning, design and architecture.
• Develop and outline a preliminary research proposal (1–3 pages) related to urban social resilience within a planning and design perspective.

Skills

Qualitative research methods

Participatory research

Co-design

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Master’s degree in sustainability and planning / urban studies / sustainability and design / geography

Job description

Aalborg University invites applications for a PhD position in Sustainability and Planning focusing on urban resilience from a systemic and planning-oriented perspective. The PhD sits within the WeGrowCircle project and involves close collaboration across Sustainability & Planning and related departments.

The position is funded for three years, with enrollment in the Technical Doctoral School and a focus on participatory, co-design, and co-production approaches.