Postdoc: Co-Designing Intergenerational Public Spaces

Utwentecareers; Enschede; Remote; EUR 49,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Postdoc 30 months

Holiday allowance 8%

Year-end bonus 8.3%

29 days annual leave

Professional development

Job summary

University of Twente invites a postdoctoral researcher to lead the Dutch work package of DESIGN4AGES, coordinating an international consortium across five European cities. You will blend qualitative, quantitative and design methods to develop and test a shared methodology for intergenerational co-design of public spaces.

You will join a team of interaction designers, run workshops, Delphi studies, and pilot activities in multiple cities, while ensuring ethical data handling and contributing to

Qualifications

• PhD in design, social sciences, health sciences, built environment or related field.
• Experience with co-design or participatory design in public/civic contexts.
• Fluency in Dutch and English; ability to facilitate multilingual workshops.

Responsibilities

• Design and operationalise co-design protocol across five cities.
• Lead recruitment of diverse participants and manage Delphi studies.
• Coordinate data collection, ethical/data governance, and analytics.
• Publish findings and support knowledge translation to policy.

Skills

Co-design

Participatory design

Qualitative research

Quantitative analysis

Mixed-methods

Delphi consensus

Workshop facilitation

Stakeholder recruitment

Dutch-English fluency

Education

PhD in design/related field

Tools

Virtual Reality

Job description

University of Twente invites a postdoctoral researcher to lead the Dutch work package of DESIGN4AGES, coordinating an international consortium across five European cities. You will blend qualitative, quantitative and design methods to develop and test a shared methodology for intergenerational co-design of public spaces.

You will join a team of interaction designers, run workshops, Delphi studies, and pilot activities in multiple cities, while ensuring ethical data handling and contributing to