Visiting Professorship 2021 – Call for Expressions of Interest
On October 1, 2020, a Visiting Professor Position (one-year, part time) will be filled in the course of the KTH & TU Wien Joint Visiting Professorship Program in Urban Studies at the Interdisciplinary Center for Urban Culture and Public Space, Faculty of Architecture and Planning, TU Wien, Austria. The Visiting Professorship Program is a joint initiative of the Centre for the Future of Places at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm (Sweden) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space at TU Wien (Austria).
The candidate is expected to work on the annual theme “Urban Generations: Public Space, Ageing Society and New Health Conditions”. Dedicated experts in theory and practice can express their interest for the position of the Visiting Professor in Urban Studies 2021 no later than 31st January, 2019 by email according to the following specifications. Declarations of interest must be received by the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space by the above date. We welcome declarations of interest from experts who are already engaged in research and teaching at international level or who have developed a strong interest in such engagement through their activities. Our research, teaching, and networking activities are generally conducted in English.
Academic team – The dialectical combination of continuity and change
Past of the Visiting Professorship Program
In order to gain inspiration for content from such fields as planning theory and practice as well as from urban studies, the City of Vienna has funded the establishment of this unique Visiting Professorship Program for nine entire years between 03/2009 and 02/2018. In the first funding phase (2009-2011) the City of Vienna Visiting Professorship (CoVVP) for Urban Culture and Public Space consisted of an annually changing Visiting Professor team (Junior-Senior model for the combination of theory and practice). In the second funding phase (2012-2014), the CoVVP at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space were awarded annually to one Visiting Professor. The Visiting Professor has cooperated with the centre’s permanent staff as an Academic Team. This new model has allowed a systematic combination of manifold perspectives on urban culture and public space with an ongoing and systematic grouping of a multitude of perspectives in post-disciplinary urban research. This model continued during a third funding phase (2015-2017).
Presence of the Visiting Professorhip Program
In 2018, the TU Wien has taken the opportunity to further continue the Visiting Professorship Program at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space through installing a TU Wien Visiting Professorship Program for the summer term 2018 (TUWVP).
Future of the Visiting Professorship Program
The recently installed KTH & TU Wien Joint Visiting Professorship Program in Urban Studies (2019-2021) is a new innovative cooperation between the Centre for the Future of Places (CFP, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden) and the Interdisciplinary Centre for Urban Culture and Public Space (SKuOR, TU Wien, Austria). The program is jointly funded by the KTH Royal Institute of Technology and TU Wien, and is organized around key challenges regarding contemporary processes of urbanization on an international scale. The program will officially start on 1st October 2018.
Accordingly, an expert in contemporary social, cultural or political theory of urbanization (Know Why), or an expert in experimental and innovation-oriented research and teaching relating to urban design or urban planning (Know How) will work together with the established team in Vienna to develop a joint research, teaching, and networking program at the international level on the main topic for the academic year 2021 (October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021). The candidate should have previously held an associate professor, guest professor or full professor position and should be authorized to supervise doctoral students.
In keeping with the Plan for the Advancement of Women, TU Wien aims to increase the proportion of women, particularly in leadership roles and in scientific and artistic staff positions, and expressly encourages qualified women to submit expressions of interest. Female candidates whose qualifications are equal to the best-qualified candidate will be given priority unless another candidate has sufficient grounds for being given priority. In the course of TU Diversity-Management, TU Wien seeks to prevent social discrimination of minorities, improve equal opportunities and achieve a positive overall atmosphere at the TU Wien.
The Installation of the Visiting Professor 2021 position, to be filled at TU Wien by October 1, 2020, is supported with funds from KTH + TU Wien in the amount of 20,000 € per year. This amount includes gross salary, social insurance costs and employer’s costs for the installation of the position. The filling of the position is subject to the release of the provisions made in the contractual agreements between TU Wien and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm in June 2018.
Documents required for Expressions of Interest
- Covering Letter/Statement of Motivation (max. 1-2 pages)
- Curriculum Vitae (max. 10 pages)
- Publication und project lists (max. 5 pages)
- Research concept (max. 1 page)
- Teaching concept (max. 1 page)
* I) Your approach (Know How and/or Know Why) to the centre’s annual theme for 2021; it will be greatly appreciated if you include reflections on the optimal subject matter for you, how the interface between theory and practice and the interface between urban research, urban design, and urban planning can be approached prospectively; additionally: your ideas for contemporary research agendas and teaching curricula for the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at the thematic intersection of the centre’s theme for 2021; * II) give contact addresses (home and office), title and affiliation, and email and telephone contact information.
Submission of Expressions of Interest
Interested parties declaring their interests for the one-year Visiting Professor position should send the documents listed above according to the procedure for expressions of interest no later than 31st January, 2019
via email: info@skuor.tuwien.ac.at and knierbein@skuor.tuwien.ac.at
Subject: Visiting Professorship 2021_Expression of Interest_Your Surname
Multi-stage procedure
A multi-stage procedure will be applied for the appointment of the Visiting Professor in the course of the KTH & TU Wien Joint Visiting Professorship Program in Urban Studies. Interested parties can express their interest directly as described above. At the same time the members of the centre’s International Advisory Board and the internal working group at TU Wien (including members of KTH Stockholm’s CFP) can collect further proposals in a timely manner. The expression of interest process follows a multi-stage selection and appointment process that serves to ensure quality and excellence in team-oriented research and teaching:
Step 1 (31st January 2019)
Timely receipt of expressions of interest and proposals. Receipt will be confirmed via email.
Step 2
Examination of expressions of interest and proposals by the director and the local team.
Step 3
Pre-Selection and ranking of expressions of interest by the internal working group at TU Wien (including members of KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and members of SKuOR’s international advisory board).
Step 4
Beginning of the appointment process: The TU internal working group is tasked with carrying out the selection process according to the chosen priorities. Guest lecture of selected candidate(s) in Vienna or alternatively a preparatory workshop will be realized. Decision by the working group. Formal acceptance or rejection of appointment of the one-year part-time Visiting Professor by TU Wien. Completion or continuation of the process.
Step 5
Written acceptance of the TU Wien’s offer by the candidate. Unsuccessful candidates will be notified by email. Information about the selection process can be issued by the Faculty of Architecture and Planning at the TU Wien after completion of the procedure.