Junior Professor in the Domain of Critical Reflective Practice: Interior Architecture

You hold a master's degree in interior architecture and a practice-based and/or design-driven PhD. If you do not yet hold a doctoral degree, you will be appointed as a visiting professor (50%) until you obtain your doctoral degree at the Faculty of Architecture, with a maximum term of five years (20% of dedicated research time). Your appointment to the independent academic staff will only take effect upon obtaining the PhD, with the degree and under the conditions laid down by the Advisory Committee of the Faculty of Architecture. The exemplar quality of your practice and its possible ground for a research (PhD) trajectory will be a decisive factor. The quality of the practice in relation to the topic of the vacancy is of primary importance.

• You have a strong record in practice in the field of interior architecture, shown through a portfolio of artistic and design-related work that demonstrates your position as interior architect. This work has investigative qualities and has the potential to be developed into ADROs (Artistic and Design-related Research Output). If you hold a PhD, the quality of your research record in the field of interior architecture is demonstrated by the investigative quality of your practice, ADROs (Artistic and Design-related Research Output), publications in leading/international journals, and research experience. You have demonstrable qualities for academic teaching. You have extensive experience in the studio working format as a learning environment.
• You make efforts to disseminate your research results widely and thus contribute to the development of the knowledge society.
• You take on leadership and create growth and collaboration opportunities for your students and colleagues.
• You attach great importance to teamwork and collegiality and you have the necessary organisational skills to do so.
• You choose for development and innovation in education and research, but also in the field of personal insights and growth within collaborative teams.
• You work in a transparent manner and are willing to share knowledge, scientific methods, insights and findings with colleagues and society.

A good command of English is required. KU Leuven provides courses in academic English.The administrative language of KU Leuven is Dutch. At the start of recruitment, you must have sufficient knowledge of Dutch to be able to take up internal service and teaching assignments within Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes of Interior Architecture. You must therefore master Dutch as the language of instruction at CEFR level C1.KU Leuven has a vacancy for a part-time tenure track position as a junior professor (ZAP) in the field of interior architecture. We are looking for candidates with an an exemplary interior architectural practice, with demonstrable teaching competence in interior architectural design (studio) and a strong research and/or practice record in design. If you do not yet hold a doctoral degree, you will be appointed as a visiting professor (50%) in a pre-ZAP trajectory. Your appointment to the independent academic staff (ZAP) will only take effect upon obtaining the PhD. The structure of KU Leuven combines faculties and research departments in a multi-campus model. You will contribute to the research of the Department of Architecture at the Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent campus within the research unit Architecture & Design. This research unit brings together researchers from both the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Engineering Science. The Department offers an international research environment of excellence. www.architectuur.kuleuven.be You will contribute to the education of the Faculty of Architecture. The Faculty of Architecture consists of the academic architecture programmes (interior architecture, architecture, urban design and spatial planning and the educational master) on the Sint-Lucas Brussels and Ghent campus. The faculty is driven by a consciously assembled diversity of practices and is renowned for its future-oriented education that cultivates a freedom of exploration. www.arch.kuleuven.beWe offer a part-time employment (50%) in a vibrant and intellectually stimulating design environment. KU Leuven is a research-intensive, internationally oriented university that carries out both fundamental and applied scientific research. Our university is highly focused on interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research and strives for international excellence. In this regard, the university actively works together with research partners in Belgium and abroad and provides its students with an academic education that is based on high-quality practice and scientific research.As member of the Faculty of Architecture, you will work on the Sint-Lucas campus both in Brussels and in Ghent. Your main workplace will be Brussels or Ghent and is determined by mutual agreement. The Department of Architecture is active at locations in Brussels, Ghent and Leuven.Since this a vacancy for a junior professor, you are appointed as assistant professor on the tenure track for a period of 5 years; after this period and a positive evaluation, you are permanently appointed (or tenured) as an associate professor.If you do not yet hold a doctoral degree, you will be appointed as a visiting professor (50%) until you obtain your doctoral degree at the Faculty of Architecture, with a maximum term of five years. Your appointment to the independent academic staff will only take effect upon obtaining the PhD, with the degree and under the conditions laid down by the assessment committee of the Faculty of Architecture.KU Leuven is well equipped to welcome foreign professors and their families and offers practical support in the areas of immigration and administration, housing, childcare, learning languages, ... To facilitate scientific integration and research in the first phase, start-up funding of 110 000 euro is offered to new professors, who are appointed for at least 50%. A research position equivalent to a doctoral fellowship for 2 years is also being made available.