Job Description

The Doctoral Network “LANDLABS - Landscape Laboratories: Design strategies for sustainable and beautiful urban landscapes in the Anthropocene” (funded by the European Commission within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions) operates across six landscape laboratories throughout Europe, exploring new perspectives on the interconnectedness between humans, animals, plants, water, air, soil, and technologies. Through an innovative site-based, research-through-design approach, LANDLABS offers young researchers the opportunity to contribute to the critical and urgent issue of the green transition of cities in alignment with the European Green Deal and the United Nations Goals of Sustainability.

As members of LANDLABS, the Doctoral Candidates will receive training in developing new modes of understanding urban landscapes in the Anthropocene and devising new methods to enhance their sustainability and beauty. LANDLABS unites researchers from Leibniz University Hannover, Aarhus School of Architecture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, University of Ljubljana, University of Porto, TU Wien, and associated partners from municipal planning departments.

All six Doctoral Candidates affiliated with LANDLABS will engage deeply with a specific site in collaboration with the local municipal planning department. These sites are landscapes significantly impacted by human activities and will function as landscape laboratories for exploring new perspectives on interconnectedness and testing design strategies for sustainable and beautiful urban landscapes in the Anthropocene. The PhD fellows are expected to develop and implement design interventions in these landscape laboratories as part of their research.

The doctoral training in LANDLABS is organized into two main phases. In the initial two-year period, each doctoral candidate primarily focuses on their individual landscape laboratory site and related theory.. In the third year, the six PhD fellows collaborate in a virtual PhD lab on joint tasks to develop transferable theory, evaluation criteria, and design strategies for sustainable and beautiful urban landscapes in the Anthropocene. The Doctoral Candidates are required to participate in all joint activities and contribute three papers as part of their dissertation: two individual and one joint.



Qualifications

The position requires a master's degree in landscape architecture or a related design discipline. Additionally, experience with projects dealing with landscapes significantly impacted by human activities will be advantageous.

Applicants must demonstrate English language skills at the B2 level (CEFR), as the PhD thesis must be written in English. A working knowledge of the countries language where you apply is also beneficial.

An application letter describing the applicant’s motivation for the specific project and the doctoral network, along with a portfolio documenting the applicant’s design competencies and a CV, is required as part of the application. Writing examples from thesis, seminar work or other publications could be included

In the assessment, emphasis will be placed on the applicant's potential to complete a research education based on the design-related work documented in the application. Additionally, other experiences significant to the completion of the doctoral program may be considered.

We will also place importance on motivation and personal suitability for the position. We are seeking candidates who possess strong collaboration and communication skills and an interest in working in an international context.

As many individuals as possible should have the opportunity to undertake organized research training. If you already hold a PhD or have equivalent competence, you will not be eligible for this position.

Applicants can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule: the applicant must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting university for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date. This rule is not debatable.



We offer:

• Participation in an engaging research project/doctoral network

• Promising career opportunities

• A stimulating academic environment with dedicated colleagues

• Flexible working hours



Application

The links to the respective job descriptions and the associated specific application conditions are available at www.landlabs.eu. The application deadline for the doctoral positions will be November 30, 2024.

The personal data will be stored for the purpose of processing the application. By submitting your application, you agree that your data may be stored and processed electronically for application purposes in compliance with the provisions of data protection law. Further information on data protection can be found in our data protection regulations at www.landlabs.eu/dataprotection . Application costs cannot be reimbursed.



Contact

For general information about the project, please contact the Project Coordinator Professor Martin Prominski (martin.prominski@freiraum.uni-hannover.de). For questions about the positions, please contact the respective person mentioned in each universities job advertisement.

Contact Details

Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Freiraumentwicklung
Martin Prominski

Herrenhäuserstraße 2a
30169  Hannover

martin.prominski@freiraum.uni-hannover.de
http://landlabs.eu/

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