ID-StudioLab, TU Delft and Drift, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Duration: 2 years
Apply by March 9, 2016

Funded by the Dutch Research programme Research through Design, part of the proposition of The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for the Topsector Creative Industries.

(www.nwo.nl/ci)

*Job description*

The increasing complexity cities face calls for a different way of City Making, one that combines top-down management with bottom-up social innovation. The STW-funded Participatory City Making project considers the collaborative construction of new visions through small-scale experimenting as a way of triggering a process of broader change and transformation. The project explores methods and intervention strategies for participatory city making, and aims to take smart city activities a step further than the generalised smart city ‘visions’ by bringing together theories from
(participatory) design research and transition management as well as perspectives from design thinking and system thinking.

We are seeking two excellent, motivated, and ambitious post-docs who are willing to join forces and develop with other researchers an arsenal of new tools enabling heterogeneous stakeholders to participate actively, as well as to explore the collaborative envisioned potential and articulate their own role in the new city making process.

– Post-doc 1 will uncover the unique governance perspective in
participatory city making and will take a central role in developing the
framework, incorporating contributions from partners, and providing
guidelines for the tools.

– Post-doc 2 will focus on the outcomes of the research through the
design approach as well as on the value of prototyping for systemic change.

*Requirements*
Applicants preferably hold a PhD degree in Design Research, Transition Management, or a closely related field. A willingness to explore the frontiers of systemic design and design research, and an open, cross-disciplinary aptitude are essential. Experience with social innovation and sustainability projects is greatly appreciated.

The post-doc positions are for 24 months, and the work will be executed both at ID-StudioLab http://studiolab.ide.tudelft.nl/studiolab/about/, TU Delft and at Drift http://www.drift.eur.nl/, Erasmus University of Rotterdam in order to intensify the collaboration between Dr. Ingrid Mulder http://www.io.tudelft.nl/over-de-faculteit/persoonlijke-profielen/universitair-hoofddocenten/mulder-ij/
(TUD)
and Prof. dr. Derk Loorbach http://www.drift.eur.nl/?p=2712 (EUR).

Please find the full announcement here:
http://www.tudelft.nl/en/about-tu-delft/working-at-tu-delft/jobs/ or https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/TUD/vacancy/32490/lang/en/