Assistent Professorship in Artistic Methods and Landscape Transformation

*Would you like to help educate and develop tomorrow’s architects to take responsibility for the landscapes, cities, and buildings of the future in a time marked by change and ecological crisis? And would you like, through research and in collaboration with students, to help develop the imagination as a driving force for a more beautiful and responsible architecture?*

*Do you want to work in strong, polyphonic communities where teaching, research, and practice meet? And would you like to be part of an environment where collaboration across disciplines, generations, and perspectives is essential for creating architecture that is sustainable, inclusive, and grounded in reality?*

Aarhus School of Architecture invites applications for an assistant professorship focusing on the artistic methods of architecture and the transformation processes in our landscapes and cities. The position is part of the school’s strategic commitment to strengthening the discussion of a more beautiful architecture – understood as an exploration of aesthetic values in relation to the planetary, societal, and spatial challenges of our time.

In the coming years, Aarhus School of Architecture will place particular emphasis on transformation and artistic method. Across scales, typologies, and subject areas, our initiatives are based on this focus as well as related fields such as historical awareness, resource responsibility, technological understanding, and aesthetic resonance. In this context, the assistant professorship is expected to contribute to developing new perspectives on the connection between the ecological dynamics of landscapes and the materiality of architecture, as well as to visualizing these through artistic development.

We are therefore seeking a candidate with strong competencies in artistic development as well as relevant research and teaching experience rooted in an urban and landscape\-oriented approach to architecture.

The position is affiliated with Research Lab 1 and the environment surrounding the Center for Emerging Landscapes, while also contributing to the development of an academic cluster within artistic methods, where established research environments are connected with new voices.

Your qualifications

The focus area of the assistant professorship is the transformation of landscapes and cities viewed from historical, contemporary, and future perspectives. Here, concepts and understandings of nature are important prerequisites for setting directions for these transformations, whether in urban or rural areas, cultivated or built.

The methodological foundation of the position lies within the artistic methods of architecture and architectural research, as a way of opening the field through concrete spatial and aesthetic investigations and as a means of creating new insights and opportunities for action. These are connected to critical agendas in a world facing climate and biodiversity crises, resource scarcity, and demographic and social challenges.

We are seeking a new colleague with strong professional expertise, who has both the ability and the desire to communicate and collaborate. A colleague who can navigate the significant shifts in scale that characterize the field and bring design, spatial understanding, and sensory awareness into play based on a new ecological understanding of the transformation processes of landscapes and cities.

We expect that you possess strong architectural competencies and hope that you also bring insight into current practices viewed from a climate perspective, as well as an interest in interdisciplinary collaboration.

We expect that you have the will and desire to contribute to both existing projects and approaches, as well as to introduce new perspectives and areas of development connected to the school’s strategy and the disciplines represented in Research Lab 1 and Center for Emerging Landscapes.

The assistant professorship

An assistant professorship is a full\-time career development position in which the main responsibilities are research and teaching in a 50/50 distribution. In addition, the position will to a limited extent include administration, vision development, and cross\-institutional and external collaboration. Aarhus School of Architecture will ensure that the assistant professor receives supervision and opportunities for pedagogical development.

The position is advertised as a fixed\-term appointment for three years.

The position is expected to be filled from 1 October 2026 or as otherwise agreed.

Salary and terms of employment will follow the collective agreement for academics (AC agreement).

Affiliation of the position

The assistant professorship will be affiliated with the school’s Research Lab 1 and, by further agreement, Center for Emerging Landscapes.

The teaching component of the position will span courses and studios across both the bachelor’s and master’s degree programme. Teaching will include assignment planning, studio teaching, lectures, workshops, study trips, study circles, and interdisciplinary courses within the academic field of the position.

The research component of the position will be oriented both theoretically and conceptually within the academic field of the assistant professorship, as well as toward the development of artistic methods.

What we offer

At Aarhus School of Architecture, we offer a creative and innovative research and teaching environment. We educate architects at the highest level and are among Europe’s most recognized schools of architecture. The school’s foundation is rooted in a Scandinavian architectural tradition in which, through critical reflection, experimental practice, and exploration of materials, methods, craftsmanship, and technologies, we actively contribute to the development of the field of architecture and to society as a whole. We offer our students access to a knowledge base founded on artistic methods and traditions, closely connected to practice and based on the latest research knowledge.

Aarhus School of Architecture has strong research environments within areas such as urban and landscape development, architecture, climate adaptation, sustainability, materials, aesthetics, tectonics, and cultural heritage. We possess advanced digital competencies, first\-class workshop facilities, and a clear focus on integrating practice\-oriented experiments into both research and teaching.

As an employee at Aarhus School of Architecture, you will have the opportunity to work with people of different age groups and from many cultures. We collaborate across disciplines, and everyone plays an important role and therefore has a voice regardless of position. We believe that mutual recognition and a focus on collaboration create the best framework for an attractive and vibrant workplace.

We place great emphasis on professional well\-being and work purposefully to support this among both staff and students.

We encourage all interested applicants with the relevant qualifications to apply for the position.

Requirements for applicants and applications

Appointment as assistant professor requires academic qualifications at PhD level within the subject area of the call.

Aarhus School of Architecture uses Danish as its primary language and English as its secondary language. If you do not speak Danish, we expect you to gradually acquire Danish language skills so that you can participate in professional conversations in Danish.

You apply by completing the application form.

In the form, you must upload an application describing one or more possible research areas and/or projects within the academic field of the call and explain your thoughts regarding teaching. The total application must not exceed 6 A4 pages.

In addition, you must upload:

• Copy of diplomas documenting completed master’s and PhD examinations


• CV


• Portfolio with selected examples of your professional, artistic, academic, and/or teaching\-based practice (max. 20 MB)


• Publication list

The application must be uploaded in the system so that it reaches us no later than Thursday, 25 June 2026\.

Further information

Questions regarding the position may be directed to Professor Tom Nielsen at \+45 8936 0303 / tn@aarch.dk.

Shortlisting

Aarhus School of Architecture uses shortlisting. This means that only applicants who, based on an overall assessment, best match the school’s needs will proceed to academic evaluation. The selection process is based on the formal and professional requirements stated in the job advertisement. All applicants will be informed whether their application has been shortlisted for evaluation.

Our ambition The global changes the world is currently facing require action. At Aarhus School of Architecture, we educate and develop architects who take responsibility for the landscapes, cities, and buildings of the future. We work for an architecture that is both beautiful and responsible – where aesthetics and ethics go hand in hand. With imagination as a driving force, we strengthen hope, rethink architectural practice, and connect time and place through transformation. In strong, polyphonic communities, we collaborate across disciplines to explore the full range of architecture and educate architects who care for the climate, nature, and people – and who actively contribute to the development of society. Together for a beautiful and responsible architecture Read more at aarch.dk

Ansættelsesform: tidsbegrænset ansættelse mere end 6 måneder \| Arbejdstid: fuldtid \| Antal ledige stillinger: 1 \| Beskæftigelsesgrad: 37 \| By: Aarhus \| Region: Midtjylland \| Land: Denmark \| Referencenummer: 2026/9 \| Kontakt: Tom Nielsen \+4589360303, Professor Tom Nielsen \+4589360303, \| Publiceret : 2026\-05\-20 \| Sidste ansøgningsdag: 2026\-06\-25

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