Professor in Theory and History of Architecture and Architectural Design

Organisation/Company Ghent University Research Field Architecture » Design Architecture » Other History » Art history Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Country Belgium Final date to receive applications 9 Jan 2026 - 22:59 (UTC) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

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→ Apply until 09/01/2026(DD/MM/YYYY) 23:59 (Brussels time)
→ Discipline:
Theory and History of Architecture and Architectural Design
→100% Assistant professor tenure track / Associate professor
→ Reference number: 202511/EA01/ZAP/001

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The faculty of Engineering and Architecture has a vacancy for a professorship, starting from September 1, 2026. It concerns a full-time position as Professor in the rank of Assistant Professor (docent, Tenure Track) or Associate Professor (hoofddocent) in the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, charged with academic teaching, scientific research and institutional and societal engagement in the field of Theory and History of Architecture and Architectural Design.

You will be responsible for teaching a design studio in the master's or bachelor's programme, and will also be responsible for teaching the history of architecture, in the form of a theory course in the bachelor's and/or master's programme. Leading research seminars at master's level and supervising master's theses in the relevant field are also part of the teaching assignment. This teaching must be developed in close collaboration with colleagues from the department who are active in the fields of architectural design and the theory and history of architecture and urban planning.

You will develop innovative and internationally recognised research in the broad disciplinary field of the theory and history of architecture and architectural design, which may also include activities in the domain of architectural criticism. You will attract research funding, set up and lead research projects, and supervise doctoral students.

Based on your expertise and experience, you will contribute to the university's operations and/or take on external assignments.

• You have a strong academic CV with international visibility in the requested field:
  • you have demonstrable and excellent experience in teaching and research in the broad field of theory and history of architecture and architectural design, which can also include activities in the domain of architectural criticism;
  • your research interests will resonate with the department's existing lines of research and reinforce the ongoing academic research within the department, but should preferably be complementary;
  • you have an affinity for the long modernity within the history of architecture and architectural design, from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and, preferably, an interest in a global perspective;
  • experience in design education is a requirement;
  • you are able to establish in your teaching and research a fruitful dialogue between your historical expertise and challenges within the (contemporary) practice of architectural design;
  • your achievements in the field of research and education contribute to the development of the scientific domain (e.g. publications, presentations, or other academic output);
  • you are capable to initiate and supervise educational and research projects and to acquire the necessary funding for this;
  • you are didactically skilled to teach university students to develop academic…