Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader Assistant​/Associate Professor in Sustainable Transportation Futures

Job Identification 4561

Posting Date 10/22/2026, 08:27 PM

Apply Before 12/14/2026, 05:55 AM

Job Schedule Full Time

Locations Edmonton, AB, Canada (On-site)

Category Type Faculty & Faculty Services Academic

Position Type Faculty (Includes Asst. Professors, Associate Professors)

College/Administrative Portfolio College of Natural And Applied Sciences

Faculty/Department Engineering

Posting Date:
October 22, 2026

Closing Date:
December 13, 2026

The Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta is seeking applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position in sustainable transportation futures.

This Canada Impact+ Emerging Leader position is associated with Dr. Susan Shaheen's Eddie Goldenberg Research Chair of Canada in Sustainable Transportation Futures at the University of Alberta.

Salary and research support will be specified in the appointment offer. The successful candidate will establish an innovative, independent, and externally funded research program, teach undergraduate and graduate courses, supervise students and other highly qualified personnel, and contribute to interdisciplinary collaboration across the Faculty, the University, and with external partners. Applicants whose work connects transportation technologies with energy, infrastructure, climate resilience, logistics, digital systems, policy, or community needs are particularly encouraged to apply.

This is an opportunity to help shape the future of clean, resilient, accessible, and globally competitive transportation through cutting-edge research and education.

The successful candidate will hold an academic appointment in the Faculty of Engineering, with an academic home determined according to the candidate's expertise and alignment with one of the Faculty's five departments.

Applications are invited from candidates whose research advances sustainable, resilient, and inclusive transportation systems. Areas of interest include clean transportation technologies and energy systems involving electrification, hydrogen, sustainable fuels, critical minerals, vehicle-grid integration, and distributed energy resources; the decarbonization of difficult-to-electrify freight, aviation, marine, and long-distance transportation systems; and next-generation aviation and autonomous air systems for passenger transportation, freight, defence, and rural or northern mobility.

Additional areas of interest include climate-resilient transportation and energy infrastructure, smart charging, multimodal logistics, low-emission supply corridors, Arctic and northern supply chains, first-and-last-mile transportation, and accessible mobility for rural, remote, underserved, older, and disabled populations. Research may integrate technology development and testing with systems modelling, lifecycle and environmental assessment, infrastructure planning, safety, regulatory and policy analysis, community acceptance, affordability, accessibility, equity, public health, and economic competitiveness.

• Have been both working and residing outside Canada on July 1st, 2026
• Be within five years of the start of the first appointment permitting independent research as of that date, with adjustments for eligible career interruptions and part-time appointments under the program's rules.
• Be able to begin full-time employment at the University of Alberta no later than July 1st, 2027.

• Assistant or Associate tenure-track Professor
• Successful nominees will be expected to start their position within 12 months of accepting the award.
• The award value is $100,000 per year over six years and is renewable up to six additional years at the same amount.
• Chairholders will be required to take up their appointment on a full-time basis.

The University of Alberta recognizes the legitimate impact that life circumstances (e.g., maternity leave, parental leave, leaves due to illness, leaves due to caring for family members, slowdowns due to chronic illness or disability, COVID-19 impacts, etc.) can have on a candidate's record of research achievement and that these circumstances will be taken into careful consideration during the assessment process. Please consult the Canada Impact+ Research Chairs website for full program information,…