Assistant Professor in Interaction Design Research

The challenge

Designers and engineers at the Faculty of Engineering Technology of the University of Twente envision a world in which technology, design and engineering inspire change in ways that benefit society, people and our planet. Long term effects for human wellbeing and working on societal challenges steer our work. We are looking for a versatile academic at the assistant professor level who can independently develop and advance a research line within the Interaction Design group and who is an inspirational teacher in the industrial design engineering and creative technology programs.

We invite inspiring, enthusiastic, innovative and ambitious candidates to apply for this position.

You are expected to contribute to and take responsibility for research and teaching development in the following ways:

• You work as an independent researcher who can identify academic questions related to societal challenges in the health domain.
• You can bridge academic research results and the practices of industrial design engineering, systemic design and/or design for transitions.
• You have a good track record of publishing research results in high quality international refereed journals and conferences.
• You can build relevant and necessary networks to attract external funding (national science foundation, EU, government and industry).
• You have a proven record in teaching and in development of new courses in the area of industrial design engineering, systemic design, design for experience or creative technology.