Tenure track professor in geospatial analysis of human-environment interactions

We are looking for enthusiast candidates who can strengthen the department’s research capacity in the field of spatial analytics and geospatial modelling. Thematically, the research should focus on human-environment interactions, but the candidate can bring in a more human geography or physical geography focus. Your research should broaden the scope and complement the research currently carried out within either the Cosmopolis Centre for Urban Research or the Physical Geography research group. You focus on spatial analytics and quantitative spatial modelling approaches should also foster synergy between existing research lines within the department. Relevant fields of application include -  but are not restricted to -  geographies of environmental risks and global change, geographies of social and environmental inequalities, or geographies of health and wellbeing.

You are expected to generate high-quality research output, supervise PhD researchers, and apply for competitive research funding at relevant levels (i.e. local, regional, national, international). You will contribute to reinforcing the international reputation of the department’s research groups and engage in dissemination and societal outreach activities.

You will teach courses in the BSc and MSc programmes in geography and will also offer courses for other programmes in the faculty that require GIS skills (e.g. MSc Oceans & Lakes, MSc Biology, MSc Urban Studies, MSc Urbanism and Spatial Planning). Courses will include introductory Dutch-taught courses within the BSc Geography, such as cartography, spatial data handling, and spatial analysis. At the master’s level, teaching duties will include English-taught courses in advanced spatial analysis using up-to-date programming tools (e.g. Python, open-source geospatial libraries), with thematic relevance to human and/or physical geography. The selected candidate is expected to supervise bachelor and master research projects in Geography, and potentially also in the field of Urban Studies, and Urbanism and Spatial Planning.