Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in Architecture and Built Environment

The Department of Architecture and Built Environment (ABE) at Northumbria University engages with the full spectrum of disciplines that shape the future of our built environment including Architecture, Interior Architecture, Construction Project Management, Quantity Surveying Building Surveying and Real Estate.

A testament of our academic excellence, our diverse course in built environment and construction project management are accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) and the Association for Project Management (APM). We hold Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) Accredited Centre Status. We are ranked 11th in “Construction, Surveying and Planning” in the UK (Guardian League Tables 2024). We are also ranked 13th in “Building” in the UK (Complete University Guide League Tables 2025). Our programmes are offered at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels utilising various modes of interaction including in-person, distance learning, and degree apprenticeship provisions. We engage with industry, professional institutions and UK/overseas bodies and research networks, including The Association of Researchers in Construction Management (ARCOM) and the Conseil International du Bâtiment (CIB).

Working within the ABE, you will provide expertise in the subject area of Built Environment to further enhance research, teaching and entrepreneurial activities. This will include designing, developing and delivering high-quality teaching activities, undertaking individual and joint research to produce high-quality academic outputs, participating in competitive research funding applications and external activity to generate income and promote the discipline.

Achieving excellence in research is our drive as evident in our latest REF2021 power rankings where the Department is ranked 11th in the UK. The Department has research strengths in areas including Adaptation, Value, and the Built Environment; Sustainable Construction Futures; Design Research Group and Practice-Based Research; Digital Built Environment; and People and Place, in addition to “Urban Futures”; an interdisciplinary research theme. We will consider high-quality applications, from both early career and senior academics, in areas relevant to our teaching or research activities and from candidates with previous industry experience.

• You must hold a first degree and be qualified to Doctoral level in a relevant discipline and have subject expertise in built environment related area with specialist knowledge gained through research activity, professional practice or consultancy.
• Proven ability to deliver high-quality research-led teaching within an appropriate field, a strong publication profile and ability to collaborate with academics and professionals from other disciplines are desirable.
• A developing track record in an area related to the department's research groups, and/or the wider interdisciplinary research themes of the University. Applicants should indicate how they would wish to develop their research through publication, funded research and the supervision of research degrees.

Further information is available in the Professor (Competitive), Associate Professor (£58,595 - £67,756) and Assistant Professor (£46,484 - £56,921) person specifications. 

For informal enquiries about this vacancy, please contact Professor Richard Laing, Head of Subject (Built Environment) at richard.laing@northumbria.ac.uk or Professor Ashraf Salama, Head of Department of Architecture and Built Environment at ashraf.salama@northumbria.ac.uk

We welcome applications from the UK and across the world. Visit our web pages for details about Relocation Assistance.

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