Professor Humanitarian Engineering
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Job Description
This is a part-time Professor position in Humanitarian Engineering focused on research into sustainable, socially impactful engineering solutions for urban challenges like poverty and inequality. Key responsibilities include leading a research program that engages vulnerable populations as co-researchers, developing participatory research methods, and creating training models for engineers. Candidates must hold a PhD in a relevant engineering field, possess at least 10 years of experience in humanitarian engineering and 5 years in social-science research with quantitative and qualitative methods.
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Benefits
- Extensive homeworking options , a telework allowance of 50 euros per month OR an internet fee of 20 euros per month
- An open and informal working environment where attention is paid to work-life balance , and exceptional holiday arrangements with 35 days of leave (based on a fulltime contract), closure between Christmas and New Year and 3 extra leave days
- open and informal working environment
- Cost-free hospitalisation insurance
- hospitalisation insurance
- Full reimbursement of your home-to-work commute with public transport according to VUB-policy, and/or compensation if you come by bike
- Full reimbursement of your home-to-work commute
- A wide selection of meals in our campus restaurants at attractive prices
- Excellent and affordable facilities for sport and exercise , a range of discounts via Benefits@Work (in all kinds of shops, on flights, in petrol stations, amusement parks...) and Ecocheques
- facilities for sport and exercise
- Nursery near campus, discount on holiday camps
- The space to form your job content and to continuously learn through our VUB learning platforms and training courses
- And finally: great colleagues with a healthy drive.
- Is this the job you’ve been dreaming of?
- Then apply, at the latest on 23/10/2026 , via jobs.vub.be , and upload the following documents:
About This Position
Where is this position based?
The position is based at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), in Brussels, BE. Check the job description above for flexible or hybrid arrangements.
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