W2-Professorship of Design with a focus on urban and regional strategies

Technische Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe

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Join our university in the Department of Detmold School of Design:

W2-Professorship of Design with a focus on urban and regional strategies

starting September 1^st, 2026 | campus Detmold | permanent position | full-time

We are OWL University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In Lemgo, Detmold and Höxter we develop around 5,700 students: personally, professionally and future-orientated. We foster interdisciplinary exchange and benefit from cooperative structures. This is how we actively shape our appreciative working and educational environment at all locations. Strong institutes and international networks bring our innovations from application-oriented research to the dynamic economic region of East Westphalia-Lippe – and far beyond.

Your responsibilities

You will teach in the Bachelor's and Master's programs at the Detmold School of Design with a focus on urban planning, as well as in the cooperative Master's program Urban development NRW.

You develop innovative design and planning strategies at the intersection of city and region across various scales. You understand urban and regional development as a cross-disciplinary task and work at the interfaces of architecture, urban design, and landscape architecture.

Your focus lies on shaping spatial development frameworks, transformation strategies, and planning concepts with an emphasis on sustainable spatial development, socio-spatial justice, functional diversity, and climate resilience.

In doing so, you combine analytical and design-based methods and tools, and convey the legal foundations of land-use planning. You explore new, collaborative forms of citizen science in real-world laboratories, planning processes, or regional networks.

You have a strong desire to be on campus and present for your students. Up to 25 % of your teaching can be provided as digital teaching, if required, to enable cross-location lectures.

You are prepared to conduct courses in German as well as in English.

You will promote interdisciplinary study formats, e.g., through practical student projects.

You will conduct research in urban and regional development with the aim of developing innovative strategies and design approaches for sustainable, just, and resilient spaces.

In this context, you bring expertise in one or more of the following areas: integrative and transformative spatial concepts, development processes in the Global South, socio-ecological land policy, and urban-rural conflicts.

You have strong interest in innovative communication formats which encourage the dialog between science and society.

You will shape the expansion of collaborations with practice partners and you contribute to the further development of the department.

You will contribute to the university’s internal committee work in a collegial manner and participate actively in expanding cooperation relationships with domestic and foreign universities.