Postdoctoral Researcher

position of:
**Postdoctoral researcher (scientific collaborator HES) at 100%**
**Fixed-term contract **(September 1, 2024 - February 28, 2027)**_ _**

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HEAD - Genève is one of Switzerland's leading art and design schools, with an international reputation. With some
700 students, it offers a broad spectrum of courses at Bachelor's and Master's degrees: Fine Arts, Cinema, Interior
Architecture, Space and Communication, Visual Communication as well as Fashion and Accessory Design. The
school has also established itself as a major player on Geneva's cultural scene.

Associated to the research project: _The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)_ financed by the Swiss National
Science Foundation (SNSF).

The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD) is a research project exploring how emerging technologies, processes
of aesthetic design, and engineering insights can be combined with knowledge from political science to tackle the
crisis facing humanitarianism. HUD is a four-year Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded project
focused on the challenges facing humanitarian action: war, refugee flows, forced displacement, etc. These
humanitarian challenges are worsening. Contemporary conflicts are more frequent and protracted, refugee flows
are rapidly destabilizing geopolitical structures, and humanitarian actors are under growing threat. In light of these
dilemmas, HUD explores how emerging technologies, processes of design, and engineering insights can be
combined with knowledge from international relations to tackle the crisis facing humanitarianism. To achieve this,
HUD is a collaboration between the Geneva Graduate Institute, the University of Copenhagen, the Department of
Interior Architecture at HEAD - Genève, and the EssentialTech Lab at EPFL Lausanne. The project will involve
three Ph.D. researchers, three Postdocs researchers, and two Research coordinators. It also integrates high-level
policy practitioners as project partners based at organizations including Médecins sans frontières (doctors without
borders), Terre des hommes, and the International Committee of the Red Cross, alongside partnerships with
research institutions in Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Participate in the project’s planning and strategy
- Participate in the projects field work, publications and outcomes
- Assume teaching-related responsibilities at HEAD - Genève

**Profile / Skills**:

- Architect, Interior Architect, or designer (MA in design)
- PhD with at least 2 years of experience after dissertation
- Professional experience in humanitarian design and/or research
- Teaching experience in English (BA and MA level)
- A strong academic track-record and research profile
- Desirable: list of exhibitions, either curated or participated

**Special features of the position**:
Vacations are to be taken during periods of slow activity, in particular during the vacation weeks in the academic
calendar.
The function class for the position of scientific or artistic collaborator HES is a class annuity 4, for holders of a
Master's degree or with a higher qualification.

**We offer**:
A dynamic, cosmopolitan, inclusive environment open to local, national and international artistic and professional
circles, with attractive working conditions.

**Application deadline**:April 1, 2024

**Interviews**:May 2024***

**Start date**:September 1, 2024***

**Place of work**:HEAD campus (Geneva)**
**The HES-SO Genève / HEAD - Genève adopts an equal opportunities and diversity recruitment policy.
**articles, books, together with qualifications and certificates of employment) should be sent electronically to

For further information, please contact:

- Javier Fernández Contreras: Head of the Department of Space Design / Interior Architecture (HEAD - Genève),
- Anna Leander: Chair of the Department of International Relations and Political Science (Geneva Graduate