Associate professor in life cycle assessment of buildings

Jobbeskrivelse

At the Faculty of Engineering and Science, Department of the Built Environment (BUILD), a permanent position as associate professor in life cycle assessment of buildings is open for appointment in the Division of Sustainability of Buildings in Copenhagen from May 1st 2026.

Research environment
The Department of the Built Environment is Denmark's largest department in construction, civil engineering, and the built environment. The research at BUILD is rooted in the field of engineering, but it also contains important and comprehensive elements from the social sciences and the humanities.

The Department of the Built Environment at Aalborg University is a leading national centre for research and education in sustainable architecture, building technology, and urban development. The department integrates engineering and design competences to address the environmental challenges of the built environment. The successful candidate will join a dynamic research environment that works closely with public authorities, industry, and international organisations on the development of tools and standards for the net-zero and circular built environment.

The Division of Sustainability of Buildings hosts projects on sustainability assessment of buildings, life cycle assessment (LCA), circular economy, materials and design strategies, among others. The department values interdisciplinary collaboration and expects the new associate professor to play an active role in connecting methodological and applied research domains.

Job description
Aalborg University seeks a candidate with a distinguished research profile in life-cycle assessment (LCA) and whole-life carbon accounting for the built environment, with emphasis on the transition to net-zero and circular construction at across building and urban scales. The successful applicant will strengthen the university’s strategic research on sustainable construction and decarbonisation pathways for the built environment.

The Associate Professor is expected to lead high-impact, interdisciplinary research that integrates quantitative environmental modelling and policy-relevant carbon benchmarking to support evidence-based decision-making. Core activities include advancing methodologies for life-cycle environmental impact assessment; embedding circularity and sufficiency principles within life-cycle and performance-based frameworks; and optimising built environment systems to accelerate mitigation and carbon-removal strategies in alignment with net-zero objectives. A key ambition is to extend assessment and modelling from individual buildings to urban districts and building stocks, linking engineering innovation with systemic sustainability transitions.

The appointee will actively engage in European and Nordic research networks on whole-life carbon methodologies and harmonised carbon-limit values. The position offers the opportunity to influence the emerging regulatory and standardisation landscape that supports the transition towards net zero carbon buildings and cities.

Teaching
The associate professor will contribute to teaching at bachelor’s and master’s, and supervision of PhD students within topics such as life-cycle assessment of buildings and construction products, circular economy in the built environment and sustainable building assessment systems and tools. Experience with pedagogical integration of LCA and design education will be considered an advantage. Aalborg University encourages innovative teaching practices that engage students in research-based and problem-oriented learning.

Qualification requirements
Appointment as an associate professor requires research and teaching qualifications at the level that can be achieved through the satisfactory completion of a period of employment as an assistant professor but may also be obtained in other ways.

It is a precondition that applicants have documented research at an international standard. In addition, applicants are assumed to have received supervision and pedagogical skills development and to have obtained a positive written assessment of their teaching qualifications.

How to apply
Your application must include the following:

• Application, stating reasons for applying, qualifications in relation to the position, and intentions and visions for the position
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Diplomas (master's degree diploma and PhD diploma)
• List of publications, with an indication of the attached publications that you wish to be taken into account in the assessment. You may attach a maximum of ten publications. If you are applying for a position at The Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), you must submit a co-author statement, see template for co-author statement
• Documentation of teaching qualifications. Depending on which faculty you are applying for employment, please see guidelines for teaching portfolio at The Faculty of Engineering .If this is not enclosed, the applicant must enclose the reasons for this .
• Dissemination qualifications, including participation on committees or boards, participation in organisations etc.
• Additional qualifications in relation to the position
• References/recommendations

You can read more about the requirements for your application here.

The application must be submitted via Aalborg University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aalborg University's website.

Aalborg University wants to reflect the surrounding society and has diversity as a core value. Therefore, everyone, regardless of personal background and orientation, is encouraged to apply for the position.

Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions about the position, you are more than welcome to contact us. You will find contact persons at the bottom of the jobpost.

Further information
Read more about our recruitment process here

The appointment process at Aalborg University involves a shortlisting process. You can read more about the shortlisting and appointment process here.

The hiring process at Aalborg University may include a risk assessment as a tool to identify potential risks associated with new hires, ensuring the safety, compliance, and integrity of the workplace.

Salary and terms of employment
The employment is in accordance with the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities (the Appointment Order) and the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities (in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (in Danish).

Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with the collective agreement between the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations and the state (AC collective agreement) (only in Danish) and protocol on certain terms of employment of academic staff at universities (only in Danish).

Aalborg University - Knowledge for the world
Aalborg University is an international workplace with more than 3,700 employees. We offer real-world-oriented education and create world-class research results through collaboration between researchers, students, and public and private companies. This is how we achieve insights, new solutions to societal problems, and knowledge that changes the world. Our main campus is in Aalborg, but we also have campuses in Esbjerg and Copenhagen.

Contacts

• Harpa Birgisdottir: +4599402204,

Ansøgningsfrist
20-01-2026

Ref. nummer
2026/18

Afdeling
Department of the Built Environment