Tenure Track position in Urban Climate: Assistant/Associate Professor in Urban Climate now open here. The deadline is Nov 17.
Description: The School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning (SGSUP) at Arizona State University (ASU) invites applications for a full-time, benefits-eligible, tenure-eligible or tenured Assistant or Associate Professor position in Geography, GIS/Remote Sensing, or Urban Planning with a research focus on urban climate. The position is designated as in-person and is located on the Tempe campus. SU has established an exceptional reputation for urban climate research and leadership with many notable urban climate scientists placed within SGSUP and across the university. We are looking for applicants to strengthen this reputation and contribute to teaching and scholarship in one of the following areas: GIS/Remote Sensing, Meteorology/Climate Science, and Urban Environmental Planning. The successful candidate may bring expertise in a wide range of relevant methodological approaches, including those rooted in physical observations, atmospheric modeling, dynamics of human-environment interactions, and/or planning/governance analysis.
The successful candidate will be a key contributor to the Urban Climate Research Center (ucrc.asu.edu), participating in center leadership at a level consistent with their prior experience and career stage. They will also contribute to teaching in SGSUP’s Geography, GIS, and/or Urban Planning undergraduate and graduate degree programs in a variety of modalities (in-person, hybrid, and online). The typical workload distribution for tenure-related faculty in SGSUP is 50% research, 30% teaching (3 courses/year), and 20% service.
About The School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning
SGSUP is proudly transdisciplinary. The mission of SGSUP is to advance geospatial knowledge for a complex world, emphasizing education, research, and applied solutions to urban and environmental problems.
- We are a distinctive community of social and physical scientists whose blended expertise is producing breakthroughs in urban planning and geography.
- We are committed to the social and environmental well-being of communities, places, and people.
- We are world leaders in spatial science and urban climatology.
- We are emerging leaders in transportation, housing, urban systems analysis, human-environmental systems, sustainability, resilience, and earth surface processes.
With 38+ full-time faculty, over 100 graduate students and approximately 900 undergraduate majors, SGSUP offers degrees in planning, geography, and GIS, as well as graduate certificates in social science research methods, transportation, and GIS.
