Associate Senior Lecturer in Building Technology

• Location

Linnaeus University
Vaxjo, Sweden

• Missions

The associate senior lecturer is expected to work with research, education and collaboration. The main part of this position concerns research in energy- and climate-efficient construction with a particular emphasis on applications in timber structures. As part of the research profile Competitive Timber Structures, the appointee will work primarily in subarea (5) on Energy and Climate-Efficient Construction, while also contributing expertise to projects planned with other subareas such as Design of Wood-Based Building Systems (subarea 2) and Industrialised Production along the Value Chain (subarea 3). Among others, the research conducted by the appointee can encompass the following topics:
-Life cycle optimisation of wood-based building systems in early-stage design.
-Life cycle sustainability assessment of buildings, including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Analysis, and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA).
-Primary energy and greenhouse gas modelling of buildings, encompassing the product, construction, service life, and end-of-life stages.
-Building energy simulations and HVAC system optimisations.
-Sustainable and circular construction materials and material resource efficiency.
-Application of BIM, AI and emerging smart technologies in building energy-efficiency.

• Skills

a doctorate in Civil Engineering or Building technology, or who has the equivalent academic competence, is qualified for the position of associate senior lecturer.

In addition to the formal prerequisites related to scientific expertise, experience in teaching in building technology is considered an asset

• Application

You are welcome to submit your application by October 31st, 2025

To apply click here

• Contact

Head of Department of Building Technology: Magnus Bratt,  magnus.bratt@lnu.se, +46 470-70 89 00
Head of subject: Anders Olsson, anders.olsson@lnu.se, +46 470-70 89 85
HR-partner: Karolina Arvidsson, karolina.arvidsson@lnu.se, +46 470-70 81 77

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