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Industrial Design, Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) : 2 Assistant Professor Positions (tenure-track) in Designing Quality Interaction Group -------------------- We are seeking two Assistant Professor positions in the “Impact of Interaction Design on Everyday Life” core chair research group that is part of the Designing Quality in Interaction (DQI) capacity group. Visit: http://jobs.tue.nl/en/vacancy/assistant-professors-2-fulltime-positions-220175.html for more information and to apply online. The Impact of Interaction Design on Everyday Life research group focuses on reflective explorations in interaction design. Our research investigates the changing nature of interaction design in response to everyday design and social practices such as home life, amateur experts, fashion and sustainability. In particular, we research everyday creativity, materiality, and critical reasoning in design that leads to inquiries on new types of interaction design artifacts, materials, and methods. In the spirit of research through design, we aim to be reflective and generative, uncovering new and emergent practices of design that help to shape both the design of and relations to technologies. The Designing Quality in Interaction (DQI) group is a strong and forward-looking group of researchers and educators that shares a set of common values in approach and motivation. These values are characterized by a holistic and designerly approach to research and education in which we highly value ‘making’ as the mechanism to gain new insight and theory. Our take on design and design research is strongly flavoured by our theoretical positioning that highlights embodiment and ethical and socio-cultural aspects of design. Consequently, we experientially investigate how meaning (information for use) can emerge in interaction and how we can design for meaning in (interactive and intelligent) systems, products and related services. We regard the aesthetical aspects of form, interaction and behaviour as paramount in this. This also influences our research method as we adopt (and have pioneered) a Research through Design approach. We are looking for candidates for the two Assistant Professor positions that have a good sense of quality and affinity with craftsmanship in the field of (physical) interaction design and who can strengthen us as a group by complementing us in terms of skills, insight and theoretical background. The candidates should have a PhD in interaction design, human-computer interaction, industrial design, information studies, or related disciplines. Within the domain of interaction design the candidate should have proven skills and knowledge in interaction design or human-computer interaction, and should be able to set up and conduct design research that is grounded in relevant theories from social sciences, philosophy of technology, or design. A candidate should have a track record of publications in top journals and conferences, and should be open and interested in an industrial and interaction design environment. Strong methodological skills (e.g. qualitative user research methods or research through design) are required. The candidate has affinity with education and is willing to integrate his/her teaching and research activities in a theme. We warmly welcome a high quality design (research) portfolio and encourage the candidate to position himself/herself in our group in the motivation letter in terms of strengthening and complementing. General information about the Department Industrial Design, candidates will find on http://www.tue.nl/en/university/departments/industrial-design/ About this position candidates can get more information from Prof. Dr. Ron Wakkary, “Impact of Interaction Design on Everyday Life” core chair, email: [log in to unmask],. If you have any questions about the application procedure or labour conditions, please contact Annemarie Hendriks, HR advisor, telnr. +31 40 247 5954 ([log in to unmask]). ----- Ron Wakkary Visiting Professor and Chair of the Impact of Interaction Design on Everyday Life Industrial Design Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Eindhoven, Netherlands Professor, SIAT Simon Fraser University Surrey, BC, Canada t. 778 782 2322 http://www.sfu.ca/~rwakkary ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------