Teaching Fellow in Urban Data Science and Sustainability

Part-time 21 hours per week

Fixed Term- 12 month contract

We are looking for a Teaching Fellow in Urban Data Science and Sustainability to deliver inspirational and engaging teaching in the interdisciplinary programmes for Edinburgh Futures Institute in the field of Sustainable Futures, as well as to contribute to relevant courses in Architecture and Landscape Architecture programmes.

The Opportunity:

We’re looking for a candidate with demonstrable skills in Data Science and Urban Infrastructure in relation to Sustainability, and with a contextualised knowledge of pedagogy, practice and theory in areas across design, data and digital cultures to work within a successful postgraduate programme in Sustainable Futures that sits within a wide, interconnected postgraduate portfolio in the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI). 

The post is a 12 month, part-time (0.6 FTE), fixed-term position.

Your skills and attributes for success: 

• A postgraduate degree in a relevant field for the post 
• Demonstrable experience in teaching and assessing degree-level student work in Urban Data Science and Sustainability, or a cognate discipline.
• Ability to plan and organise the delivery of effective learning and teaching of Urban Data Science and Sustainability in complex academic frameworks.
• Ability to work as part of a team in delivering courses in Urban Data Science and Sustainability across a number of degree programmes, covering topics that primarily complement existing staff expertise.
• Ability to communicate and review complex issues pertaining to data, infrastructure and sustainability in society, culture and environment.

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