Assistant or Associate Professor (Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Transport Systems) (111893-0726)

Location: University of Warwick Campus, Coventry

Salary: £47,389 to £56,535 per annum (Assistant Professor) / £58,225 to £67,468 per annum (Associate Professor)

About the Role  

Informal Queries

• For informal queries about the role, please contact Prof. Xueyu Geng (Professor and Research Cluster Leader for Built Environment and Sustainability) at Xueyu.Geng@warwick.ac.uk.

Flexible Working 

• We will consider applications for employment on a part-time or other flexible working basis (e.g. job share), despite the position being advertised as full-time.
• We welcome applications from candidates seeking a minimum of 0.8 FTE.

We invite applications for an Assistant or Associate Professor position in Geoenvironmental Engineering for Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Transport Infrastructure Systems, in the Built Environment and Sustainability research cluster within the School of Engineering, University of Warwick. The post is on the Research and Teaching Pathway.

The successful applicant will pursue research that makes fundamental contributions to climate adaptation, environmental monitoring, infrastructure resilience, and digital approaches to understanding environmental risk. This includes the application of Earth Observation, satellite-based monitoring, AI-assisted analysis, and geospatial methods to real-world engineering and environmental challenges. Equally important is the integration of these approaches with fundamental experimental and theoretical geomechanics, including advanced laboratory investigations of soil behaviour under changing climatic conditions, fracture and damage processes in geomaterials, and their representation through computational modelling. This integrated experimental–computational–field framework ensures that macro-scale observations are underpinned by rigorous physical understanding.

It also presents a significant opportunity for Warwick to develop a distinctive interdisciplinary capability linking civil engineering, geoscience, and digital environmental systems thereby strengthening its position in competitive UKRI and Horizon Europe programmes. Furthermore, it enables strong interdisciplinary collaboration across the University, particularly with Computer Science and Material Science, by integrating engineering geoscience with advanced digital technologies such as AI, machine learning, data analytics, and computer vision alongside experimental geomechanics, to support innovative, data-driven approaches to infrastructure and environmental resilience.

This post will contribute to the development of a cohesive research cluster spanning materials development, transport and infrastructure systems, and environmental resilience. This cluster will draw on both experimental and numerical modelling approaches, reinforcing and extending the strengths of existing academic staff. We are especially interested in candidates whose work can leverage or contribute to the School’s collaborative, translational, and industrially engaged research environment.

Candidates will be expected to teach to the highest quality on undergraduate, postgraduate and Degree Apprenticeship programmes offered by the School of Engineering, including teaching in Transport Systems, Geospatial Technologies and Environmental Infrastructure Systems.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description as a PDF below.

JD Assistant or Associate Professor (111893).pdf – 123KB

Closing Deadline: Sunday 6 September 2026 at 11:55pm (UK Time)* 

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