ReSpace! – Connected Response-able Spaces and Infrastructures for Sustainable Living is a cutting-edge research group at TU Braunschweig dedicated to reimagining spatial futures under the impact of climate change. We advance excellence in interdisciplinary methods and transformative knowledge to reshape urban and rural spaces and infrastructures addressing resource constraints and societal transformation in the complex interplay of global and local impacts.

We are looking for a (d/f/m) personality eager to take on the position of General Manager for our research group ReSpace!. You are highly team-oriented, cooperative, excited to work in an inter- and transdisciplinary context, and ambitious not only with regard to your own goals but also the overall ambitions of the ReSpace! Research Group. The role requires initiative, responsibility, and a collegial attitude in navigating the team and our partners. If you are committed to advancing excellence in sustainable urban research and scientific collaboration, if you bring the capacities and innovative ideas to coordinate a large inter- and transdisciplinary research team alongside the ReSpace! speaker Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow (ISU), and if you bring expertise in cutting-edge research on complex urban systems and the built environment, in scientific management and coordination, or in a combination of both, we invite you to apply.

The postdoctoral position of ReSpace! General Manager will be based at the Spatial Analytics and Crossdisciplinary Experimentation Lab, SpACE Lab at ISU – Institute for Sustainable Urbanism, TU Braunschweig. Here, you will connect with outstanding researchers in both ReSpace! and SpACE Lab, working in a highly creative environment with cutting-edge facilities and inspiring colleagues.

About ISU
With ISU, we offer a motivating setting for intellectual and professional development at one of Germany’s leading Institutes of Technology. ISU with its research unit SpACE Lab at ISU is a research-based think tank, design and planning lab headed by Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow. We are a team of around 30 researchers, lecturers and student assistants from different backgrounds, disciplines and career stages. The diversity of our ISU team enables us to take a multi-perspective, unconventional approach to research questions, teaching and knowledge transfer. We are intensively involved in the international discourse on sustainable urbanism. As part of the TU Braunschweig’s core research area FUTURE CITY, we work with scientists from a wide range of disciplines and cooperate with more than fifty cities and NGOs worldwide. As part of our international network, we are also involved in running the research presence of TU Braunschweig in Singapore: TU BS Singapore. Professor Vanessa Miriam Carlow is speaker of ReSpace!.

About Technische Universität Braunschweig and Ecoversity
TU Braunschweig is the academic centre in the middle of one of the most active research regions in Europe and has a renowned Faculty of Architecture. We work successfully with over 20 research institutions in our neighbourhood as well as with our international partner universities. Our university’s core research areas are Mobility, Engineering for Health, Future City and Metrology. TU Braunschweig is part of TU9 - the association of Germany’s leading Institutes of Technology. ReSpace! is funded by zukunft.niedersachsen, a funding programme of the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony (MWK) and VolkswagenStiftung, as part of TU Braunschweig’s project “Ecoversity – Collaborative space for change”. With Ecoversity TU Braunschweig is focusing on pooling the strengths of our high-performing research region. It creates new spaces in research, teaching, administration, and knowledge transfer to enable even more intensive cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional collaboration, as well as to harness synergies between the university and research institutions, society, business, politics, and culture.

• Coordinate in the implementation of ReSpace! in support of the project speaker
• Ensure efficient project management: administration, quality assurance, reporting, etc.
• Cooperate with TU Braunschweig’s Ecoversity and other institutional partners
• Manage the day-to-day operations of a large interdisciplinary research project
• Support public relations, and science communication, incl. maintaining the website
• Coordinate and mentor PhD researchers in achieving their individual and collective goals
• Manage collaborations with municipalities, NGOs, industry, and scientific institutions
• Organize and curate project meetings, academic events, and international workshops
• Coordinate the development of large-scale research proposals in support of the speaker
• Pursue your own research agenda and publish at an international level

• You have a degree (Master’s or equivalent) and an excellent Ph.D. (or equivalent) in architecture, urbanism, or related disciplines – or proven expertise in scientific management, along research in areas relevant to ReSpace!
• Capacities and skills to deeply engage in inter- and trans-disciplinary research
• Strong communication skills, including science communication
• Solid methodological expertise, research experience, and academic writing ability
• Proven experience in acquiring third-party funding and developing project proposals
• Independent and team-oriented, with strong coordination and organizational skills
• Very good command of German and English

• An inspiring, international, and interdisciplinary environment at ReSpace! and SpACE Lab, embedded in TU Braunschweig’s core research area Future City
• A vibrant campus life with extensive intercultural and academic exchange opportunities
• A collaborative and excellence-driven team committed to sustainable urban futures
• Excellent infrastructures at TU Braunschweig and within its Ecoversity
• Extensive internal and external training and development opportunities
• Participation in international research and excellence networks
• Flexible and family-friendly working conditions, including mobile work options
• Active involvement in TU Braunschweig’s Ecoversity activities and networks

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and nationalities. At the same time, we welcome the interest of severely disabled people and give preference to their applications if they are equally qualified. Please indicate this in your application and enclose proof. Based on the Lower Saxony Equal Opportunities Act (NGG), we are working to fulfil the equal opportunities mandate and are endeavouring to reduce under-representation as defined by the NGG in all areas and positions. We are therefore particularly pleased to receive applications from women.

We look forward to receiving your application. Please include a cover letter, letter of motivation, letter of recommendation or reference (at least one academic reference and one previous employer), resumé and comprehensive documents including a text example and portfolio by November 23, 2025.*

Technische Universität Braunschweig
SpACE Lab at ISU – Institute for Sustainable Urbanism,
Prof. Dr. Vanessa Miriam Carlow
Pockelsstr. 2, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
isu-opportunities@tu-braunschweig.de / +49 531 391-3537

spacelab-isu.org | tu-braunschweig.de/respace

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