Assistant or Associate Professor (Climate-Resilient Infrastructure and Transport Systems) (1118[...] in Coventry

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.

This post will contribute to the development of a cohesive research cluster spanning materials development, transport and infrastructure systems, and environmental resilience. 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.

We are ideally seeking a candidate with a broad and integrated expertise spanning the full spectrum from fundamental geomechanics to large-scale digital environmental systems. You will have a PhD in a relevant discipline. For an Assistant Professor appointment, you must be able to demonstrate the capability to establish an independent research activity, which has the ambition and potential to become internationally leading. If appointed as an Assistant Professor, you will be appointed for a probationary period (usually five years) during which you will be given a reduced teaching and administration load to enable you to establish your research group. Successful completion of probation will coincide with promotion to a permanent Associate Professor position.

For an Associate Professor appointment, you will have already established a high-quality independent research activity and have been awarded substantial research funding from external sources, while having experience in successful delivery of teaching activities. At either level, you will initiate, develop and deliver high quality research, publish top-tier journal papers and demonstrate the potential for impact from your research. You will also engage with higher education pedagogy and be willing to develop novel teaching methods, embracing changes in teaching technology and expectations.

The School of Engineering is a multidisciplinary department that aspires to conduct research to internationally leading standards. This post aligns to the Built Environment and Sustainability cluster, which has strong expertise across the fundamental engineering systems that underpin resilient and sustainable infrastructure, and focuses on a broad range of issues underpinning the construction and environmental sectors at both national and international levels.

The School holds an Athena Swan Gold award, recognising its sustained commitment to gender equality, inclusion and supportive working practices. Applicants should specify how they can contribute to teaching in their application, giving consideration to both our undergraduate and taught postgraduate programmes.

We are a world‑leading research‑intensive university founded in 1965. We are ranked 74th in the world and 9th in the UK. Additionally, 92% of our research is rated world‑leading or internationally excellent.

What we Offer: An attractive pension scheme, 30 days holiday plus University Christmas closure, generous parental/adoption leave policy, onsite childcare facilities, excellent learning and development opportunities, and access to flexible working arrangements.