Post-Doc Position Institute Materiality in Art and Culture

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage a sub-project in the SNSF research project „Shaping Baukultur: value-based and participatory“ (part of NRP 81 Baukultur)
• Research innovative participatory methods (based on the technique of cultural probes) and develop concrete instruments for the sustainable transformation of Baukultur
• Coordinate cooperation within the framework of the research programme, with the practice partners and other stakeholders
• Prepare and publish research results for experts and for the general public and take on organisational and administrative tasks

Requirements

• PhD in social design, spatial sociology, architectural sociology, human geography or a related field
• Experience with cultural probes and other design research methods, including participatory design, qualitative and ethnographic methods
• Experience in inter- and transdisciplinary project work and a high degree of independence, strong organisational skills, motivation and commitment
• Excellent knowledge of English, German and French

The interviews will take place on December 7, 2026 in Bern

Benefits

• Curiosity is what we want, oodles of it. Plus, lots of independence and autonomy.
• Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.
• Focus on research that is geared towards practical orientation and the education of committed people rather than mere profit maximisation.
• An operating culture that fosters diversity, artistic openness and the transitions between disciplines, attitudes and traditions.

Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB)

Doing something meaningful in a fascinating environment and with an outlook to the future: a job at Bern University of Applied Sciences makes perfect sense.

Place of work

Job / Doktorand*in im SNF-Projekt «Sounding Out Colonial Innocence» (80 – 100 %) Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB Bern Befristet Job / Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in im Institut Materialität in Kunst und Kultur (Post Doc) (50 – 60 %) Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB Bern Befristet Job / Sachbearbeiter*in Prüfungsorganisation (60 %) Hochschule der Künste Bern HKB Bern Unbefristet

About us

HKB

, a department of BFH, is home to the whole gamut of disciplines in art and design. We are a truly innovative university of the arts with an inspiring atmosphere all of its own and are very keen on cross-disciplinary teaching and research in music, design and art, conservation and restauration, theatre, literature and in our transdisciplinary Y Institute.

Contact

Petra Kielmann
HR Consultant
P +41 31 848 65 79