Professor or Professor in the Practice of Design Science

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Position Description Honoring the legacy of R. Buckminster Fuller as a designer, inventor, and scientist who was committed to addressing pressing planetary and societal concerns, this newly established endowed professorship will support a visionary scholar and / or practitioner at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. We seek individuals who support and expand upon the school’s mission by demonstrating a systemic, ethical, and innovative approach to global issues, through design, of contemporary relevance and urgency. The successful candidate will be appointed within the department that is most appropriate to their primary field of expertise but will be expected to bridge across all the disciplines represented in the GSD’s academic departments and non-departmental programs, as well as establishing collaborative research and pedagogy with other Harvard schools. This position is envisioned as a full-time tenured position, or a senior part-time practice position, that will engage with and teach in one or several of the school’s degree programs in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning and design, design studies, and design engineering.

The successful candidate will be an effective and experienced teacher and can demonstrate a record of outstanding creative research through scholarship and / or practice that advances one or more disciplines. Basic Qualifications Academic qualifications depend on the profile of the successful applicant. Candidates who pursue largely scholarly research are generally expected to hold a Ph.D., while design practitioners may have an alternative terminal degree, appropriate to support an appointment with tenure or a senior practice appointment. Additional Qualifications