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Researcher Regenerative Art and Design

Geplaatst: 17-02-2025

Sluitingsdatum:
17-03-2025
Organisatie
Avans Hogeschool
Standplaats
Breda
Functietype
Onderzoek / Lector
Opleidingsniveau
WO, Gepromoveerd
Dienstverband
Tijdelijk
Aanstellingsomvang
min. 0.1 fte, max. 0.7 fte
Salarisschaal
max. 11 (€4.535,76 - €6.359,47)
Opleidingssector
Stafdienst (algemeen)
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Are you a forward-thinking experimental researcher passionate about regenerative design and ecological futures? Join the Regenerative Art & Design (RAD) research group and shape transformative art and design practices.

Great job

As a researcher in the Regenerative Art and Design (RAD) Research Group at CARADT, you will play a key role in shaping and executing research projects that explore the transformative potential of art and design in fostering regenerative futures. Your work will contribute to systemic design, and regenerative practices, bridging artistic inquiry with real-world challenges.

You will define and initiate research projects by identifying and analyzing societal and ecological challenges, actively engaging with local communities and key stakeholders. Through collaboration with artists, designers, scientists, educators, and external partners, you will co-develop practice-based research inquiries that integrate regenerative principles into materiality, systems, pedagogies and experimental methodologies.

Your responsibilities include designing research methodologies tailored to specific socio-ecological contexts, formulating research questions and structuring projects in a way that ensures effective knowledge creation, application and impact. You will coordinate the execution of research projects, fostering collaboration across disciplines, guiding students and project members, and ensuring that findings translate into relevant (scientific and educational) outcomes.

In the later phases of projects, you will synthesize research insights into impactful outputs, articulate responses to research questions, and validate findings. Your work will contribute to critical discourse by making knowledge accessible through publications, exhibitions, workshops, and transdisciplinary exchanges with education and other research groups. Additionally, you will support the integration of research outcomes into educational approaches, engaging students in transformative regenerative learning processes.

By actively engaging in knowledge dissemination and fostering connections between art, design, and ecology, you will contribute to a growing body of regenerative practices. Your role will help shape new design paradigms, challenge extractive models, and promote caring systemic approaches to creative practices and material engagement.

As a researcher, you will have full access to the Material Incubator, an advanced wet lab at St. Joost School of Art & Design in Den Bosch. This unique space, consisting of the Mycelium Lab and the Biobased Lab, provides an open and collaborative environment where you can experiment, develop bio-based materials, and explore regenerative strategies.

Your position as a researcher in the regenerative art and design within Avans

Art and design play a significant role in the development of society. The Centre of Applied Research for Art, Design, and Technology empowers artists and designers to fulfill this role. CARADT conducts practice-oriented research and integrates science, politics, and technology into the fields of art and design. The complexity of contemporary society calls for an approach that combines insights from various research fields. We develop our research program in close collaboration with the different programs within Avans University of Applied Sciences and external partners. Currently, CARADT hosts three professorships: Cultural and Creative Industry, Regenerative Art and Design and Situated Art and Design.

At CARADT, we are a close-knit team with a broad breadth of disciplinary backgrounds and a shared passion for art and design. We develop experimental propositions through creativity & critical imagination. Additionally, we are highly flexible regarding location and working hours, with a portion of the team frequently working from home or remotely.

We offer you

An environment with the freedom to develop yourself and expand your practice we continuously facilitate your professional development. We also offer:

• A monthly salary of a minimum of € 4.535 up to a maximum of € 6.359 gross, based on a full-time position (scale 11 in the collective labour agreement for higher professional education).
• A year-end bonus, which is approximately equal to a 13th month.
• A permanent position. We start with a one-year appointment.
• Plenty of freedom in your work, with the option of working partly from home or remotely.
• A good work-life balance and comfortable workspaces.

You fit right in

You are a reflective and experimental researcher who thrives in complex, transdisciplinary environments. You possess a deep curiosity about ecological futures and regenerative design, and you approach your work with critical thinking and a systemic mindset. Collaboration is second nature to you; you enjoy working closely with artists, designers, scientists, and stakeholders to co-develop research that is impactful, critical and imaginative. You have a strong ability to translate abstract concepts into tangible outcomes and communicate findings in compelling ways. Your work demonstrates an ethical awareness of more-than-human perspectives, and you actively explore experimental methodologies to address pressing socio-ecological challenges. Requirements:

• PhD or a Master’s degree and with extensive research experience in a relevant field such as biodesign, design studies, regenerative design, ecological innovations, or a related discipline.
• Familiarity with regeneration and more-than-human ethical research approaches.
• A promising design portfolio and/or a robust publication record.
• Proven experience in transdisciplinary research.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to co-author publications for both academic journals and broader audiences.

Please note that this position is only open to candidates who are eligible to work in the EU. Unfortunately, we cannot consider applicants from outside the European Union.

Innovative Avans

Large, but small-scale. Involved. Personal. That is what Avans is. Here you can be yourself. Your unique ideas and insights are given plenty of space with Avans. This goes well with our learning and enterprising way of thinking. We offer flexible education and research in co-creation with the work field. We continuously adapt to the world around us. Discover Avans as an employer via

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Contribute to our research

Do you see yourself in a position with Avans and would you like to contribute to further professionalize our research and (the link to) education? Please apply for this vacancy by the latest on 17th March 2025 using the application button. In your cover letter, explain why you are interested in this position and what makes you an excellent fit. Do you have any questions regarding the details of this role? Please contact Delfina Fantini van Ditmar, Chair of the Regenerative Art & Design Research Group, via

dm.fantinivanditmar@avans.nl
or at
+31885253331
. Within 2 weeks after closing the vacancy we update you on your application.
We find our candidates ourselves. Therefore, we do not deal with acquisition.
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