The College of Integrative Studies (CIS) at Singapore Management University (SMU is seeking to make one or two tenure-track appointments (at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor levels) in the area of Urban Informatics, broadly construed. We welcome applicants who are domain experts in urban food systems, corporate supply chain analysis, urban energy use and/or decarbonisation.
Senior candidates with a track record of leading international teams in externally-funded research programmes are especially encouraged to apply. Exceptional candidates at the Associate or Full Professor levels will be considered for tenure upon appointment. The CIS delivers the University's Core Curriculum and also offers a suite of programmes including Singapore's first and only individualisable major at the undergraduate level, a Masters in Sustainability, as well as interdisciplinary Master’s and Ph.D. programmes in Asian Urbanisms.
We are interested in candidates who are trained in Data Science/Analytics, Computer Science, Geographical Information Systems, Geomatics (all with an urban application), or in cognate disciplinary or interdisciplinary fields with an urban focus. Candidates who can demonstrate evidence of interdisciplinarity in both teaching and research are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applicants should be able to:
- Design and deliver postgraduate a course on “Computational Urban Analysis” to a diverse, multidisciplinary postgraduate audience
- As necessary, design elective courses that will be delivered as part of the Asian Urbanisms Master’s and PhD programmes
- Attract and supervise postgraduate research students
- Contribute to undergraduate teaching for the SMU Core Curriculum in the Technology and Society course baskets (see https://cis.smu.edu.sg/core-curriculum/overview) by delivering courses that will equip students from diverse backgrounds with a data science software foundation that ranges from introductory skills to more advanced techniques, such as cluster analysis, spatial regression, or machine learning
- Conceptualise and execute high quality research, and develop grant applications, on urban-related issues in Asia, broadly defined
- Participate actively in the research and educational communities at SMU, and contribute to at least one of the university’s three areas of strategic priority: Growth in Asia, Digital Transformation, and Sustainable Living
- Contribute to the dynamic intellectual life of CIS, as well as to interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange with colleagues from other Schools (such Computing and Information Systems, Economics, Law, Business, and the Humanities and Social Sciences)
We invite candidates to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, teaching statement, research statement, two samples of written work published in English, and evidence of teaching effectiveness (such as student evaluations). Applicants should also arrange for three academic references to be sent directly to [email protected]. SMU is committed to fostering diversity and cultivating an inclusive work environment. Applications from women and minorities are particularly encouraged.
Qualifications
- Ph.D. in either a computational disciplinary (e.g., Data Science/Analytics, Computer Science, Geographical Information Systems, Geomatics, all with an urban focus) or interdisciplinary (e.g., Urban Science, Urban Studies, Development Studies) field
- A record, or promise, of high-quality research and publication
- A record of excellence in teaching and supervision, ideally at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels
- A track record of being awarded external research grants is a benefit, but not a prerequisite
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
