The Healthy Living Spaces lab (headed by Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marcel Schweiker) aims to develop innovative approaches to the design of living spaces and buildings, the analysis of sources of disturbance and the development and establishment of preventive measures. The working group sees itself as an inter- and transdisciplinary link between medical research and relevant research activities from engineering, natural and social sciences.
The teaching and research area Healthy Living Spaces is looking for a
Student Assistant (f/m/d) on the topic of Adaptive Architecture
Working hours: up to 8 hours per week
Duration: initially limited until the end of the academic semester. An extension by semester is intended
Start date: as soon as possible
Compensation: the salary is based on the guidelines for student and research assistants
Project description
The European project SONATA (Situational-Aware OrchestratioN of AdapTive Architecture) aims to generate evidence-based guidance on the use of architectural adaptation as a workplace design intervention that can promote mental and physical health and wellbeing and can reduce the negative effects of environmental stressors related to the workplace environment.
Your tasks
- Review of literature on relevant topics
- Supporting the multidisciplinary team with study development and data collection
- Data analysis using R
Your profile
- You are a Bachelor or Master student and are interested in:
- Environmental Psychology /Cognitive Psychology/Adaptive Architecture
- Interdisciplinary, independent and problem-oriented work
- Study development, data collection and data analysis
- Prior experience in developing questionnaires or cognitive tasks
- Prior experience with conducting scientific experiments, data recording and data analysis
- Good knowledge of the English and/or German language
- Team player
Conditions
- A valid certificate of study
- For foreign students: valid residence certificate, work permit, registration certificate
Application:
Please submit your application through our application portal, quoting “GB-P-50761”. The application deadline is April 7th 2025.
Contact:
For more detailed information please contact Dr. Christoforou:
E-Mail: rchristoforoukaachende
We look forward to receiving your application!
This position is not gender specific.
The RWTH Aachen University Hospital promotes equal opportunities and diversity. Applications from women are expressly encouraged and if the applicant is suitable qualified, they will be given priority in accordance with the LGG. If suitably qualified, people with a registered disability will also receive priority.
Weekly hours are negotiable.
You should preferably use our digital application portal at www.karriere.ukaachen.de for your application. There you have the option of securing your documents in the electronic application folder to prevent unauthorized access. Applications that reach us by email to: bewerbung@ukaachen.de (this transmission path cannot be as effectively secured) will be transferred to the aforementioned portal and any accompanying documents will be disposed of in accordance with data protection regulations immediately after transfer. After the retention period has expired, the data in the portal will also be deleted. If you do not agree to a transfer to the Application portal your application cannot be considered.