Student Assistant: Interdisciplinary Research in Urban Design, Data, and Platforms

The implementation phase of the project includes the development of a customized digital platform for the UDTC, conceived as an e-learning space for collecting, organizing, and exchanging urban design strategies across cases, territories, and themes.

Specifically, you will support ongoing activities in the following areas:

• Support the development of the platform architecture and web design of the UDTC Platform
• Research, collect, and organize datasets, case study materials, and reference content
• Assist in establishing analytical frameworks for the classification and comparison of urban design strategies
• Produce cartographies and explore alternative forms of data visualization
• Organize lecture recordings, documents, and archival materials for integration into the platform
• Assist with dataset processing, content structuring, and the preparation of material for digital publication, * Fair Compensation: Employment is on an hourly basis in accordance with the official ETH Zurich salary rates for student employees
• Hands-on Experience: You will gain insights into exciting projects or administrative processes, building valuable references for your future career entry
• Interdisciplinary Network: You will work at the intersection of research (D-ARCH-D-INFK), teaching, and practice. You will gain insights into the Chair's applied research, and establish valuable contacts within the ETH community

• You are interested in urban design, spatial digital knowledge platforms, cartography, data-informed analysis, and data visualization
• You have experience with GIS workflows and spatial analysis
• You are proficient in Adobe Creative Suite, especially InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop, as well as having a good knowledge of Excel
• Familiarity with web design tools and dataset processing is desirable
• You are at a stage of your studies where, during the semester, you can dedicate 10 to 20 hours per week (potentially more outside of the semester)
• You are reliable, proactive, and able to work both independently and collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team

• Maximum Flexibility: We understand that your studies come first. Working hours are arranged by mutual agreement and can be flexibly scheduled around your lecture timetable and examination periods

The Klumpner Chair operates in close collaboration with the Network City and Landscape - NSL, the Albert Einstein School of Public Policy, and is an academic partner of the UN-Habitat Informal Urbanism Research Hub. Integrating teaching, researching, and making, we respond to the complexities of global urbanization by triangulating urban design, policy, and building prototyping to implement innovative answers across Latin America, the Balkans, and Southern Africa.