The Teaching and Research program Urban Design (UD) is looking for a student assistant (SHK) to support Dr. Paolo Patelli, DAAD Guestprofessorship “Environmental Design Experiments”, with 4 SWS starting winter semester 2026 on 01.10.26-31.06.027 (extension is possible for another 6 months).

Tasks:

• Assisting the research staff with preparation of teaching (literature research, organization, experimental settings of teaching)

• Assisting with the on-boarding in the UD program 

• Preparation and follow-up of events (colloquia, guest lectures, summer schools, etc.)

• Assisting the research staff with publications

• Design support in the creation of various teaching and documentation materials

• General office duties, archiving student work 

 What we wish for: 

• Confident use of InDesign, common Adobe programs as well as word processing programs

• Willingness to contribute independently to the team and to structure the working time in consultation with yourself

Interest in architecture, multi-modal methods, ethnographic interests 

• A strong interest in the projects and topics that the Teaching and Research program Urban Design is working on

If you are interested, please send a short statement of motivation and your CV to paolo.patelli@me.com and anna.hentschel@hcu-hamburg.de

We are looking forward to receiving applications from all HCU study programs!