The University of Navarra (UNAV) is a non-profit private university founded in 1952 in Pamplona, Spain. It confers 37 official degrees (14 are double degree) and administers 43 master’s programs, including 19 doctoral programs, through 16 faculties and Schools, 2 superior colleges, the IESE Business School and its 5 comprehensive Research Centres: CCUN (Cancer Centre Clínica Universidad de Navarra), BIOMA (Biodiversity and Environment Institute) and DATAI (Institute of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence), ICS (INSTITUTE FOR CULTURE AND SOCIETY and CIN (Centre for Nutrition Research).

UNAV has more than 14,000 students in 7 campuses: Pamplona, San Sebastian, Madrid, Barcelona, New York, Munich and, Saö Paulo with a wide network of international universities and research centres.

UNAV has a sound track record in participating in European Research Programs. The university has participated in 132 European projects from FP4 to Horizon Europe, including LIFE, ERASMUS+ and INTERREG Programs; of which 22 projects were coordinated by the university. The University also has a thorough experience in MSCA and ERC grants with over 31 signed grants. (5 MSCA in the 2024 call).

UNAV is awarded with the HR Excellence in Research quality seal (HRS4R) that guarantees the implementation of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers. 

The University of Navarra will provide training to the fellow in proposal preparation, including individual info sessions to explain the call and address any questions.

Hosting Group

The work team represented by César Martín-Gómez (ORCID) has been working from 2001 on projects that involve the integration of building services and energy systems in complex architectonic cases. Building services here involve fire safety, water management, electricity, data networks, HVAC and renewable energies.

Since 2009, the team has participated in 20 research projects: 8 private, 6 regional, 3 national and 3 European, with an income of over 1.5 million euros.

The activity of the team has allowed the publication of more than 53 articles in indexed journals, 45 books or book chapters, and 81 collaborations in Congresses.

The UNESCO research lines are: 241109 - Regulation of human temperature; 330500 - Construction technology; 330503 - Large buildings and skyscrapers; 330506 - Civil engineering; 330517 - Industrial and commercial buildings; 330800 - Environmental engineering and technology; 3322 - Energy technology; 332900 - Urban planning; 550601 - History of architecture; 550624 - History of technology; 580100 - Educational theory and methods.

Offer description 

Digitization, sustainability and decarbonization are the three great challenges of all productive sectors today, including the construction sector.

The industrialization of construction makes it possible to manufacture elements in series and obtain complete structures that are later assembled outside the factory. This model offers a long list of advantages, such as being more sustainable and respectful of the environment, shortening construction times, raising the quality of housing execution, being safe, increasing the employability of women and youth, and improving the energy efficiency.

In addition to this background, Navarra has become a reference region for the high quality of its building ecosystem: construction companies, regulations, proactivity of the regional government or its quality urban planning. In this environment, the School of Architecture of the Universidad Navarra has played an important role, and especially the working group that the PI represents in the area of building services and energy systems.

The offer is open to researchers who want to innovate in this area of work.

Key words

Integration, architecture, engineering, energy, building services

Research Field

Architecture, engineering

REQUIREMENTS OF THE CANDIDATE

Main research field

Any related with the offer description

Specific requirements

Ability to work into multidisciplinary teams

Language

Spanish and/or English and/or Italian and/or French

Required research Experience

Architecture and/or Engineer PhD. No more than 8 years of full research work since the date of PhD defence at date 2025 September 10.

The candidate must not have lived or worked in Spain more than 12 months in the last 36 months calculating from 2025 September 10.

Applications: documents to be submitted and deadlines

CV and letter of motivation. Include a concept note of the research proposal (up to 1 page).