New planning models are needed to make cities more resilient, greener and biodiversity rich. The UNSEAL project advances a circular urban development model to explore how urban planning can support reverting soil sealing and create new spaces for biodiversity. As part of the project, you will investigate new perspectives on how urban planning in cities across Europe can engage stakeholders to transform paved areas into thriving green spaces. You will work on case studies, comparing different urban planning contexts. You will track successful initiatives, identifying the planning instruments, models and approaches that make reverting soil sealing possible. Furthermore, you will engage in dissemination of project findings among the scientific community, urban planning practitioners and the broader public. Collaboration with international project partners will be geared towards scaling up the findings and jointly publishing results.

For this position, you hold a PhD degree i...