Working at MIT offers opportunities that just aren’t found anywhere else, including generous and unique benefits that help to ensure that MIT employees are healthy, supported, and enjoy a fulfilling work/life balance. Discover more about what it's like to work at MIT.

We welcome people from all walks of life to bring their talent, ideas, and experience to our community. We value diversity and strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds – like yours. If you want to be part of our exceptional, multicultural, collaborative, and inclusive community, then take a look at this opportunity.

MIT provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the Institute reasonably expects to pay for a full time position at the time of posting (part time positions are pro-rated). The pay offered to a selected candidate during hiring will be based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and applicable legal requirements. This pay range represents base pay only and does not include any other benefits or compensation.

Research Associate 2

Job Number: 25237
Functional Area: Research - Other
Department: Center for Advanced Urbanism
School Area: Architecture & Planning
Pay Range Minimum: Not Available
Pay Range Maximum: Not Available

Employment Type: Full-Time
Employment Category: Exempt
Visa Sponsorship Available: No
Schedule:
Pay Grade: No Grade

Posting Description

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE 2, Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism (LCAU), will work on ongoing projects including planning and conducting research that advances innovation in urban environments, as well as collaborating with the LCAU Director to develop new research initiatives around our current tri-annual research theme on energy in the urban environment. Given LCAU’s commitment to innovation in teaching, there may also be opportunities to contribute to MIT courses on urban design, GIS, data visualization, and the relationship between technology (including AI) and the urban environment.

A full job description is available on the LCAU’s Website: https://lcau.mit.edu/positions

Job Requirements

REQUIRED: Master’s degree in architecture, urban design, urban planning, geography, or a related field; a minimum of four years of direct research experience; evidence of original or collaborative scholarship; excellent research skills and outstanding written/verbal communication; demonstrated project management and exhibition experience; and experience working across diverse disciplines and with broad networks of collaborators. PREFERRED: Experience in producing scholarly publications, exhibitions, and interactive multi-media.

Applicants should submit: Cover letter summarizing expertise, design philosophy, and research interests; Curriculum vitae; Link to a digital portfolio (20-page max); (Optional) List of courses the candidate is prepared to teach. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

9/29/2025