Job Listings and Openings
If you have questions about our job openings, feel free to email us at [email protected]
Field Researcher - Housing Justice Team
The Beirut Urban Lab at the Maroun Semaan Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is looking to hire four full-time field researchers for the period of 4 months to support in fieldwork and data collection for multiple ongoing research projects at the Beirut Urban Lab. Data collection will be conducted exclusively within the administrative limits of Beirut.
The Beirut Urban Lab is a collaborative and interdisciplinary research space, which produces scholarship on urbanization in Lebanon and the region. Interested candidates in the position need to submit their CVs with a five-line description of their interest to [email protected] no later than October 15, 2026.
Start Date: As soon as possible, Early November if possible.
Duration: End of February 2027
Salary: Commensurate with qualifications.
Responsibilities:
- 4 days/week allocated for data collection through fieldwork and household surveys;
- 1 day/week allocated for data cleaning, discussions, and reporting to research coordinator on work plans and conditions.
Qualifications and skills:
Candidates should have experience in fieldwork surveying and data collection for research, and be proficient in both Arabic and English (written and spoken). Knowledge of GIS is a major plus. A degree in journalism, urban studies, sociology, anthropology, environmental sciences and similar fields is a plus.
Interested applicants can send their CVs to [email protected] by October 15th, 2026. Please use the subject line Fieldworker Application – FW-2026 – [Full Name] when submitting your application.
The Beirut Urban Lab, in line with the American University of Beirut, is an Affirmative Action Equal Opportunity Employer.
Internship Program
The internship program at BUL engages undergraduate/graduate students with ongoing projects and provides them with a focused and challenging research experience related to urbanization and current urban transformation processes in Lebanon.
Deadline for internship applications
• Summer Session (June - August): May 1st• Fall Session (September - December): August 1st
• Spring Session (February - May): December 1st
If you would like to be part of our team, submit your application to [email protected]
Affiliates Program
The affiliates program strengthens collaborations between professionals, experts, academics, Ph.D. candidates and BUL researchers and facilitates for their contribution to ongoing research projects.
Affiliation applications are accepted for consideration all year long for scholars who are doing research related to one of the BUL’s research program areas:
• Social Value of Land
• Urban Recovery
• Critical Mapping
• Planning Actors and Scales
• Spatial Practices
• Urban Informality
If you would like to be part of our team and our developing projects, submit your application to [email protected]