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Convergent Faculty Search in Livable and Resilient Cities

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Compensation
$100–230K/yr
Location
Boston, MA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

Boston University is hiring up to nine faculty members for its Livable and Resilient Cities cluster, building on its Urban Development and Resilience research. The cluster brings together scholars across disciplines to develop urban scholarship focused on healthier, more equitable, and adaptable cities. Candidates may apply to up to two departments and are expected to contribute through innovative scholarship, engaged teaching, and participation in the university’s intellectual life.

Full job description

Convergent Faculty Search in Livable and Resilient Cities

Job Description

Convergent Faculty Search in Livable and Resilient Cities

Category

Charles River Campus --> Faculty

Job Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Tracking Code

26599938171023

Posted Date

10/23/2026

Minimum Salary

$100,000.00

Maximum Salary

$230,000.00

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, training and internal pay comparison. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.

Position Type

Full-Time/Regular

Convergent Faculty Search in Livable and Resilient Cities

Boston University is making a major investment in convergent research (https://apptrkr.com/get\_redirect.php?id=9917663&targetURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fconvergent-research%2F) , bringing together bold ideas, deep expertise, and perspectives from across disciplines to take on society's most critical challenges.

With exceptional breadth across disciplines, a deeply collaborative research culture, and a strong history of interdisciplinary work, BU is uniquely positioned to pursue discoveries and solutions that no single field could achieve alone.

At the heart of this investment is a cluster hiring program designed to strengthen connections across disciplines and build new areas of research excellence. BU is seeking intellectually fearless scholars who are eager to work across traditional boundaries-building new collaborations, opening new avenues of inquiry, advancing discoveries, and shaping new directions for research at BU.

This cluster hire builds on BU's strength in Urban Development and Resilience (https://apptrkr.com/get\_redirect.php?id=9917663&targetURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fconvergent-research%2Furban-development-resilience%2F) , an area of significant expertise and opportunity across the University. Livable and Resilient Cities draws on this foundation, bringing together faculty across anthropology, biology, environmental health, journalism, learning sciences, political science, sociology, and urban affairs to advance a strong community of urban scholarship focused on creating healthier, more equitable, and adaptable cities.

The cluster hire will add new ideas, expertise, technologies, and perspectives to this work, strengthening connections across disciplines and accelerating progress on the complex challenges shaping the future of cities.

We are hiring for up to 9 positions within Livable and Resilient Cities. Candidates may apply to up to two departments.

Since its founding in 1839, Boston University has embraced a mission of openness and access, becoming one of the first universities in the nation to welcome all students of ability regardless of race, gender, or creed. That tradition shapes our enduring commitment to academic freedom, free inquiry, and the robust exchange of ideas. Please visit https://www.bu.edu/values/ (https://apptrkr.com/get\_redirect.php?id=9917663&targetURL=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bu.edu%2Fvalues%2F) to learn more about our shared values.

We seek scholars who will contribute to our community of teachers and researchers through excellence in innovative scholarship, engaged teaching, and participation in the intellectual life of the University. Boston University provides an environment where faculty and students work together across disciplines, perspectives, and experiences to advance knowledge and address society's most pressing challenges.

Boston University is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, age, national origin, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law or identified in the University's Notice of Non

Discrimination. Retaliation is also prohibited. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor. Under Massachusetts law, we may not require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.

Boston University, consistent with the AAU's Principles on Preventing Sexual Harassment, conducts background checks for final candidates for certain faculty and staff positions. As part of this process, we ask current and past employers of the last seven years whether there has been a substantiated finding of sexual misconduct under their policies. To move forward, final candidates must complete and sign an "Authorization to Release Information" form after receiving an offer to enable this background check.

Job Location: Boston, MA

Position Type: Full-Time/Regular

Salary Grade: $100,000.00-$230,000.00

To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/jobs/317475 (https://apptrkr.com/9917663)

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How this job compares

Set against the 4,766 open Faculty jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$100–230K/yr
  • Massachusetts median$115–165K/yr48 salary ranges
  • US median$115–167K/yr999 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $165K, is 17% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($141K) — in the middle half of Faculty salary ranges in Massachusetts.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 74 open Faculty jobs in Massachusetts and 4,766 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Massachusetts
Experience
Faculty postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (885 postings).
Education
3,403 of the 4,766 open Faculty jobs (71%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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