teaching
In 2023, Jens was appointed Professor for Design, Building Typologies and Architectural Theories (Entwerfen, Gebäudelehre und Architekturtheorie) at the University of Applied Sciences, Fachhochschule Erfurt. He serves as dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning since 2025.
Between 2010-21, he taught at BTU Cottbus. As a guest professor, he was head of the chair "Bauen im Bestand / Contextual Design" 2010-12. As a professor, he led the English language postgraduate programme ‘Architektur.Studium.Generale’ carried out by 10 universities across Europe and Israel in 2013-14. 2016-17 he taught at the intersection of architectural design and heritage preservation, co-developing The Garage Manifesto, and he was part of Studio Bagan, a cooperation between BTU Cottbus and YTU Yangon, in 2018 (in Myanmar) and 2021 (Online).
He was Assistant Professor at TU Berlin supervising 1st and 2nd year design studios 2004-06, and a Unit Master at the AA Berlin Laboratory of the Architectural Association at the Aedes Network Campus ANCB in 2009. In 2009 he also conducted a design studio within the Master programme Stage Design and Scenography at TU Berlin, and in 2022, he co-led the survey and design workshop 3(0).000 Garagenwith the European Capital of Culture 2025 Chemnitz and Hochschule München, and in 2023,
As a guest critic, Jens has been invited to design studios of Donatella Fioretti, Regine Leibinger, Jan Kampshoff, Eike Roswag-Klinge, and Jörg Stollmann at TU Berlin - to the AA Berlin Laboratory of the Architectural Association at UdK Berlin (Marianne Mueller, Olaf Kneer) - the Northeastern University Boston Abroad Berlin (Bettina Kraus) - Beuth Hochschule Berlin (Bernd Bess) - DIA Dessau / Hochschule Anhalt (Roger Bundschuh) - Hochschule Münster (Marianne Mueller) - Hochschule Potsdam (Heike Hanada) - Universität Kassel (Philipp Oswalt / Luise Rellensmann) - INDA Chulalongkorn Bangkok (Leonid Slonimskiy) - The Belazel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem Summer Studio Berlin at UdK Berlin (Zvi Efrat) - HEAD Genève (Leonid Slonimskiy, Online) - Hochschule München (Björn Martenson, Online) - TU Braunschweig (Dan Schürch)