[Commlist] PhD in Creative Technologies

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a PhD 
fellowship in Creative Technologies in the College of Arts, Social 
Sciences & Celtic Studies at the University of Galway, available from 1 
September 2024 for four years. More information, including application 
details and terms and conditions, are available at 
https://mooreinstitute.ie/2024/02/09/phd-in-creative-technologies/ 
<https://mooreinstitute.ie/2024/02/09/phd-in-creative-technologies/>

*Context*

The Centre for Creative Technologies supports research and teaching 
activities that explore, analyse, and develop new links between creative 
practice and technology, including in such areas as Extended Reality, 
Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Creativity and Virtual Production. 
These activities draw on existing strengths across the College of Arts 
in the creative arts, especially in such areas as Digital Media, Film, 
Music, Theatre Studies, and Writing as well as its strong relationships 
with the creative community in the western region and beyond

PhD researchers within the Centre for Creative Technologies work to 
investigate emerging trends in the overlap between creativity and 
technology, both in professional practice and academic research. 
Successful applicants will pursue research towards a PhD in Creative 
Technologies whilst participating in workshops and doctoral training 
designed to enhance the participant’s research capacity in the field. 
Proposals are particularly welcome for projects that combine critical 
enquiry or social science methods with technological and artistic 
practice to pursue original research questions in this field.

Proposal are welcome in any relevant areas of PhD research, especially 
(but not exclusively) in the areas outlined below:

  * Equality, diversity and inclusion in the design and use of creative
    technologies
  * Virtual/augmented reality and live performance
  * Creative arts, technology, and health/well-being
  * Creative arts, technology, and social inclusion
  * Extended reality and placemaking
  * Using creative arts and technology in primary and/or post-primary
    education.
  * Technology and the production/performance/reception of music,
    including spatial audio
  * Sustainability and technology in the creative industries, including
    virtual production processes
  * Hacking, digital making and the circular economy
  * Augmented creativity and writing
  * The philosophy of technology and creativity
  * Affect and immersive art
  * The ethics of AI art

For initial enquiries, please contact (conn.holohan /at/ universityofgalway.ie) 
<mailto:(conn.holohan /at/ universityofgalway.ie)>.


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