Open Call: PhD Positions in Design, Arts, and Transdisciplinarity at IED

IED invites applications for three PhD positions, including two with scholarships, in the innovative field of Design, Arts, and Transdisciplinarity. This PhD programme is for researchers eager to navigate the complexities of ongoing transitions, aiming to design positive changes and envision equitable, sustainable futures. Emphasising hybrid knowledge and unexpected connections, the programme explores new interpretative paradigms and the evolving roles of Design and the Arts. 

The programme creates an environment that prioritises relational, critical, and transdisciplinary research methodologies. It aims to transcend linear disciplinary approaches, focusing on the implications and impacts of design and creative action. Design and Art are seen as transformative platforms interlinking various forms of knowledge and intelligence, promoting principles of equity, inclusiveness, responsibility, sustainability, and solidarity. 

The research fields concern the following thematic areas: 

• Collective intelligence and Human - non human creativity 
• Design Arts and the creative industries in new socio-economic circular environments 
• Cultural Heritage through digital and phygital technologies  
• Smart technologies and bio-materials: unconventional and circular application  
• Data design and information ecology: awareness and knowledge  
• Decolonization, commoning and social good in design and art practices

Deadline for applications: 10 September 2024 

Read the call here>

For information about the call and the doctoral programme e-mail: phd@ied.it