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Call for Applications: PhD Programme 2026, Transart Institute

Apply for a 3-year accelerated PhD programme in transdisciplinary creative practice and research offered primarily online with in-person networking events.

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Transart Institute is reopening its long-established PhD programme. The PhD is offered in a 3-year accelerated mode in which you undertake a substantial public-facing project through engaging your creative practice with the doctoral research process. Bespoke academic mentorship is provided throughout the programme with advisors drawn from Transart's extensive faculty network. You may also invite external experts to join your advisory team.

The previously titled Low-Residency programmes are now offered entirely online, with a warm invitation for postgraduate researchers to attend a series of in-person Nexus Events held throughout the year in cities such as Berlin, London, Toronto and Venice for networking, presenting, collaborating and partnering with other researchers and organisations.

Transart Institute is seeking researchers and creative practitioners that can contribute to constellations of transdisciplinary research, including (but not limited to): Materialism & Ecological Praxis, Algorithmic & Generative Media, Somatics & Corporeality, Sonic Landscapes, Critical Urbanism & Spatial Praxis, Historiography & Speculative Futures, Radical Pedagogy & Institutional Praxis, Making Public, Crafting Media, Interfaces & Technologies, and Life Studies. A full list of the constellations and sub-specialisms is available on the website.

The collaborative, supportive environment includes monthly advisor and peer research group meetings and guest faculty-led group Intensive sessions, all held online and designed to encourage peer-to-peer engagement. You will remain an integral part of the ever-expanding community of researchers even after your formal engagement with Transart Institute ends.

Later this year, a new MRes in Creative Praxis (pending validation) will launch, and a 'by publication' PhD route will be offered in exceptional cases.

  • Application Deadline: Rolling until August 31, 2026
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The programme seeks researchers engaging creative practice with doctoral research across transdisciplinary constellations including Materialism & Ecological Praxis, Algorithmic & Generative Media, Somatics & Corporeality, Sonic Landscapes, Critical Urbanism & Spatial Praxis, Historiography & Speculative Futures, Radical Pedagogy & Institutional Praxis, Making Public, Crafting Media, Interfaces & Technologies, and Life Studies.
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Researchers and creative practitioners

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