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PhD in Practice Programm 2022

Deadline: Montag, 28.02.2022, 23:59 Uhr

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications to its doctoral program for research in artistic practice. The “PhD-in-Practice” program provides participants with the opportunity to pursue their individual arts-based research projects in a collective learning environment with a decidedly transdisciplinary and international bent. The program is coordinated by Renate Lorenz (Professor for Art and Research) and Anette Baldauf (Professor for Methodology and Epistemology). The invited lecturers include Saidiya Hartman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Tina Campt, Eve Tuck, Otobong Nkanga, Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Sharon Hayes, Nikita Dhawan, and Kapwani Kiwanga.

The Program

The PhD in Practice program is built on a concept of arts-based research that relates to critical epistemologies, as they have been developed in the context of feminist, queer, postcolonial, ecological, postmarxist and other political and emancipatory projects. Inspired by these struggles, the PhD in Practice program approaches arts-based research as a space for the negotiation of social, political, cultural and economic conflicts. It refers to a history of research in the arts that has been developed in dialog with an array of different fields, including academia, activism, high art as much as pop and subculture. It thus privileges cultural/artistic productions that are concerned with a critique of injustice, social hierarchies and exclusions, and it is interested in the development of heterotopic visions as well as activist interventions.

The PhD in Practice program is designed for a duration of four years of study. During this time the participants will develop their projects artistically, theoretically, and analytically in coordination with the academic and artistic team of co-participants and faculty. Participants conceive, organize, document, as well as carry out independent and/or collaborative arts-based research in a PhD supervision environment that is dedicated to transdisciplinary and international exchange.

Course work is organized around so-called focus weeks, which take place one week per month during the academic calendar (October to January, March to June). During these weeks the participants and the PhD in Practice team meet for tutorials, seminars, lectures, workshops, excursions and other research and study events. The PhD in Practice participants have access to the facilities and resources of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and to the institutions and people that form the broader and expanding network of the Academy. Moreover, participants are expected to take an active part in organizing the program, including the conceptualization and organization of workshops, guest lectures, conferences, exhibitions, screenings, etc.

Available positions

• Two doctoral PhD positions are available with a 75% employment contract with a duration of four years (payment according to B 1, § 49 Abs. 3 KV, currently 2.293,952 €/month before tax, incl. health benefits). These positions require residency in Vienna.
• Additionally, candidates can apply for a PhD position without funding (student-only, low residency scheme, which does not require moving to Vienna).

The PhD in Practice Program especially encourages Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPoC), people who identify themselves as trans, gender diverse and/or LGBTQIA*, and/or individuals of other underrepresented groups to apply.

Entry requirements

Requirements for admission to the PhD in Practice program are a degree (Magister, MA or Diplom) from a recognized university or academy, and the submission of the required application material (see below). Applicants with an ongoing artistic career are encouraged to apply.

Application

The application is online only. Please submit all your application material in English! Applications must be uploaded within the call dates: February 1st, 2022 – February 28th, 2022.

From experience we know that if people upload their material on the day the application deadline ends, unexpected troubles can make it impossible to finish the application process. We therefore highly recommend that you upload your material early enough to clear potential disturbances.

The application must contain:

• the completed web application form (available when the call opens officially), including the statement if you apply for a position with employment contract or for a position without funding (student only)
• a curriculum vitae (including a list of exhibitions the applicant has contributed to and of publications or other artistic and scholarly work that has been published; pdf)
• a project proposal (10 pages max; incl. bibliography; 1.5 line spacing; pdf)
• an abstract of the project proposal (1 page max; 1.5 line spacing; pdf)
• a digital portfolio (a single pdf document, 5 MB max)
• a scan of the certificate(s) which proves that you received a degree (Magister, MA or Diplom) from a recognized/accredited university or academy
• Diploma Supplement (if available) and Transcripts (mandatory) of the highest academic degree completed (including length of program and credits/ECTS) must be provided

If film/video is an important part of your application, please upload your material on vimeo.com and enclose the link(s) to your online-application.

Admission process

The selection process takes place in the course of two consecutive meetings of the admission jury: The admission jury will review all applications; it will assess the proposed PhD projects as well as the applicants’ portfolios and their academic and professional biographies and choose those applicants to be invited for an interview. In mid-May 2022 the jury will conduct interviews with the selected group of applicants. The results of the application process will be made public shortly after.

Admitted candidates will embark on the PhD in Practice program in October 2022.

In case of any questions related to your application please contact our program: [email protected]

Bei Fragen zur Ausschreibung kontaktieren Sie bitte Janine Jembere ( [email protected] , +43 670 6091023 )

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Academy of Fine Arts Vienna PhD in Practice Programme 2023

Deadline: February 28, 2023

Applications for the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna PhD in Practice Programme 2023 are now open. The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications to its doctoral programme for research in artistic practice.

The PhD-in-Practice programme provides participants with the opportunity to pursue their individual arts-based research projects in a collective learning environment with a decidedly transdisciplinary and international bent.

About the Programme

The PhD in Practice programme is built on a concept of arts-based research that relates to critical epistemologies, as they have been developed in the context of feminist, queer, postcolonial, ecological, postmarxist and other political and emancipatory projects. Inspired by these struggles, the program approaches arts-based research as a space for the negotiation of social, political, cultural and economic conflicts. It refers to a history of research in the arts that has been developed in dialog with an array of different fields, including academia, activism, high art as much as pop and subculture. It thus privileges cultural/artistic productions that are concerned with a critique of injustice, social hierarchies and exclusions, and is interested in the development of heterotopic visions as well as activist interventions.

The programme is designed for a duration of four years. During this time the participants will develop their projects artistically, theoretically, and analytically in coordination with the academic and artistic team of co-participants and faculty. Participants conceive, organize, document, and carry out independent and/or collaborative arts-based research in a PhD supervision environment that is dedicated to transdisciplinary and international exchange.

Course work is organized around so-called focus weeks, which take place one week per month during the academic calendar (October to January, March to June). During these weeks the participants and the PhD in Practice team meet for seminars, lectures, excursions and other research and study events. Participants are expected to take an active part in organizing the program, including the conceptualization and organization of workshops, guest lectures, exhibitions, etc.

Available Positions

• Three PhD positions are available with a 75 percent employment contract with a duration of four years (payment according to B1, Section 49 Abs. 3KV, currently 2,458 EUR/month before tax, incl. health benefits).
• These positions require residency in Vienna and participation in further research, teaching and administration in the realm of the PhD-in-Practice programme. Additionally, two PhD positions are available without funding (student-only, low residency scheme, does not require moving to Vienna).

Eligibility

• Applicant must have a degree (Master, MA or Diploma) from a recognized university/academy, and submission of the required application material.
• Applicants with an ongoing artistic career are encouraged to apply.

Application

Submit all material in English. Applications must be uploaded within the call dates: February 1, 2023 –February 28, 2023.

The application must contain:

• the completed application form.
• a curriculum vitae (including a list of exhibitions the applicant has contributed to and of publications or other artistic and scholarly work that has been published; pdf).
• a project proposal (ten pages max; incl. bibliography; one and a half line spacing; pdf).
• an abstract of the project proposal (one page max; one and a half line spacing; pdf).
• a digital portfolio (a single pdf document, less than 5 MB).
• a scan of the certificate(s) which proves that you received a degree (Master, MA or Diploma) from a recognized/accredited university or academy.
• Diploma Supplement (if available) and Transcripts (mandatory) of the highest academic degree completed (including length of programme and credits/ECTS) must be provided.

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Call for applications 2023: phd in practice program at academy of fine arts vienna.

The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna invites applications for its PhD program in artistic practice research from February 1 to 28, 2023.

The PhD-in-Practice program allows participants to pursue their own arts-based research projects in a collaborative learning environment that is distinctly interdisciplinary and international in nature.

The program is coordinated by Renate Lorenz (Professor for Art and Research) and Anette Baldauf (Professor for Methodology and Epistemology). The invited lecturers and guests include Saidiya Hartman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Tina Campt, Eve Tuck, Otobong Nkanga , Fred Moten, Stefano Harney, Sharon Hayes, Nikita Dhawan, and Kapwani Kiwanga.

The PhD in Practice program is founded on the concept of arts-based research in relation to critical epistemologies established in the context of feminist, queer, postcolonial, ecological, postmarxist, and other political and emancipatory projects. Inspired by historical fights, the program views arts-based research as a forum for resolving social, political, cultural, and economic differences. It refers to a history of arts study that has been established in collaboration with a variety of diverse sectors, including academia, activism, high art, and pop and subculture. Thus, it prioritizes cultural/artistic creations concerned with a criticism of injustice, social hierarchies, and exclusions, as well as the formation of heterotopic perspectives and activist interventions.

The curriculum is intended to last four years. During this time, participants will work with an academic and artistic team of co-participants and teachers to develop their projects artistically, conceptually, and analytically. Participants plan, organize, document, and carry out independent and/or collaborative arts-based research in a PhD supervision setting focused on transdisciplinary and international interchange.

Course work is planned around so-called focus weeks, which occur once a month during the academic year (October to January, March to June). During these weeks, participants and the PhD in Practice staff get together for seminars, lectures, excursions, and other research and study activities. Participants are expected to participate actively in the program’s development, including the creation and organization of workshops, guest lectures, exhibitions, and so on.

Available positions Three PhD positions are available with a 75 percent employment contract with a duration of four years (payment according to B1, Section 49 Abs. 3KV, currently 2,458 EUR/month before tax, incl. health benefits). These positions require residency in Vienna and participation in further research, teaching and administration in the realm of the PhD-in-Practice program.

Additionally, two PhD positions are available without funding (student-only, low residency scheme, does not require moving to Vienna).

Entry requirements A degree (Magister, MA or Diplom) from a recognized university/academy, and submission of the required application material. Applicants with an ongoing artistic career are encouraged to apply.

Application The application is online only. Please submit all material in English! Applications must be uploaded within the call dates. Application period: February 1–28 2023.

The application must contain: –the completed web application form –a curriculum vitae (including a list of exhibitions the applicant has contributed to and of publications or other artistic and scholarly work that has been published; pdf) –a project proposal (ten pages max; one and a half line spacing; pdf) –an abstract of the project proposal (one page max, one and a halfline spacing; pdf) –a digital portfolio (a single pdf document, less than five MB) –a scan of the certificate(s) proving that you received a degree (Magister, MA or Diplom) from a recognized/accredited university/academy –Diploma Supplement (if available) and Transcripts (mandatory) of highest academic degree completed (including length of program and credits/ECTS)

The online application form will be available from February 1–28, 2023  here .

Admission process The admission jury will review all applications and choose those applicants to be invited for an interview. In mid-May 2023 the jury will conduct interviews with the selected applicants. Results will be made public shortly after.

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The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is offering a doctoral program for research in and as artistic practice. The PhD in Practice is intended to give participants an opportunity to realize their individual art and research projects in a cooperative environment with a decidedly trans-disciplinary and international bent.

In societies increasingly based on economies of “knowledge”, it is crucial for contemporary visual artists to discuss and transform their own respective positions as producers, agents, designers, archivists, and conveyors of those economies, and the politics, aesthetics and affects related to them. The program especially engages in debates around artistic practices, which are informed by critical epistemologies as they have been developed in recent times by feminist theories, gender and queer studies, postmarxist theories, postcolonial theories, and black and subaltern studies, among others. At the same time it critically focuses on the consequences of the shifting social role of art and artists by allowing artists to engage in research into these issues. A deliberate emphasis on the epistemological and methodological foundations and prospects of the fine arts, its practitioners, and its audiences is a distinguishing feature of the PhD in Practice program, as is a particular interest in addressing the question of how art practices are and can be related to important issues of contemporary politics and culture.

The PhD in Practice program is designed for a four year duration (240 ECTS credits). Participants should be prepared to take part in seminars and communal meetings in Vienna for at least one week per month during the semester. Over the course of the four years the participants will develop and implement their projects analytically and experimentally in coordination with the academic and artistic team of co-participants and faculty. Trans-disciplinary modes of art production and research are fostered. An annual thematic research focus provides a common platform of discussion and organization. Importantly, the ability to write academic texts, and to conceive, organize, document, and carry out independent research will be developed by supporting participants in a networked, international and trans-disciplinary environment (The Center for Art/Knowledge/CAK).

The PhD in Practice participants have access to the facilities and resources of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and to the institutions and people that form the broader and expanding network of the Center for Art/Knowledge and the future Doctoral School of the Academy. Participants will be given the means to pursue and develop dissertation work resulting in an artistic project and a written component displaying a strong emphasis on methodological reflexivity and documentation. Moreover, participants are expected to take an active part in organizing the program (coordinating workshops, guest lectures, conferences, exhibitions, screenings, etc.).

Entry requirements

Requirements for admission to the PhD in Practice program are: a degree (Magister, MA or diploma) from a recognized University or Academy, and the submission of a portfolio and a written project proposal. Applicants who are already engaged in an artistic or academic career are encouraged to apply.

The application is online only. Applications (to be written in English) must be received by March 18, 2011, following the online application procedure explained on the website of the program blogs.akbild.ac.at/phdinpractice .

Further information can be found at blogs.akbild.ac.at/phdinpractice .

The results of the application process will be published by mid-May 2012.

Admitted candidates will embark on the PhD in Practice program in October 2012.  

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The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna is a public university with more than 1500 students and a faculty of about 300 offering opportunities for study, artistic and scholarly research and artistic practice in the fields of fine arts, art teachers’ training (education in the arts), architecture, scenography, sconservation and restoration, art history and theory and the natural and technical sciences in the arts. Established in the 17th century, the Academy today focuses on providing up-to-date education in contemporary art. Studio practice is balanced with a large variety of course offerings on art theory and history. Our faculty consists of distinguished artists and scholars whose teaching is based on their artistic practice and research experience. In addition to being an educational institution the Academy houses two internationally renowned art collections, the Paintings Gallery and the Graphic Collection.

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Fine Arts | Conservation – Restoration | Education in the Arts | Architecture | Art Theory and Cultural Studies | Natural Sciences and Technology in the Art Master in Critical Studies | PhD in Practice | Scenography | Doctoral programmes: Doctor of Philosophy/PhD, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Doctor of Science

PhD in Practice. A 4-year doctoral programme combining academic and artistic research taught entirely in English. The program provides participants with the opportunity to pursue their individual research projects in a collective environment with a developed in the context of feminist, queer, strongly transdisciplinary and international focus. It provides a concept of arts-based research built upon critical epistemologies, as postcolonial, ecological, post-Marxist and other political and emancipatory projects.

Research. Numerous research projects hosted at the Academy create a stimulating climate of artistic/intellectual debate. Especially the field of artistic research but also in the fields of art theory/art history, natural sciences (material analysis) and conservation/restoration projects deal with avant-garde questions and methods of research. In discursive events like public lectures, conferences and symposia research findings are discussed and disseminated.

Teaching and Learning. The Academy places great importance on providing students with a setting in which they can be both learners and artistic practitioners from the outset. We offer a range of teaching methods designed to foster an open and reflective learning environment.

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1. Department of Industrial and Interaction Design     Intelligent Product Design Teaching and Research Center Intelligent Interaction Design Teaching and Research Center Intelligent Travel Design Teaching and Research Center

2. Department of Product Design     Life Design Teaching and Research Center System Design Teaching and Research Center Service Design Teaching and Research Center

3. Department of Art and Design     Cultural Integration Design Teaching and Research Center Social Innovation Design Teaching and Research Center Digital Experience Design Teaching and Research Center

4. Department of Dyeing and Weaving Art and Design     Pattern Design Presentation Teaching and Research Center Fabric Design and Engineering Teaching and Research Center Fiber Art Design Teaching and Research Center Material Media Design Teaching and Research Center

5. Department of Fashion and Apparel Design     Clothing Art and Design Teaching and Research Center Fashion Technology and Design Teaching and Research Center Accessories Art and Design Teaching and Research Center

Bachelor Level Programs

We provide four-year undergraduate education, and students are awarded a bachelor's degree after meeting graduation requirements.

• BA in industrial design,
• BA in product design,
• BA in intelligent interaction design,
• BA in art and design,
• BA in fashion and apparel design,
• BA in fashion design and engineering.

Master Level Programs

We provide three-year postgraduate education, and students are awarded a master's degree after meeting graduation requirements. 

• MA in design
• MA in art and design
• MFA in design
• MFA in art and design

Research Activity and Main Areas

The School of Innovation Design focuses on multiple research areas, including but not limited to:

• Intelligent product interaction innovation
• Age-friendly Design
• Intelligent mobility
• Rural Revitalization
• Design for Sustainability
• Social Innovation
• Museum Service Design
• Smart Wearable Clothing Design

Doctorate Level Programs

We provide doctoral level programs for fine arts and also design, and the estimated duration of studying is 3 years. 

• DA in design
• DA in fine arts

Subject Areas for Exchange Students

Teaching languages.

Mandarin 

Semester Dates

Spring semester usually begins around March

Autumn semester usually begins in September

Bachelor: 1290

Master: 130, doctorate: 2, exchange students, incoming: 4, outgoing: 10, teaching staff, professors: 42, lectures: 30, part-time teachers: 11, join our global community, gain access to the largest, design-led network and champion how artists and designers shape the world we live in, sign up for our newsletter.

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• Institutes and Faculties

Institute of Fine Arts

• Institute of History and Politics
• Institute of Physical Education, Sport and Health
• Institute of Biology and Chemistry
• Institute of Childhood
• Institute of Physics, Technology, and Informational Systems
• Institute of Foreign Languages
• Institute of Philology
• Institute of Mathematics and Informatics
• Faculty of Geography
• Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology
• Institute of Journalism, Communications and Media Education
• Institute of Social Studies and Humanities
• Faculty of Pre-School Pedagogy and Psychology
• Institute of International Education
• Institute of Digital Education Development

The Institute of Fine Arts was established in August 2015 as the result of merge of the Art and Graphic faculty and the Music faculty. The Art and Graphic Faculty dates back to 1937, when teaching courses for training teachers of drawing and technical drawing were organized. The Music faculty was established in 1959. A. Sveshnikov, the Rector of the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory, took an active part in development of the Faculty.

People’s artists of the Russian Federation, honoured artists of the Russian Federation, academicians of the Russian Academy of Arts and members of the Union of Russian Artists, The International Federation of Artists, The International Art Foundation etc teach at the Institute of Fine Arts. Students take an active part in exhibitions organized by the Moscow Union of Artists , of modern art at the Russian Cultural Centre in Paris , and by various funds and organizations in Spain, Island, Italy, Germany, China etc. Students also peform at  at Moscow State Conservatory ,  International House of Music and so on.

The Art and Graphic Faculty

BACHELOR DEGREE programs:

• Pedagogical education (with two majors), Fine Arts and Supplementary educational
• Pedagogical education (with two majors), Fine Arts and Foreign language (English).
• Arts and crafts and folk crafts

MASTER DEGREE programs:

• Design of educational information environment
• Innovative technology in art education (correspondence study)
• Design multimedia
• Design multimedia (correspondence study)
• Academical painting
• Design of educational environment
• Arts in the system of life-long arts education
• The Art of printmaking in Art education
• Arts in the historical process

PhD in Practice, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Information session on the application period: February 1-29, 2024. Beginning of studies: October 1, 2024

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