[Fully and directly funded opportunities. Funding includes Home or International fees for 42 months and UKRI standard stipend which is currently £20,780 for 2025/26 academic year. Funded by Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences.] The University of Surrey’s School of Arts, Humanities, and Creative Industries is offering four fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding postgraduate researchers. These studentships are designed to support innovative and impactful research that aligns with...

The University of Manchester invites applications for a fully funded PhD studentship titled 'Artificial Inequality? AI and its Impact on the UK Creative Industries (CreativeAI Studentship)'. This research opportunity addresses the urgent and evolving intersection of artificial intelligence and structural inequalities within the UK's cultural and creative industries (CCIs). The project explores how AI technologies, such as Midjourney, Adobe Firefly, and Suno, are reshaping creative work, business...

The Autotelic Interaction Research Group (AIR) at Aalto University, Finland, is recruiting for two exciting positions: a fully funded PhD position in Creative Practices (2+2 years) and a postdoctoral researcher position (2 years) as part of the "Autotelic Creative Artificial Intelligence" (ACAI) project. The group, led by Assistant Professor Christian Guckelsberger, focuses on pioneering research at the intersection of creative technology, artificial intelligence, and art. The ACAI project criti...

ETH Zürich invites applications for a fully funded 4-year doctoral position in Artistic Research, situated at the intersection of art and physics, with a focus on light, quantum optics, and observation. This unique interdisciplinary project is a collaboration between Prof. Dr. Rosa Barba (Chair of Art in Space and Time) and Prof. Dr. Puneet Murthy (Department of Physics), offering a rare opportunity to explore the synthesis of artistic and scientific perspectives. The doctoral candidate will eng...

Expressions of Interest are now open for a fully funded PhD position at RMIT University as part of the Australian Research Council (ARC) project, 'From Noise to Signal: Improving Sonic Experiences in the Gallery.' This opportunity is ideal for candidates interested in sonic arts, sound installations, 3D audio production, digital design, and music technology. The research will focus on investigating audience experiences of sonic arts and sound installations within art museum and gallery contexts,...

ETH Zurich invites applications for a fully funded doctoral position in Artistic Research, focusing on the intersection of art and quantum physics. This unique 4-year PhD project, part of the Art in Space and Time (AISAT) initiative, is a collaboration between Prof. Dr. Rosa Barba (Chair of Art in Space and Time, Department of Architecture) and Prof. Dr. Puneet Murthy (Department of Physics, Nanoscale Quantum Optics group). The research explores fundamental phenomena of light and matter, particu...

The University of Twente invites applications for a fully funded PhD position as part of the JUST ART project, focusing on 'ReStor(y)ing (Un)just Land-Water Relationships Through Art-activism.' This interdisciplinary research opportunity aims to develop a 'rurban' lens to examine rural-urban (dis)connections in land-water relationships, with case studies in regions such as Twente and Aruba, both of which have experienced water scarcity. The project leverages environmental art-activism to 're-sto...

The KNB Indonesian Government Scholarship 2026 is now open for applications, offering fully funded opportunities for international students from developing countries to pursue bachelor's, master's, and PhD degrees at 34 leading universities in Indonesia. This prestigious scholarship covers a wide range of academic fields, including Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Business, Law, International Relations, Political Science, Sociology, Psychology, Nursing, Phar...

The University of Twente is offering two fully funded PhD positions within the Knowledge, Transformation, and Society (KiTeS) section, focusing on climate justice through artistic research. These positions are part of the NWA-ORC (Dutch Research Council) project "JUST ART: Creating Common Grounds for Climate Justice Through Artistic Research," a six-year initiative spanning the Caribbean and European parts of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The project brings together academics, artists, and soc...