PhD candidate in Artistic Research – Digital Environments

This is NTNU NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim. At NTNU, 8,6000 employees and 44,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world. You will find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KHQjc4ndas&t=41s About the position The Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KIT), Faculty of Architecture and Design, invites applications for a fixed-term, three-year PhD position in Artistic Research. The PhD will be part of the focus area Digital Environments within Artistic Research.This PhD position explores, through artistic and practice-based research, the role and societal impact of AI and other emerging technologies, including how digital technologies reshape the relationships between knowledge production, creative practice, accountability, and social and ecological transformation.The position contributes to artistic research, critical inquiry, and experimentation across AI, sensing, data analysis and visualisation, and investigative practices, addressing key societal challenges at the intersection of art, architecture, design, media, and technology. Embedded in KIT’s strategic focus on the role of art in addressing societal change, the position is connected to ongoing research initiatives, digital infrastructure, and externally funded projects. It will strengthen KIT’s research profile in digitalisation and societal transformation while supporting future national and international research collaborations and funding opportunities.As a PhD Candidate, you will work towards a doctorate while gaining valuable research experience and qualifications for a career in higher education, research, and related sectors. Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department. Duties of the position You will develop an independent artistic and practice-based research project within the overall scope of the position. The project should engage with at least one of the first two areas below and at least one of the last two, without being limited to them: 1. Investigative practices, including open-source, scientific, data-driven and participatory approaches.2. Sensing, analysis, modelling, visualisation and communication of disparate data and digital environments, through approaches including critical spatial practice and data science.3. Technology in the public...

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