Creative Technologies - Structured

Researchers on the PhD in Creative Technologies work to investigate emerging trends in the overlap between creativity and technology, both in professional practice and academic research. Students on the programme participate in workshops and doctoral training designed to enhance their research capacity in the field, including a core module entitled “Research Methods in Creative Technologies.” Proposals are particularly welcome for projects that combine critical enquiry or social science methods with technological and artistic practice to pursue original research questions in this field.



Proposal are welcome in any relevant areas of PhD research, especially (but not exclusively) in the areas outlined below:



Virtual/augmented reality and live performance

Creative arts, technology, and health/well-being

Creative arts, technology, and social inclusion

Extended reality and placemaking

Using creative arts and technology in primary and/or post-primary education.

Technology and the production/performance/reception of music

Sustainability and technology in the creative industries, including virtual production processes

Hacking, digital making and the circular economy

Augmented creativity and writing

The philosophy of technology and creativity

Affect and immersive art

The ethics of AI art

A primary degree and/or MA/MSc in any of the following areas: Creative Arts / Arts Practice; Digital Humanities; Computer Science; Engineering; Education; Literary Studies; Modern Languages (with an emphasis on comparative cultural studies and/or translation); Philosophy; Social Sciences; or a related area.

Important: apply by mid-July for September entry.

Applications are made online via the University of Galway Postgraduate Applications System.

Structured PhD, 4 years full-time.

Structured PhD, 6 years part-time.