Senior Scientist (w/m/d) with a doctorate for Artistic Research

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – the KUG – with around 2,300 students at its campuses in Graz and Oberschützen, is an international university offering a wide range of courses in music and the performing arts. Located in the heart of Europe, we build on the cultural heritage of our region and at the same time explore and contribute to current trends in the contemporary arts. We engage with international developments in the arts, pedagogy and research, and explore the significance of art and culture in society. Teachers and students work cooperatively in this process. For researchers, our university offers an attractive environment. The focus is on music-related research, ranging from natural science and technology to social science and humanities approaches, and also includes artistic research. Theatre studies and gender research complete our research portfolio. We are committed to fostering gender mainstreaming, diversity, and sustainability in order to transform the artistic and cultural sector, as well as to further develop our institution.

• Independent artistic research and publications

• Coordination, production, organisation and co-direction of the annual artistic research festival ARTikulationen

• Substantial contribution to the writing of research (and other) grant applications

• Development and consolidation of external and KUG-internal research cooperations

• Participation in the preliminary contact with Dr.artium applicants and in the Dr.artium admissions process

• Collaboration in research, teaching, and editorial tasks at KWDS

• Independent teaching of courses in the area of practice and theory of artistic research (in particular artistic-scholarly research), including examination

• Participation in organisational, administrative and evaluation duties

Your profile

• Doctoral degree in artistic research in music or another fitting area

• Research and peer-reviewed publications in artistic research (music or musicalinterdisciplinary) at high international standard, preferably with a clear artistic-scholarly character

• Thorough familiarity with the current discourse on artistic research in its varied forms and understandings

• Proven experience and skills in the management and organisation of academic and musical events

• Teaching experience in tertiary education and experience in the university work environment preferred

• High ability to work in a team, social skills, sophisticated work and communication culture, as well as a high sense of responsibility

• Competence and/or experience in the areas of gender and diversity

• Excellent knowledge of English required; strong knowledge of German is advantageous

Contract : Position limited to 4 years

Level of employment: Part-time employment to the extent of 75% of full-employment

Salary: Collective agreement minimum monthly gross salary currently € 3,263.93 (14 x annually); a higher salary may be negotiated

Application :

We look forward to receiving your written application including letter of motivation, concept for an artistic research project (3-5 pages) and other documents (curriculum vitae, certificates, list of publications, list of courses held, internet links to relevant materials/audio/videos, etc.) to

End of application period: 29.08.2023

Reference number: 91/23

Job type/category Academic Minimal education Doctorate Minimal experience 3 - 5 Years Experience Location(s) Austria, Language requirements English,German, Working language(s) German,

Deadline for application 29 Aug, 2023 Start date 01 Oct, 2023

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