The Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (Faculty of Design and Art) is launching an innovative PhD Programme in Experimental Research through Design, Art and Technologies. We are looking for outstanding and enthusiastic candidates willing to make a difference in our technological futures. Deadline: 11 July 2024, 12:00 Noon PM (GMT +2.00) The programme aims to train a new generation of researchers, artists and developers capable of embracing the opportunities offered by the convergence of Design, Art, the Social Sciences and the Humanities alongside Computer Science and Engineering. Working together in an interdisciplinary and international environment, our students integrate complex knowledge to address multiple global challenges and opportunities opened by the acceleration of technology adoption in everyday life. We are looking for candidates in the following project spaces: 1. Human Creativity and Stochastic Algorithms: Exploring new Forms of Artistic Development (Advisor: Prof. De Angeli - antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it ) 2. Promoting Sustainable Behaviour: Awareness, Information and Knowledge (Advisor: Prof. De Angeli - antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it) 3. Inclusive Digital Education (Advisor: Prof. De Angeli - antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it) 4. Phygital Design in Cultural / Intangible / Landscape Heritage and Experience (Advisor: Prof. Gennari - rosella.gennari(a)unibz.it) 5. Multimodal Intelligent Interactions (Advisor: Prof. Gennari - rosella.gennari(a)unibz.it) 6. Dialoguing Species - More-than-human Ethnography (Advisor: Prof. Tauber - elisabeth.tauber(a)unibz.it) 7. Simulation of Smart Materials and Devices (Advisor: Prof. Lugli - paolo.lugli(a)unibz.it) 8. Material characterization of the development of advanced SiC- based sensors (Advisor: Prof. Lugli - paolo.lugli(a)unibz.it) 9. Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Smart Devices (Advisor: Prof. Lugli - paolo.lugli(a)unibz.it) 10. Numerical simulation to explore distinctive SiC features for the development of cutting-edge devices (Advisor: Prof. Lugli - paolo.lugli(a)unibz.it) 11. Designing Embodied Human-Data IntraActions (Advisor: Prof. Ugur Yavuz - secil.uguryavuz(a)unibz.it) Interested students are invited to email the advisor for an informal discussion. We also welcome original proposals from students and invite informal contacts with the School Coordinator Prof. De Angeli ( antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it). The programme is delivered in English and lasts three years. All types of MSc and MA are eligible, but applicants are required to be willing and capable of engaging in interdisciplinary research. The position with scholarship (N=7) provides a grant of approx. 1,450 Euro net per month (increased by 50% during the research period abroad) a personal budget for travelling (2,500 Euro per year) and a personal laptop. The application deadline is 11 July 2024, 12:00 midday (GMT +2.00) at https://aws.unibz.it/exup For more information and application, please visit https://www.unibz.it/en/faculties/design-art/phd-experimental-research-desi… and/or contact the PhD coordinator, Professor Antonella De Angeli: antonella.deangeli(a)unibz.it