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Konstfack is Sweden’s largest university for arts, crafts and design. Since 1844, we have educated a diverse range of professionals within these fields, as well as art and sloyd teachers. We conduct both artistic and scientific education/research and currently have 900 students and 200 employees. Our recruitments are based on expertise and carried out in accordance with the University’s aim to increase diversity and to be free from discrimination. Konstfack.se Konstfack is announcing a doctoral student position within the doctoral education in the subject of Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts, that is given on artistic grounds and comprises 240 credits. It is based upon the foundation of artistic practice established in Konstfack’s main fields of study: fine art, craft, design and visual communication, and leads to a Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts. Find out more about Konstfack’s doctoral education We invite applications from candidates with a strong artistic and socially engaged practice. We particularly welcome artistic research projects that advance the subject area by addressing the contemporary challenges of the field through critical and contextual explorations of glass. Combining workshop-based research with theoretical investigation is encouraged. We are particularly interested in projects that challenge and transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. In artistic research, questions are tested, shaped and communicated through doing, i.e., through the practical and theoretical work undertaken within the researchers’ own artistic practice. Research in the field of visual, applied and spatial arts implies that methods, materials and ideas are explored within a defined subject. For example, the purpose of the research may be in-depth critical thinking, innovation, or knowledge production within the artistic field. In the subject Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts, it is crucial that the practitioner reflects upon the design process and contextualises their work. Konstfack's specialised material workshops, exhibition spaces, and library, constitute a unique environment, creating the conditions to unite the practices of creating and producing. The research environment is bound together and developed through collegial research forums where research strategies and content are discussed, as well as through research seminars, and the annual Research Week where doctoral students, researchers/teachers, and students at Konstfack participate together with invited guests. Find out more about research at Konstfack Duties As a doctoral student your focus is the doctoral education, which consists of four years full time study. You will formulate your own research project, deepening your own artistic practice with the aim of carrying out a documented artistic research project which also includes a written component. Alongside your supervised research, you will undertake obligatory and elective courses. Furthermore, you will attend research seminars and conferences, carry out field trips, read papers, write and publish articles, and produce exhibitions, performances or other activities to disseminate the results of your research. As a doctoral student at Konstfack you are given the opportunity to be part of a growing research environment and are expected to be present at Konstfack and participate in day-to-day activities. A limited part of the working time, maximum 20%, may consist of departmental duties which can include for example, teaching or participation in boards and committees. This time is not counted as part of the doctoral education programme but forms the basis for extending the doctoral position to a maximum of five years total. Entry requirements You must meet both the general and the specific requirements to be eligible for education at research level [7 chap. 39 – 40§ HF]: You meet the general entry requirements for education at doctoral level / third cycle level if you • have been awarded master’s degree/second-cycle level qualification, or • have satisfied the requirements for courses comprising at least 240 credits of which at least 60 credits were awarded at master’s/second- cycle level, or • have acquired substantially equivalent knowledge in some other way in Sweden or abroad (see Validation of qualifications) In addition to the general entry requirements above, the following specific entry requirements apply to the doctoral education in Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts: • A minimum of 120 credits (or equivalent) in subjects of relevance to third-cycle/doctoral level studies in the subject Artistic Practice in Visual, Applied and Spatial Arts. • Documented practical experience within a field of relevance to the third-cycle/doctoral level education. • Documented writing experience within a subject area of relevance to the third-cycle/ doctoral level education. • Documented knowledge equivalent to a passing grade in the course English 6. Employment Employment as a doctoral student can only be offered to a person admitted to the doctoral education. Type of employment: Time-limited employment according to the Swedish Higher Education Ordinance, 5 §, 4 years when studying at full time. The first employment as a doctoral student may be valid for a maximum of one year and may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time. Full time equivalent: 100% Salary: Monthly salary according to Konstfack's local collective agreement on salary for doctoral students. First day of employment: 1 August 2026 The employment as a doctoral student will be placed at the Department of Crafts. Preliminary time schedule Interviews with the candidates who advance in the selection process are planned to be held in November 2025. Those who are admitted will begin their studies on 1 August 2026. Application instructions Welcome to apply for admission to the doctoral education at Konstfack! Read the full announcement with instructions for applying on our website www.konstfack.se/en/ Contact information: [email protected]