Creative Technologies - Structured

The Structured PhD in Archaeology is a four-year, full-time programme of study and research and applicants must have a high honours standard in their primary degree or present such other evidence of fitness which will satisfy the Head of discipline and the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies.



As part of the doctoral training available on the Structured PhD programme, students avail themselves of a range of interdisciplinary taught modules. The wide menu of available options include modules that:



are discipline-specific in that they augment the student’s existing knowledge in their specialist area, e.g., Introduction to Adobe Photoshop; Introduction to Digital Surveying and Archaeological Specialisms.

are dissertation-specific in that they supply core skills which are essential to completion of the research project.

acknowledge a student’s professional development, e.g., presentation of a paper at an International Conference and core surveying skills.

enhance a student’s employability through generic training.

Each student will be assigned a primary Supervisor(s) and a Graduate Research Committee made up of experienced researchers to plan their programme of study and to provide on-going support to their research.



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.

4 years full-time, 6 years part-time