Call for Doctoral Student
The Centre for Systematic Musicology of The University of Graz, Austria, offers one fullyfunded
doctoral fellowship on the topic of Musical Creativity for a period of three years. The
successful applicant will enroll in the Doctorate of Philosophy program at the Faculty of
Humanities, University of Graz, will be supervised by Dr. Andrea Schiavio, and will contribute
to a collaborative project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (link). The project, led
by Schiavio, combines theoretical and empirical research to explore links between creative
cognition, intersubjectivity, and action, in the contexts of musical performance, composition,
and learning. The candidate will contribute to this research by taking part in and facilitating
experiments, and generating original work on musical creativity (or a closely related area), for
his or her dissertation.
Details of the contract
• 100% employment contract funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project:
P32460 - "Together in Music. Creative tools for music performance, education, and
composition"
• starting date: 01 October 2020.
Prerequisites
• Applicants are expected to hold (or about to obtain) an excellent Masters degree in
music, musicology, cognitive sciences, psychology, neuroscience, or relevant
discipline.
• Applicants are expected to have hands-on experience with empirical research and data
analysis.
• Excellent English proficiency is compulsory. Basic knowledge of German desirable.
Applications shall include
• CV
• 2-page motivation letter (explaining your suitability for the project)
• PhD proposal: max. 3000 words (written in English, including questions, objectives,
methods).
• Optional: Masters thesis, or draft of thesis, or thesis proposal, or draft journal
submission (preferably in English, but at least with English title and abstract)
Deadline for applications: 01.04.2020
To apply, please send via email all material, in one cumulative PDF file, to Dr. Andrea Schiavio
(andrea.schiavio@uni-graz.at). Please write "PhD Application Musical Creativity" as object.
The Centre for Systematic Musicology of The University of Graz, Austria, offers one fullyfunded
doctoral fellowship on the topic of Musical Creativity for a period of three years. The
successful applicant will enroll in the Doctorate of Philosophy program at the Faculty of
Humanities, University of Graz, will be supervised by Dr. Andrea Schiavio, and will contribute
to a collaborative project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (link). The project, led
by Schiavio, combines theoretical and empirical research to explore links between creative
cognition, intersubjectivity, and action, in the contexts of musical performance, composition,
and learning. The candidate will contribute to this research by taking part in and facilitating
experiments, and generating original work on musical creativity (or a closely related area), for
his or her dissertation.
Details of the contract
• 100% employment contract funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project:
P32460 - "Together in Music. Creative tools for music performance, education, and
composition"
• starting date: 01 October 2020.
Prerequisites
• Applicants are expected to hold (or about to obtain) an excellent Masters degree in
music, musicology, cognitive sciences, psychology, neuroscience, or relevant
discipline.
• Applicants are expected to have hands-on experience with empirical research and data
analysis.
• Excellent English proficiency is compulsory. Basic knowledge of German desirable.
Applications shall include
• CV
• 2-page motivation letter (explaining your suitability for the project)
• PhD proposal: max. 3000 words (written in English, including questions, objectives,
methods).
• Optional: Masters thesis, or draft of thesis, or thesis proposal, or draft journal
submission (preferably in English, but at least with English title and abstract)
Deadline for applications: 01.04.2020
To apply, please send via email all material, in one cumulative PDF file, to Dr. Andrea Schiavio
(andrea.schiavio@uni-graz.at). Please write "PhD Application Musical Creativity" as object.
