About us
The SINTA doctoral programme forms part of the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities (GSAH) at the University of Bern. Operating under the umbrella of the Walter Benjamin Kolleg, the GSAH promotes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research of the highest calibre. SINTA is a unique Swiss collaboration between the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bern and the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB). The programme is aimed at artists engaged in research, as well as scientists interested in artistic practice.
The programme brings together different perspectives, with participants being well versed in both art and science and combining creative and analytical ways of thinking. The programme promotes research into artistic practice, aesthetic issues and the relationship between art and science, exploring the interplay between different humanities, social sciences and artistic disciplines.
Doctoral students benefit from individual supervision, a diverse range of courses (20 ECTS credits), interdisciplinary networking opportunities, access to professional infrastructure and targeted skills development, all within an environment that fosters academic independence and creative research.
SINTA Team
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Cristina Urchueguía
- Funktion
- Head of SINTA
- cristina.urchueguia@musik.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 50 30
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Leopold Dick
- Funktion
- Deputy Head of SINTA
- leopold.dick@hkb.bfh.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 848 42 35
- Name / Titel
- M Sc Hannah Ambühl-Baur
- Funktion
- Program assistance
- hannah.ambuehl@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 54 75
- Name / Titel
- Nicola Leuchter
- Funktion
- Student assistant
- nicola.leuchter@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Olivia Selina Nigg
- Funktion
- Administration
- olivia.nigg@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 54 71
Program Committee
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Cristina Urchueguía
- Funktion
- Head of SINTA
- cristina.urchueguia@musik.unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 50 30
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Leopold Dick
- Funktion
- Deputy Head of SINTA
- leopold.dick@hkb.bfh.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 848 42 35
- Name / Titel
- Canberk Duman
- Funktion
- Doktorierenden Vertretung Lenkungsausschuss
- canberk.duman@students.unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Tobias Hodel
- Funktion
- Professor of Digital Humanities, University of Bern
- tobias.hodel@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Paola Pierri
- Funktion
- Professor of Social Design | Deputy Head of the Institute of Design Research
- paola.pierri@hkb.bfh.ch
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Alexandra Portmann
- Funktion
- Professor at the Institute for Theater Studies, University of Bern
- alexandra.portmann@unibe.ch
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Michaela Schäuble
- Funktion
- Professor for social anthropology, University of Bern
- michaela.schaeuble@unibe.ch
- Phone
- +41 31 684 54 75
- Name / Titel
- Dr. Fabiana Senkpiel
- Funktion
- Research associate at the Institute for Practices and Theories in the Arts, HKB
- fabiana.senkpiel@hkb.bfh.ch
- Name / Titel
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Strässle
- Funktion
- Co-Head of Y Institute & Deputy Director
- thomas.straessle@hkb.bfh.ch