Research
A wide range of dissertation projects are currently being developed at the interface between science and art, including in disciplines such as archaeology, design, digital humanities, literature, music, and theater. The diversity of topics reflects a vibrant, interdisciplinary research culture.
SINTA project examples
Settings of Dying
What does it mean to die with dignity today? In the research project 'Settings of Dying', experts are investigating how care, language, religion and design influence the end of life, and how new approaches can increase the options available to those approaching death. Artistic formats make the results accessible to a wider audience.
Paranatur Research Laboratory
How are our ideas about nature changing in the age of consumerism? The art-based project Paranatur Forschungslaboratorium (Paranatur Research Laboratory) stages artificial plant worlds to reveal attitudes and imaginations about the environment and consumption. Between aesthetics, ethnography, and linguistic philosophy, a critical game with illusion and reality emerges—right in the middle of the discourse on the Anthropocene.
EcoArtLab
In what ways can art and science collaborate to effect cultural change in response to the climate crisis? This transdisciplinary research project explores how collaborative climate art projects generate new forms of knowledge and how artistic methods can make the intangible nature of climate change more tangible.