Artistic Assistant (doctoral research, 4 x 100%) ONDZF E 036
Artistic Assistant (doctoral research, 4 x 100%) ONDZF E 036
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KASK & Conservatorium aims to create a safe and caring learning and working environment for students and staff with attention to the needs and barriers of diverse groups. We encourage you to apply and will only consider your qualities capabilities and competences in the selection process. KASK & Conservatorium creates opportunities for researchers to grow within various research initiatives and is actively committed to making research inclusive.
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DESCRIPTION OF THE POSITION
KASK & Conservatorium offers a place for free research embedded in a local national and international context where researchers from different disciplines develop their research in critical dialogue with the world.
Research at KASK & Conservatorium starts from individual or collective art and design practices or is closely related to them. This research aims at both internal and external transformation. The artistic practice the artists/designers themselves and their reflection on the practice emerge differently from the addition they also aim to bring about a transformation in the wider world this could be in education a discipline society etc. These transformations take place by sharing the process and results of the research artistic and discursive with the world.
As an artistic assistant you will work on a doctoral research project in the arts and join one of the research clusters where you will actively contribute to a stimulating research environment together with other researchers.
The full-time assignment consists of 70% research and 30% teaching within your area of expertise. After a period of two years the progress of the research will be evaluated and if favourable a second and third term of two years each will commence. After six years you will present your practical and discursive research results to an examination board and defend them with a view to obtaining a Doctor in the Arts degree awarded by Ghent University.
Five interdisciplinary research clusters form the anchor points of Research in the Arts at KASK & Conservatorium. Your research project must be related to one of them:
- Archival Sensations
- Negotiating Realities
- Disobedient Practices
- The Body Plural
- The Art of Resonance - The Resonance of Art
Tasks and responsibilities
You will conduct a doctoral research project in the arts at KASK & Conservatorium in collaboration with Ghent University.
You will share the results of your research in presentations.
You will communicate about your own artistic work and research in text and in other forms.
You will actively participate in the research culture of KASK & Conservatorium and in the functioning of the research cluster to which you are committed in particular. You will do this by attending workshops research days meetings etc. organised by the cluster.
In consultation with your department you take on teaching activities (30%) and supervise and evaluate students in the bachelors and masters programmes. You do this in a course that matches your own artistic expertise.
Profile
You are developing an artistic or design practice that enjoys relevant recognition.
Your artistic or design practice is research-based within your own discipline or at the intersection of multiple disciplines.
You reflect critically on your own artistic practice and research and position it within broader artistic academic and social contexts.
You communicate clearly about your artistic work and research both orally and in writing to an audience of peers and the wider arts community.
You have pedagogical skills that enable you to create a stimulating and safe learning environment in which students learn to create in an exploratory manner.
You work independently and are able to plan your research maintain an overview and work in a goal-oriented manner.
You are curious about collaborations and interaction with other artistic researchers and are open to cross-disciplinary work.
You promote respectful and inclusive collaborations and build positive working relationships with your colleagues and supervisors.
In light of your teaching assignment and internationalisation efforts you communicate fluently in English and are willing to obtain the required language certificate (B1 English) in your first academic year.
The administrative language of the school is Dutch. You are willing to obtain the required language certificates for Dutch within the legally prescribed period (A2 within two years and B2 within five years).
You demonstrate commitment to the pedagogical project and mission and vision of KASK & Conservatorium in particular and to HOGENT in general.
Offer
We offer four full-time statutory appointments of 100% in a vacant position to start no earlier than 1 October 2026. The appointment is initially for a period of two years which may be extended twice for periods of two years each on the basis of a favourable evaluation.
Remuneration is in accordance with scale 508.
In addition to any financial seniority from the public sector service in the private sector can be taken into account in determining your financial seniority. This is granted on the basis of employment certificates or an artistic portfolio and after examination of the case.
Commuting by public transport is reimbursed for a one-way distance of 250 km. If you come by bicycle you will receive an allowance for addition we offer you an internet allowance of 20 per month attractive leisure activities and a staff card with additional benefits.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for this vacancy you must meet the following admission requirements at the time of application:
- You meet the general conditions of V.106 V.107 and V.148 of the Higher Education Code of 20 December 2013 regarding access to public office:
- be a citizen of a Member State of the European Union or of the European Free Trade Association;
- enjoy civil and political rights;
- behave in a manner consistent with the requirements of the position sought;
- You hold at least a masters degree or one that is officiallyofficially leveled or recognized as equivalent.
- You have an active artistic practice that you have been developing for at least 5 years..
APPLICATION AND SELECTION PROCEDURE
You can apply for this vacancy until 29 September 2025at the latest through button below. Only timely and complete applications will be considered.
Your application must include the following:
1. Cover / Motivation letter
2. Application form completed with all the requested information about the applicant and project proposal: please use only the template which is available through these links in English or in Dutch.
3. Scans of required diplomas:at least a masters degree
4. Curriculum vitae
5. Artistic portfolio(and/or add a link to your online portfolio in the application form)
In a first selection round applications of candidates who meet the admission requirements will be assessed on the basis of artistic portfolio and research proposal according to criteria of artistic quality research potential suitability for the schools profile and relevance to the programmes and research cluster.
In mid-December 2025 candidates selected for the second selection round will be assigned a (provisional) supervisor from KASK & Conservatorium who will guide them in drawing up a fully detailed project proposal (for 6 years) and finding a second supervisor at Ghent University. Based on these full proposals a number of candidates will be selected for the third selection round in the form of a selection interview.
If a final decision cannot be made in the first round of selection interviews suitable candidates may be invited for a second interview.
The selection interviews are scheduled for April 2026. Candidates who are not selected will be notified after the selection procedure has been completed.
MORE INFORMATION
Detailed guidelines to the application form and selection procedure are available online in English and in Dutch.
If you have any further questions please contact Katrien Vuylsteke Vanfleteren () or David Depestel () at the KASK & Conservatorium Research office.
Employment Type
Full-Time
