UmArts hosts interdisciplinary postdoctoral research fellows and PhD candidates based at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå School of Architecture (UMA), Umeå Institute of Design (UID), Department of Creative Studies in Education, the Gender Studies Doctoral Research School, and the Bildmuseet contemporary art museum. In partnership with departments across the university including: Law, Informatics, Molecular Biology, and the WASP-HS Art and AI research project. The postdocs are a central part of the UmArts research environment developing new art, architecture, design, music and maker craft practices that generate a critical and creative discourse within the public realm.
