Fully funded PhD: Art-based organisations and initiatives in a time of austerity

Sheffield University Management School is seeking applications for a fully funded PhD from exceptional UK/EU/International students with an outstanding academic record (distinction/high merit or equivalent), as well as a proven record in research training.

Project description

Increasingly limited access to funding with shifting priorities, market fragmentation, and public policy place demands on arts-based organisations and initiatives to change their business models and become more ‘entrepreneurial’ and ‘resilient’. At the same time, arts-based organisations and initiatives are increasingly being, and indeed required to be, mission driven and demonstrate their social value.

At the intersection of art, social value, and entrepreneurialism, arts-based organisations and initiatives can be conceptualised as hybrid organisations (Battilana & Lee, 2014) that need to manage conflicting, and possibly synergetic, artistic, economic, cultural, and social demands, identities, and stakeholders.

This PhD project aims to critically examine the diversity of hybrid arts-based organisations and initiatives, their organising practices, identities, and approaches to meet multiple demands and avoid mission drift. In doing so, the project requires a shift from the implicit assumption that hybridity is equivalent to duality to critically explore the multiple logics that arts-based organisations and initiatives enact in a given time and over time.

How to apply

The deadline to apply is 1 July 2019 at 17:00 UK time. Please note that applications will not be processed if they are incomplete or received after the deadline. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview on Tuesday 13/Wednesday 14 August 2019.

Applicants should submit a 1000 word research proposal which directly addresses the theme and/or specific topic to which they are applying. The proposal should contain a brief background to the topic, which demonstrates knowledge of existing work in the field, and potential contributions to knowledge. It should also explain the proposed research methods and include a plan of the research, and a timeline.

For more information and to submit an application, visit: www.sheffield.ac.uk/management/study/researchdegrees/fundedprojects

Please clearly indicate the number of the project in your application: CREATIVE 2/2

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact: Dr Jerzy Kociatkiewicz [Email Address Removed]