LMTA announces an open call for a Research Group Leader under the programme “My First Research Team”

Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre announces an open call for a Research Group Leader to lead a research and experimental development (R&D) project funded by the Lithuanian Research Council under the programme My First Research Team.

The Academy invites early-career researchers to establish and lead an interdisciplinary research group of eight researchers at different career stages. The project will be carried out in the field of Audiovisual Media Technologies and Social Innovations and is entitled The Impact of Interactive and Immersive Media on Creativity, Performance, and Audience Experience. The preliminary project budget amounts to 374 454,89 EUR, and the project duration is up to three years.

The research will focus on the transformation of creative and performance practices in contemporary performing arts, music, theatre, and dance within the context of modern technologies. Particular attention will be given to interdisciplinary interactions enabled by digital and analog sound technologies, artificial intelligence, and interactive and immersive audiovisual media. Through artistic research, the project aims to develop new performing arts formats and to examine their impact on creativity, performance, improvisation, the performer–creator–audience relationship, and audience experience.

The Research Group Leader will be responsible for establishing and coordinating the research team, developing and implementing the project’s research agenda, ensuring the quality, dissemination, and impact of research outcomes, and fostering international collaboration and researcher mobility. The position is full-time, with a gross monthly salary of 3 805,93 EUR. The expected starting date is 1 September 2026.

Further details on eligibility criteria and application procedures are available on the Euraxess portal:

https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/405179

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