Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in the fields of:

• Practice as Research
• Interdisciplinary and collaborative creative practices
• Creative Arts and Science / Health interdisciplinary research
• Music and Sound
• Composition and Sound Design
• Vocal / Singing practices and performance
• VR Virtual Reality and Immersive Media
• Radio and Podcasting
• Digital media, Interactive Media, Intermedia arts
• Arts and Accessibility

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Public outreach & key achievements

Awarded by Office of Public Works Ireland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, and commissioned by Northern Ireland Screen, National Museums Northern Ireland, Freelands Foundation, University of Oxford and Goethe-Institut London.

John's work has been broadcast on BBC Radio Ulster and Resonance FM, and programmed by The Science Museum London, Belfast International Arts Festival, Belfast Film Festival, Household Belfast, and Happy International Samuel Beckett Festival.

Curator of sound art and soundwalks at Sonorities Festival Belfast. Co-organiser of SARC events for NI Science Festival. Director of HIVE Choir.

Board member of Belfast Regional Music Group; Irish Sound Science Technology Association; Digital Arts Studios Belfast; Belfast UNESCO City of Music Steering Group.

Research students

PhD Title	Bodies 'in' Place: responding to migration through participatory practice for emerging media
Name	Dr Brian Byrne
Years of Study	2020 - 2025
Country	Northern Ireland
PhD Title	Sounding Covid-19: understanding the pandemic through sonic experiences
Name	Dr Georgios Varoutsos
Years of Study	2020 - 2024
Country	Canada
PhD Title	Co-designing immersive virtual reality environments with people with dementia
Name	Dr Leonid Kuzmenko
Years of Study	2021 - 2024
Country	Russia

Discover More

• Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
• School of Arts, English and Languages
• Sonic Arts Research Centre
• Centre for Creative Ethnography
• Centre for Documentary Research
• www.johndarcy.com