The SMARTlab at UCD runs practice-based MA & PhD programmes internationally.

The SMARTlab works across sectors and disciplines to instigate and support positive cultural change via an ethical and socially responsible community collaboration model. This model has informed and enriched the academic domain by encouraging teams of artists and cultural sector creatives to work closely across disciplinary boundaries to invent new models and tools for learning.

The SMARTlab has enabled many more women, artists, open source advocates, ‘non-standard’ learners and people with disabilities to gain the highest level of ‘credit’ for their practical work and scholarship. The SMARTlab practice-based PhD Programme has graduated several dozen PhDs who have gone on to lead major institutions and labs worldwide, and helped to shape new models of inclusive, applied practice-based research so that it can transform the university sector from within.

University College, Dublin 2 Dublin, Ireland