University partners aim to create temporary transformation labs designed to facilitate prototype development on an experimental basis. Individual partners' diverse skills will come into play, ranging from technological expertise (particularly in the area of AI, computer graphics, etc.), to methodological expertise in the area of speculative design, artistic creative methods, and didactic skills.

University for Applied Arts x Johannes Kepler University
06/2020 – 09/2020

The first lab's central objectives included thinking about, drafting, and creating different approaches to research-based education and facilitating communication between experts in the field of virtual reality and augmented reality. The Full Dome Environment at the Institute of Digital Arts in Vienna served as the main environment and starting point to support cross-disciplinary collaboration between artists and scientists from both universities. Virtual reality, the full dome, and augmented reality environments blur the boundaries between the physical and virtual world, giving the viewer a sense of immersion.

"Cross Perception" was an attempt to make the interaction between machine and human perception more tangible. "Site-inflexion", on the other hand, focused on developing new participative formats for site-specific virtual and acoustic experiences.

Danube-University Krems x Johannes Kepler University x Vienna University of Applied Arts
10/2020 – 09/2021

In the coming decades, AI will continue to change medicine sigificantly. In an effort to better understand these change processes and apply new digital treatment concepts, physicians need more support when it comes to expanding on their expertise and strengthening their skills in this area. Research at the lab focuses on innovative learning and educational designs to provide physicians with professional development in the area of applied artificial intelligence and stimulate long-term, sustainable digital transformation in the healthcare sector.

Danube-University Krems x Johannes Kepler University x Vienna University of Applied Arts
10/2020 – 09/2021

Goals: Development, Expanding Knowledge, New Courses for Teaching, Evaluation and Dissemination

• Development & Expanding Knowledge

TRANSFORM - New Courses in Teaching set new impulses for anchoring knowledge and innovation at the Johannes Kepler University Linz and the University of Applied Arts Vienna. The aim of the project is to familiarise teachers with pioneering techniques and to test creative, transdisciplinary formats. Innovative methods that create a common language are necessary for a successful exchange between art and science. The focus was on the introduction of new teaching approaches and the targeted promotion of dialogue between scientific and artistic perspectives.

• Teaching

The TRANSFORM project focussed on the development and prototypical implementation of innovative, transdisciplinary teaching formats for university education. Teachers and external experts were invited to design creative concepts that actively involve students and promote their creative, social and communicative skills. The aim was to develop and pass on transdisciplinary approaches between art and science. The courses included sensory perception, the creation of music with old computer parts and numerous other exciting, creative and scientific processes that give 

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• Share and connect

In autumn 2024, an enriching network meeting was held to discuss the initial results and findings from various teaching projects and promote interdisciplinary exchange. Teachers and researchers were invited to reflect on their approaches and further develop transdisciplinary teaching formats. Afterwards, the Art x Science School for Transformation hosted the opening event Let's Transform.

The evening was enriched by contributions from guests from the worlds of art, science and academia and offered a comprehensive insight into the School's transdisciplinary approaches.

• Evaluate

The evaluation of the teaching concepts from the "NEW COURSES IN TEACHING" call and the Bachelor's programme ‘Transformation Studies. Art x Science’ is central to the further development of high-quality teaching. As inter- and transdisciplinary formats often require unforeseen goals and dynamic learning processes, and are structurally and organisationally challenging, the evaluation pursues an explorative approach that involves all stakeholders. The aim is to recognise success factors and challenges and to develop future evaluation instruments. The findings are published scientifically and shared publicly in order to promote the discourse on innovative teaching and research approaches.