The Oxford-Uppsala Interdisciplinary Initiative: Culture and Creativity Research Cluster invites expressions of interest for an exploratory collaboration.
Following a new partnership between TORCH and the Centre for Integrated Research on Culture and Society (CIRCUS) at Uppsala University, the Oxford-Uppsala Initiative Research Cluster is intended to encourage collaboration between researchers in the Humanities at the University of Oxford and Uppsala University. As part of this initiative, the Culture and Creativity Research Cluster aims to encourage collaboration between researchers in the Humanities at Oxford and Uppsala and to facilitate opportunities for developing strategic multi-disciplinary research projects together.
We invite researchers interested exploring and developing interdisciplinary collaborative projects with new colleagues at Uppsala University to submit an initial expression of interest through the IRAMS system.
Postholders in the Humanities should be working in topics related to culture (broadly defined), including but not limited to: environmental humanities, medical humanities, digitalization, games, literature, theatre and performance, heritage, art and media. The key themes of interest include:
-Storytelling
-Play (in any iteration of playfulness, role-play, or gaming)
-Performance
-Narrative innovation
Support for the collaboration will take place between 1st September, 2024 to 15th January, 2025 and is likely to include activities such as:
- Travel for a 4-day research visit to Uppsala University in April or May 2025
- Joint online workshops organised by TORCH and CIRCUS
- Community engagement activities
Anticipated outcomes for the collaboration include:
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Building new interdisciplinary connections and opportunities for further collaboration with researchers at Uppsala University
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The development of shared research questions and objectives.
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Events, activities or research working groups which include researchers from both Uppsala University and the University of Oxford.
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Non-traditional research outputs such as film, art or installations could also be part of the outcomes.
How to apply:
Please submit Expressions of Interest via the internal IRAMS system (single sign on required). Please click here to apply to IRAMS
Within your IRAMS application please select 'Humanities Divisional Office' as your Approving Unit. You are not required to have Faculty approvals for this application, but you may wish to discuss your project with your Faculty Research Director in advance.
Deadline
Deadline for submission isFriday 10 May, 2024, 12:00 noon BST.
Applicants should receive determinations on their application by Friday 7 June, 2024.
Contact name for queries:
Colleagues are welcome to contact the TORCH International Officer, Dr Anbara Khalidi. If you would like to book a slot to discuss your ideas please contact her or Sarah Clay, TORCH Operations Manager.
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Further Agreements
Projects developed under this initiative may be supported for further funding applications, in which case, further agreements including but not limited to the following would be subject to confirmation by relevant parties:
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Confidentiality and security regulations including confirming necessary security approvals, opinions, notifications and authorisations and implementation of security requirements.
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Compliance with relevant ethics review processes and compliance with ethical principles (including the highest standards of research integrity for example, the The European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity) and applicable EU, international and national law, including where relevant the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and its Supplementary Protocols.
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Compliance with specific rules on EU values as applicable, including for example gender equality plans
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Relevant Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) agreements including for example agreement on background, relevant joint ownership agreements in instances of co-collaboration, and licensing agreements. Compliance with access to the results —on a royalty-free basis —on behalf the granting authority, EU institutions, bodies, offices or agencies for developing, implementing and monitoring EU policies or programmes. Abiding by the principles of open access — online access to research outputs provided free of charge to the end-user.
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Communication, dissemination, open science and visibility compliance subject to agreement.
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Anti-fraud Strategies
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Data Management Planning
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Data sharing agreements
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Conflict of interest declarations
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Request for information compliance from potential funders
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Record keeping and supporting documents compliance
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Abiding by terms of future Grant Agreements (subject to consent)
