Research Catalogue of the Professional Doctorate Arts + Creative programme - a third-cycle applied research program supporting critical reflection, collaboration, and societal engagement in the arts + creative field

About the PD A+C Catalogue

Professional Doctorate in Arts + Creative is an educational pilot program in The Netherlands for an advanced degree in universities of applied sciences. The PD program at an university of applied sciences is developed to train an investigative professional. PD Arts + Creative is a unique Professional Doctorate program that focuses on the role of arts + creative research: not as a solitary endeavor, but as a collective and relational practice that inspires change and bridges disciplines.

This portal is a platform for publishing artistic research generated by the PD candidates. Within the Professional Doctorate Arts + Creative programme, this portal will also be used as an internal tool for documentation.

Candidates & Research Projects

Click here for more information about the candidates & their research projects

PD A+C Dialogues: Processing Artistic and Design Research

"Processing Artistic and Design Research" gathers two PD candidates in a conversation about artistic and design research, the process of a research project in the context of a third cycle in education, and the links we can foster between research and practice.

Episodes:

• Ep.1: Be Like Water, with Thijs van den Houdt and Taka Taka
• Ep.2: Designing Playingfields, with Tara Karpinski and Raymond Vermeulen
• Ep.3: Cycles of Life and Care with Risk Hazekamp and Stefan Schäfer
• Ep.4: Bleeding Edge with Jonas Pastoors and Raymond Vermeulen

Programme Events & Public Moments

PD Arts + Creative regularly organises public gatherings, presentations, and dialogic events where candidates, supervisors, and partners meet and engage with broader audiences. These moments reflect the relational and reflective ethos of the programme.

Upcoming Events

18 November 2025, Utrecht | National PD Day

Reimagining Urban Futures – Intervening through Practice-based Research for Liveable Cities

This cross-domain gathering will bring together PD candidates from the different PD domains across the Netherlands to share knowledge, methods and ambitions. About this day (in Dutch only): https://www.vereniginghogescholen.nl/actueel/bijeenkomsten/pd-dag-2025-reimagining-urban-futures

More info will follow after the summer. 

Past Events

20 June 2025, LocHal Tilburg | PD Arts + Creative Symposium

The Resonance of PD Research

Read the report

Contact

LinkedIn - Instagram - www.pd-arts-creative.nl

If you have questions regarding Professional Doctorate Arts + Creative and the Research Catalogue, please email us at pd-arts-creative@avans.nl

PD Arts + Creative is a joint effort by Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht (HKU), Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (AHK), Hogeschool van Amsterdam, University of the Arts The Hague, Hogeschool Rotterdam, Codarts Rotterdam, Hanze UAS, Avans Hogeschool, Buas Breda Universit of Applied Science, Fontys Academy of the Arts, Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE), Zuyd Maastricht Institute of Arts, Artez University of the Arts and Hogeschool InHolland.