Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (Research) Maastricht University

Overview

The Cultures of Arts, Science and Technology (Research) at Maastricht University is quite exceptional in its combination of the arts and science and technology. Thereby the programme sets itself apart from arts and culture programmes (by including science and technology as creative practices) as well as STS programmes (by including the arts as material practices). CAST trains students with the conceptual tools and methods from the interdisciplinary field of STS (Science, Technology and Society studies) complemented by the humanities (e.g., history, philosophy, literature, and arts). The CAST programme focuses on developments in the 20th and 21st centuries, with some attention for the historical roots of today’s developments in earlier periods. The empirical focus on the arts, science and technology follows the research interests and expertise of the CAST staff, based at the UM Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences.

Career

As a CAST graduate you can look for a position in: 

• Academia (e.g. PhD Candidate, Research Assistant, junior researcher)

• Education (e.g. Teacher, Lecturer)
• Museums and galeries (e.g. Collection curator, Research fellow)
• Business (e.g. Relation manager, Programme manager, coach)
• Politics and policy making (Policy advisor)