Roy Ascott

Professor Roy Ascott

    Overview

    Profile summary

    Founding President of the Planetary Collegium and Director of the CAiiA-Hub (Centre for advanced Inquiry in Integrative Arts)

    De Tao Master of Technoetic Arts, Beijing De Tao Masters Academy, Shanghai

    Doctor Honoris Causa, Ionian University, Corfu, Greece

    Honorary Professor, Aalborg University, Denmark

    Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica Award for Visionary Pioneer of Media Art 2014

    Honorary Professor, University of West London

    Editor, Technoetic Arts, journal of Speculative Research (Intellect).

    Editorial Board of Leonardo Journal (MIT Press)

    See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Ascott

    Professional memberships

    Fellow Royal Society of Arts

    College Art Association of America

    Roles on external bodies

    Advisory Board Creative Futures Institute, University of the West of Scotland since 2011. Member, Art and Media Panel of the Arts and Humanities Research Council 2003-2005. This is one of a number of prestigious research committees that I have served on, including : Emerging Technologies and Art Gallery papers, ACM SIGGRAPH, Los Angeles 2004, 2005; Ciberarts, Bilbao 2004; Art and Science Association, Japan, 2005; International Society for Electronic Arts International Advisory Board. UNESCO, Paris. Digi-Arts Knowledge Portal: Arts, Science and Technology International Advisory Committee (since 2002.

    Keynotes and research seminars at conferences, universities, and new media centres in Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, South Korea, USA.

    Supervised research degrees

    32 PhDs awarded (Director of Studies)

    Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

    In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

    • SDG 4 - Quality Education
    • SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals

    • Foreword

      Ascott, R. & Murrani, S. (Editor), May 2018, Worldmaking as Techné: Participatory Art, Music, and Architecture. Hosale, M.-D., Murrani, S. & de Campo, A. (eds.). Riverside Architectural Press, Vol. 0.

      Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review