Dear all,
17-20 June 2026, University College London
A 4-day PhD / Post Doc / ECR Workshop
In the week directly preceding NIME, and also in London, we are running a 4 day workshop intended to give those interested an overview of recent critical research and thinking on AI, music, and culture more broadly conceived. The workshop will take the form of lectures, readings, presentations, and a great deal of group discussion. It will be delivered by researchers from Georgina Born’s five year MusAI ERC project.
As public and academic controversies around AI mount, the workshop responds to the widespread felt need for greater critical understanding of AI and what it represents, and for interdisciplinary perspectives that move far beyond the limited frame of AI ethics. The workshop is the second outing of a (highly successful) pedagogical experiment that took place at Queen Mary, University of London’s Centre for Digital Music in summer 2025.
The aim with these experiments is to build a wider community of researchers and teachers who can add to these critical perspectives and employ them going forward in their own work. Those attending will leave with important resources to build on. The workshop is aimed mainly at PhD students, postdocs and early career researchers from any discipline working or intending to work at the intersection of music and AI, but all those interested can apply.
The workshop is free to attend and we are pleased to be able to offer a limited number of bursaries to help with travel and accommodation costs. (However, those with access to support funds are strongly encouraged to apply for them.)
Please note: the expectation is that those participating will attend all 4 days in person, to create continuity and an intellectual and artistic community. Numbers will be limited to c. 25.
To register your interest, please get in touch with me, Owen Green (owen dot green at ucl dot ac dot uk), explaining your stage of career, institutional affiliation, and (in one paragraph) why you are interested in attending. Please also let us know if you have sources of funding to cover your expenses.
Looking forward to seeing old and new faces in London this summer!
All the best,
Owen