MERIAN

MERIAN (Maastricht Experimental Research In and Through the Arts Network) is a network collaboration in the area of artistic research between Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, Maastricht University, and the Jan van Eyck Academie, in which selected PhD and Professional Doctorate candidates from all artistic and academic disciplines can pursue Maastricht-style artistic research. MERIAN is a space for collaborative research in between making and thinking. PhD and Professional Doctorate candidates engage in innovative styles of research, utilizing the powers and fragilities of artistic and scientific practices. Their research addresses urgent matters of societal concern apparent in the Meuse-Rhine Euregion. 

This collaboration between Maastricht University, Zuyd University of Applied Sciences and the Jan van Eyck Academie builds on existing expertise from the research, arts and higher education networks in Maastricht. The distinct Maastricht style of “research in and through the arts” is problem-based, methodologically innovative, and focuses on interdisciplinary topics that can fruitfully be explored across the arts and academia.