Florian Schneider

President of the Society for Artistic Research, Director of the Institute for Creativity at the University of Galway

Florian Schneider is the founding director of the Institute for Creativity, a new research institute at the University of Galway, where he holds a full professorship. He is also Visiting Professor of Art Theory and Documentary Practices at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), where he has been teaching and conducting research since 2013. He has more than 25 years of experience in artistic practice, creative entrepreneurship, higher education teaching and academic leadership. As an artist, filmmaker and curator he has been involved in projects at all scales to rethink the impact and value of documentary practices in creative sectors and artistic disciplines. Since 2022, he has been President of the Society for Artistic Research (SAR), a network that promotes and disseminates artistic research practices and findings across disciplines and contexts. Since March 2024, he has been the scientific coordinator of PACESETTERS, a Horizon Europe-funded research initiative exploring how arts and culture can not only adapt to the climate crisis, but also drive the transition towards sustainable and regenerative economies.

Forum Contribution

Creativity and research

Endangered Conceptual Worlds

The 2026 International Forum on Artistic Research takes place from 23 to 26 June 2026. Hosted by the University of Galway on the Atlantic coast of Ireland, the Forum addresses the challenges of Endangered Conceptual Worlds. As the 17th annual conference of the Society for Artistic Research it is the largest conference on practice-based research within and through the arts, bringing together more than 300 international participants: leading practitioners, scholars and policymakers from the entire range of arts-based disciplines.

Slightly extended deadline for submissions

The 2026 Forum on Artistic Research website has been inaccessible for several hours on Friday night and Saturday morning. Unfortunately, an update to the web server was scheduled to take place, which automatically activated maintenance mode and prevented any work on the submissions during the night and the next morning. We have therefore decided to slightly extend the deadline for submissions to Monday 2 March 2026 at 23:59 GMT. Feel free to work on your proposals until then.