Call for Creatives at the University of Edinburgh for a Residency & Science Engagement Programme

STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data - Q&A Event with IDI and Fraunhofer MEVIS Scientist

Engagement in MRI Sequence Development, Using No-Field, Low Field and Research MRI Scanners

How can creative exploratory approaches help demystify and increase diverse access to and engagement with Resonance Imaging technology.

Join this hybrid Q&A event to find out more about our exciting opportunity for STEAM Imaging VI: Resonant Connections through Design and Data, Residency and Engagement Programme. This opportunity is for University of Edinburgh based PhD postgraduate students.

Date: Wed 7 May 2025
Time: 14:00 – 15:00 | Free/Ticketed
Location: Inspace, 1 Crichton St, Newington, Edinburgh EH8 9AB

Are you passionate about using design to make a positive impact and improve health and wellbeing in Society? Do you want to explore the space between creative and scientific practice and how collaborating across disciplines might enable better understanding of specialist healthcare tools and expertise?

Are you a University of Edinburgh postgraduate PhD student (creative), or a pair (creative + collaborator), interested in combining design thinking and data science, and curious about the future of research and development in digital medicine?

The Institute for Design Informatics (IDI) in partnership with the residencies’ host, the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, invites postgraduate students, combining design thinking and data science, to engage in a transdisciplinary exploration of MRI sequence development, using no-field, low field and research MRI scanners, where creativity meets cutting-edge medical technology. This is your unique opportunity to explore and demystify Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), while gaining valuable insights into the rapidly evolving digital medicine market.

If selected for the residency, you’ll gain hands-on experience with No-Field, Low Field, and Research MRI scanners (read more about this technology below) while exploring innovative ways to program MR sequences. Your creative perspective exploring and combining data science, design thinking, and critical inquiry will be invaluable as you share your insights with Fraunhofer scientists and school students in Bremen, Germany – a joint STEAM workshop is integral part of the programme as well as audience engagement in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

This Residency & Science Engagement Program is a partnership between Fraunhofer MEVIS in Bremen, Germany, and the Institute for Design Informatics in Edinburgh to create this unique opportunity to explore the potential for application of creative multi- and transdisciplinary approaches in digital medicine. This collaboration involves the International Fraunhofer Talent School Bremen, Oberschule am Waller Ring in Bremen, and is supported by Ars Electronica in Linz, Austria.

Closing Date for Applications: 2nd June 2025

More information about the call: https://inspace.ed.ac.uk/steam-imaging-vi-resonant-connections-call-for-creatives

This is a hybrid event, but we encourage participants to attend in person for the post-event tour of Inspace, and you get the chance to chat with the Inspace team. You can also select the Zoom Admission ticket to obtain the access link if you can only join remotely.