ATD Lectorate - Academy of Theatre and Dance

About ATD Lectorate - Academy of Theatre and Dance

The ATD lectorate is the research department of the Academy of Theatre and Dance, which is part of the Amsterdam University of the Arts (AHK).

The ATD lectorate is open to and represents the whole ATD. It includes research groups in Embodied Knowledge and Creative Producing, as well as the THIRD programme, which supports the development of artistic research in the 3rd cycle.

The Head of the lectorate is the Lector, Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca who joined the ATD in September 2020. She works alongside a core team of staff in the research department. We work with an inclusive concept of research that values research in a wide variety of forms: foregrounding artistic research, practice research and research in education alongside scholarship. We aim to actively work against hierarchies of knowledge and to create space for ways of knowing that have been historically excluded.

We aim to support the development of research throughout the ATD: across Bachelors, Masters, PhD and postdoctoral levels. The lectorate welcomes engagement from all staff, students, tutors/coaches at the ATD, with any level of experience of research: from those who are just beginning to explore themselves as researchers to established researchers.

*The lectorate was previously known as the "DAS Research" department.

Keywords

• Against Hierarchies Of Knowledge
• Artistic Research
• Creating Space For Ways Of Knowing That Have Been Historically Excluded
• Creative Producing
• Embodied Knowledge
• Practice Research
• Research
• Research In Education
• Working With An Inclusive Concept Of Research That Values Research In A Wide Variety Of Forms

Address

• Headquarters

  Overhoeksplein 21031KS AmsterdamNoord-Holland, Netherlands

Team by function

Based on 4 public job profiles as of 5 September 2026.

• Research / R&D3
• Arts / Entertainment1