Research Fellow – Curatorial & Visual Anthropology (2-year)

About the role

The Max Planck–NTU Singapore Centre for Biocultural Worlding (CBCW) invites applications for a two‑year renewable Research Fellow position in Curatorial Research and Practice. Based at the NTU Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, the fellow will join an interdisciplinary, hybrid environment that spans Singapore and Germany, focusing on curatorial and artistic research that engages biological, cultural and epistemic diversity.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct independent and collaborative curatorial and artistic research on biocultural worlding topics.
• Develop new research protocols, toolkits and methodological approaches.
• Forge connections with other CBCW projects, institutional partners and public platforms.
• Contribute to exhibitions, interventions and scholarly outputs that extend beyond traditional museological frameworks.
• Disseminate findings through publications, presentations and creative projects.

Required profile

• PhD in curatorial studies, art and cultural studies, museum studies, visual anthropology or a related humanities field.
• Demonstrated publication record in artistic journals, exhibition catalogues or comparable venues.
• Strong organisational abilities and capacity to manage multiple tasks and deadlines.
• Proven ability to work both independently and collaboratively within an international, interdisciplinary team.
• Excellent academic writing skills with fluency in artistic and scientific vocabularies.
• Critical awareness of current curatorial and museological discourse.
• Understanding of how injustices arise from imbalances among biological, cultural and epistemic diversity.
• Familiarity with research contexts in Singapore or the broader Asia‑Pacific region is an asset.

Required skills