Neue Galerie Luzern – Swiss Academic Association (NGL – SAA)
PhD Research Programme in the Arts and the Humanities
NGL – SAA is an academic network founded and initiated in 2013 by the Neue Galerie Luzern (NGL) and its founder Dr. René Stettler. The NGL – SAA promotes cultural, scientific and future-oriented projects, and creates thinking and working spaces in order to facilitate the exchange of ideas between science, the arts, and the humanities. The NGL – SAA also conducts a PhD research programme together with the Planetary Collegium, University of Plymouth, UK. Embedded in the quality of the educational work achieved by the Planetary Collegium and the objective to promote knowledge of and deep engagement with all aspects of the arts, society and culture, the programme attracts scholars from different fields of cultural practice. Plymouth University has been ranked among the global elite of higher education for the quality of its research across a number of scientific fields. The 2014 QS World University Rankings by Subject show Plymouth among the top 100 universities in the world.