Knowledge Hub strengthens research collaboration across European arts universities
The new IN.TUNE Knowledge Hub is a digital environment for students, teachers and researchers, designed to facilitate the sharing of research and educational development resources across Europe’s leading music and arts universities.
Along the way the freshly-launched platform will provide access to webinar recordings, expert materials, networking opportunities and discussion forums, creating new possibilities for collaboration and knowledge exchange across institutional boundaries.
Launching with research webinar recordings
The Knowledge Hub has been developed by an international team of experts representing the eight higher education institutions that make up the IN.TUNE university alliance. Among its first resources are recordings from IN.TUNE’s research webinar series.
The platform already hosts a recording of the first webinar of the 2026-2027 series, held on 28 September 2026 under the title Artistic Research and Research Ethics: Supervising Within the Tension Field Between the Search for Artistic Knowledge and Ethical Requirements. The session was delivered by Ellen Kristine Ugelvik and Ivar Grydeland from the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH).
New perspectives for researchers and practitioners of artistic research
Through the content of the knowledge hub, university students and staff can engage with the insights of international experts on topics such as artistic research, the role of research in education, and the future of music and arts higher education.
“In higher education in the arts, research and educational development are becoming increasingly interconnected, and artistic research in particular offers new perspectives for curriculum development. There is a growing need for digital platforms that support the sharing of resources, collaboration and dialogue across institutional boundaries,” says Tuuli Talvitie, Vice Dean for Research at the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki.
Activity within the Knowledge Hub has now begun, and the platform is expected to continue evolving in response to the needs of the research community across the alliance. New resources, webinars, event content and opportunities for discussion from across IN.TUNE will be added in the future.
Built on the Research Catalogue platform
The Knowledge Hub is hosted on Research Catalogue, a widely used and highly regarded platform that is already utilised by many universities within the IN.TUNE alliance.
One of Research Catalogue’s key strengths is its ability to integrate a wide range of formats within a single publication or project, including text, video, audio and other multimedia content. This makes it possible to demonstrate how research and artistic practice can support learning, teaching and innovation in the arts.
Research Catalogue is an international, non-profit publishing and collaboration platform for artistic research, maintained by the Society for Artistic Research. The platform is available free of charge to artists and researchers and is also used in teaching, assessment of student work, peer review and the administration of research funding.
IN.TUNE (Innovative Universities in Music & Arts in Europe) is an alliance of eight European music and arts universities. It offers students and staff at the University of the Arts Helsinki access to international study opportunities, events, professional networks and funding schemes. The Knowledge Hub is coordinated by IN.TUNE’s Work Package 4, which focuses on strengthening research collaboration across the IN.TUNE alliance and is led by the University of the Arts Helsinki. Read more about the alliance.
More information: Anniina Nurminen
