Research
The special nature of our research is based on direct and rich interaction between research and art.
Get to know our research
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The Arts as Public Service: Strategic Steps towards Equality (ArtsEqual)
The research initiative funded by the Academy of Finland’s Strategic Research Council (2015 – 2021) explores how the arts can meet the social challenges of the 2020s.
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Research strategy 2021-2030
Our research profile is based on an active connection with artistic activities, higher education in arts and with the society at large.
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The Transformative Politics of Music Education in an Aging Society
This research project (2019-2022) by Tuulikki Laes explores music learning and performing as ways of promoting ageing identities.
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Music, Nature and Environmental Crises
The research project examines the significance of music to our general ecological awareness.
Research centres
The three research centres specialise in art education, artistic research and history of the arts.
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The Center for Educational Research and Academic Development in the Arts (CERADA)
Our research is connected to topical social themes, such as democracy, equality, social responsibility and well-being.
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Centre for Artistic Research (CfAR)
We develop and support activities in artistic research both in the university as well as outside it.
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Uniarts History Forum
The Forum believes that responsible and future-focused historical research will be an integral and important part of all art universities in the future.
Research units in the academies
Find out more about our doctoral and research units in our three academies.
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Research and doctoral education at the Academy of Fine Arts
Our international community conducts artist- and art-based research in fine arts and educates artist-researchers who renew the arts.
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The Performing Arts Research Centre Tutke and Doctoral Studies at the Theatre Academy
The internationally networked research centre promotes artistic research in performing arts and their pedagogy.
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Docmus Doctoral School of Classical Music
We train independent experts in their fields who are aware of their background, knowledge and skills as part of a tradition and who nurture this tradition while creating and developing new ideas.
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Mutri Doctoral School of Music Education, Jazz and Folk Music
MuTri doctoral school is responsible for doctoral education at the Faculty of Music Education, Jazz and Folk Music of the University of the Arts’ Sibelius Academy.
Artistic research
Artistic research is one of our specialities. Here are some examples.
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What is artistic research?
Art offers a premise and an aim for research: a motive, a terrain, a context and a whole range of methods.
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Research Pavilion
The Research Pavilion is meeting place, a catalyst of emerging co-operations in the area of artistic research, and a generator of new thinking.
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Performing with Plants
The artistic research project develops and specifies the question how to perform landscape today.
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How to do things with performance?
This academic project (2016-2021) asks what can be done with performance. What actualises when a performance takes place, when it is documented, and when it is written about?
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Reconsidering Prototype. The Continuous Prototype as a research method for reading and developing public space
In her artistic research Denise Ziegler creates a prototype of future from a present situation.
What we offer?
Join us in our international research community. Find out more about our philosophy, community and facilities.
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Doctoral education
Deepen your expertise and complete a doctoral degree in fine arts, theatre and dance, or music.
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Locations and facilities
Read more about the Uniarts Helsinki’s locations and facilities.
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27 reasons to live in Helsinki
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Getting around in Helsinki
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