Research Institute

Our joint unit develops the university's research in the arts and promotes multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research projects.

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The Uniarts Helsinki Research Institute is a joint unit that serves the research conducted both at the institute and the university’s three academies. The institute’s task is to develop the university’s research and promote cross-artistic and interdisciplinary research projects.

The Research Institute’s thematic research networks advance interdisciplinary research with a focus on the arts. The networks’ ties with local and international partners in the arts and sciences enhance the timeliness and significance of the institute’s research activities.

The Research Institute’s research networks are:

The core community of the institute comprises professors, university researchers, postdoctoral researchers and visiting researchers. The institute’s activities, researcher meetings, seminars, conferences and publications benefit the broader research community of the university as well as external arts professionals and researchers.

On this page, you can find information about the institute’s research networks, research projects and researchers. If you are looking for news about our research or current research events, you can find them in the newsroom and event calendar.

Contact information

Leena Rouhiainen

Head of the Research Institute, University of the Arts Helsinki; Professor of Artistic Research, Theatre Academy

+358400792093 leena.rouhiainen@uniarts.fi

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Artist pedagogy and artistic thinking

This thematic research network investigates the education of artists. The research is focused on the range of practices taught at Uniarts Helsinki. We explore how artists teach future artists in higher education institutions and other settings, asking how and why pedagogies have evolved and how they might need to continue to develop into the future. Our aim is to deepen critical understandings of these practices in evolving contexts by employing various methodological approaches, including artistic research.

Artist pedagogy and artistic thinking

We explore how artists teach future artists in higher education institutions and other settings, asking how and why pedagogies have evolved and how they might need to continue to develop into the future.
Browse research projects on artist pedagogy and artist thinking

Educational Research in the Arts

Our research at cERAda is connected to topical social themes, such as democracy, equality, social responsibility and wellbeing.

Find researchers in the field of educational research in the arts

Network for Artistic Research (NfAR)

NfAR fosters artistic research across the arts, serving as a vibrant platform for sharing ideas, building community, and advancing knowledge within and beyond Uniarts Helsinki.

Historical research of the arts and artistic life (Hifo)

The central task of Uniarts Helsinki's History Forum (Hifo) is to promote historical research and its methodology related to the arts and artistic life, as well as to develop new ways to collect, analyse and publish historical research materials. Hifo's research environment is characterised by its close proximity to the art community and artistic practices. The most well-known component of the History Forum is the monthly Thursday Forum.

Uniarts History Forum

The research network believes that responsible and future-focused historical research will be an integral and important part of all art universities in the future. We are part of Uniarts Helsinki’s Research Institute.

Find resarchers in the field of historical research of the arts

The Research Pavilion project

The Research Pavilion, an ongoing project hosted by Uniarts Helsinki, highlights the points of view of artistic research.

University of the Arts Helsinki establishes new Academy-crossing group for societally oriented collaboration

The Critical Academy, breaking down boundaries between the three academies of the University of the Arts and civil society, brings together experts and practitioners in ecology, critical art education, intersectional and decolonizing practices, as well as political activism.