Postdoctoral Researcher

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The Research Institute of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki) invites applications for a full-time, fixed-term

Postdoctoral Researcher

position for a period of 3 years. The appointment is set to commence in October 2026, or as soon thereafter as mutually agreed.

Working environment

University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki) , a merger of three academies, Academy of Fine Arts , Sibelius Academy and Theatre Academy , constitutes an internationally esteemed multidisciplinary community of artists and researchers. This postdoctoral researcher position is situated within the University of the Arts Research Institute , which is a joint unit tasked with developing the university’s research and promoting cross-artistic and interdisciplinary research projects. As a researcher, you will work at the Research Institute as part of this collaborative and research-intensive environment. The Institute serves the research conducted at the Institute and the University’s Academies. Uniarts Helsinki has established research of artist pedagogy and artistic thinking, educational research in the arts, artistic research and historical research of the arts and artistic life at the core of its research profile. The Institute’s thematic research networks advance interdisciplinary research within these research focus areas.

Field of research and tasks

The research areas of this position are the emerging human-centred technologies within digital, extended, live and multispecies environments in the creative practices of the arts. As a researcher, you will collaborate with the staff of the Research Institute as well as with colleagues at the three academies. Your duties will focus on conducting your own research in the above-mentioned thematic area in accordance with a research plan fine-tuned in liaison with the Head of the Research Institute. You are expected to contribute to the development of research methodologies and theories in collaborat