Two Postdoctoral Researchers or University Researchers
About this role
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The University of the Arts Helsinki Research Institute is recruiting
Two Postdoctoral Researchers or University Researchers
in the area of artistic thinking in artist pedagogyfor a fixed-term employment (project) contract from 1 January 2027 (or as agreed) to 31 Dec2028.The position is full-time.
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.
Fields of research and tasks
Research into thehighereducation of artists has been recognized internationally as a significant developing research field. Uniarts Helsinki has established university pedagogy in the arts and research into thehighereducation of artists as the core of its research profile and refers to this profile as artist pedagogy. We further understand artist pedagogies as the practices through which art practitioners teach future generations of artists as well as the critical conceptualization of these practices. To strengthen artist pedagogy, we have also developed research in artistic thi