Aalto Doctoral Programme in Arts, Design and Architecture
Research fields
Research fields and supervising professors
Research field is an area of academic research in which the school has agreed to provide doctoral education. The Aalto Doctoral Programme in Arts, Design and Architecture offers doctoral education in 10 research fields. Each doctoral student is appointed a supervising professor who represents the research field approved for the student.
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| Doctor of Arts (Art and Design) degree | |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Art Education (in Finnish: taidekasvatus) |
Helena Sederholm, Art Education Anniina Suominen, Art Pedagogy Mira Kallio-Tavin, Art-based research and pedagogy (on-going students only) Juuso Tervo, Arts-based pedagogy and research |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Contemporary Art (in Finnish: nykytaide) |
Laura Beloff, Visual Culture and Artistic Practices Bassam El Baroni, Curating and Mediating Art Paula Hohti, History of Art and Culture Harri Laakso, Photography Research Helena Sederholm, Art Education Anniina Suominen, Art Pedagogy |
| Dept. of Art and Media: New Media (in Finnish: uusi media) |
Lily Díaz-Kommonen, New Media Perttu Hämäläinen, Computer Games Teemu Leinonen, New Media Design and Learning Andrés Lucero, Interaction Design |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Photography (in Finnish: valokuva) |
Harri Laakso, Photography Research |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Visual Communication Design (in Finnish: visuaalisen viestinnän muotoilu) |
Masood Masoodian, Visual Communication Design Arja Karhumaa, Visual Communication Design |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Visual Culture (in Finnish: visuaalinen kulttuuri) |
Laura Beloff, Visual Culture and Artistic Practices Bassam El Baroni, Curating and Mediating Art Paula Hohti, History of Art and Culture Harri Laakso, Photography Research Helena Sederholm, Art Education Anniina Suominen, Art Pedagogy |
| Dept. of Design: Design (in Finnish: muotoilu) |
Eeva Berglund, Environmental Policy Andrea Botero New Frontiers of Design Idil Gaziulusoy, Sustainable Design Sampsa Hyysalo, Co-design Guy Julier, Design Leadership Turkka Keinonen, Industrial Design Andrés Lucero, Interaction Design Maarit Mäkelä, Practice-led Design Research Tuuli Mattelmäki, Product and Service Systems Kirsi Niinimäki, Fashion Research Oscar Person, Design Integration Virpi Roto, Experience Design Annamari Vänskä, Fashion research Mikko Jalas, Co-innovating for Circular Solution |
| Dept. of Film: Film and Television (in Finnish: elokuvataide) |
Susanna Helke, Film research Raija Talvio, Screenwriting for film and television |
| Dept. of Film: Costume Design (in Finnish: pukusuunnittelu) |
Sofia Pantouvaki, Costume Design for Theatre and Film Outi Lahtinen, Design for the Performing Arts (ongoing students only) |
| Doctor of Science (Architecture) degree | |
| Dept. of Architecture: Architecture, Landscape and Urbanism (in Finnish: arkkitehtuuri-, maisema- ja kaupunkitutkimus) |
Antti Ahlava, Emergent Design Methodologies Pia Fricker, Computational Methodologies in Landscape Architecture and Urbanism Ranja Hautamäki, Landscape Architecture Saija Hollmén, Humanitarian Architecture Anssi Joutsiniemi, Urban Development and Modelling Toni Kotnik, Design of Structures Karin Krokfors, Urban Design Practices Matti Kuittinen, Resource Effectivity and Environmental Impacts Elisa Lähde, Landscape Architecture Pirjo Sanaksenaho, Building Design Panu Savolainen, History of Architecture and Architectural Conservation Agatino Rizzo, Urban and regional planning Tomek Rygalik, Furniture design |
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