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.
Contact: emails are in the form firstname.lastname (a) aalto.fi
| Doctor of Arts (Art and Design) degree | |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Art Education (in Finnish: taidekasvatus) |
Helena Sederholm, Art Education Anniina Toiviainen, Art Pedagogy 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 Toiviainen, Art Pedagogy |
| Dept. of Art and Media: New Media (in Finnish: uusi media) |
Lily DÃaz-Kommonen, New Media Perttu Hämäläinen, Computer Games Teemu Leinonen, New Media Design and Learning Andrés Lucero, Interaction Design Ricardo Atienza Badel, Sound in Art and Media |
| Dept. of Art and Media: Photography (in Finnish: valokuva) |
Harri Laakso, Photography Research Donald Weber, 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 Toiviainen, Art Pedagogy |
| Dept. of Design: Design (in Finnish: muotoilu) |
Andrea Botero, New Frontiers of Design Martina Čaić, Strategic Service Design Idil Gaziulusoy, Sustainable Design Camilla Groth, Design and Materialities Sampsa Hyysalo, Co-design Mikko Jalas, Co-innovating for Circular Solution Guy Julier, Design Leadership (ongoing students only) Turkka Keinonen, Industrial Design Andrés Lucero, Interaction Design Maarit Mäkelä, Practice-led Design Research (ongoing students only) Tuuli Mattelmäki, Product and Service Systems Kirsi Niinimäki, Fashion Research Oscar Person, Design Integration Barbara Pollini, Biodesign Integration Virpi Roto, Experience Design Julia Valle Noronha, Fashion Design Annamari Vänskä, Fashion Research Hironori Yoshida, Formgiving |
| Dept. of Film: Film and Television (in Finnish: elokuvataide) |
Susanna Helke, Practice-based and Artistic Research in Film Arturo Delgado, Film Research, Documentary Film Research |
| Dept. of Film: Costume Design (in Finnish: pukusuunnittelu) |
Sofia Pantouvaki, Costume Design for Theatre and Film |
| 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 Toni Kotnik, Design of Structures Karin Krokfors, Urban Design Practices Matti Kuittinen, Sustainable Construction Elisa Lähde, Landscape Architecture Pirjo Sanaksenaho, Building Design Panu Savolainen, History of Architecture and Architectural Conservation Gianni Talamini, Urban Planning |