Research Catalogue: Aalto portal (external link)
Aalto's institutional portal on the Research Catalogue, where researchers make their artistic research accessible as a repository and archive.
Research Catalogue
The Research Catalogue gives Aalto's artistic researchers an institutional space to document and archive their work, and connects them to the international journals of the field.
Research Catalogue at Aalto
The Research Catalogue (RC) is an international platform dedicated to artistic research, providing researchers with a space to document, publish, share and develop research through artistic practice.
At Aalto University’s School of Arts, Design and Architecture, the RC Portal provides an institutional space where researchers can make parts of their artistic research accessible as a repository, point of reference and archive. Researchers can document research processes, artistic practices, publications, images, materials and other forms of research output, creating a lasting record of their work conducted at Aalto.
The Research Catalogue also connects Aalto researchers to the wider international field of artistic research. It provides opportunities to publish research in dedicated platforms and journals, including JAR – Journal for Artistic Research, RUUKKU – Studies in Artistic Research, VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research, and HUB – Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society.
Through the Research Catalogue, artistic research at Aalto becomes more visible, accessible and connected internationally, while creating a shared institutional record of the diverse forms of knowledge generated through artistic practice.
Research Catalogue in Doctoral Education
The Research Catalogue is also integrated into doctoral-level education at Aalto. In the Research through Art and Design course, doctoral students take part in a dedicated 2-credit workshop introducing the Research Catalogue and its possibilities for artistic research.
The workshop gives researchers practical knowledge of how to use the platform to document, structure and communicate their research. Students explore how the Research Catalogue can support their individual research processes, from documenting artistic practice and research materials to presenting emerging findings and developing research outcomes.
Learning to use the platform at an early stage of doctoral research also prepares researchers for publishing in the international journals and platforms that use the Research Catalogue. In particular, researchers are introduced to the format of the exposition—a flexible form of research presentation that allows artistic research to be communicated through combinations of text, images, video, sound, documentation and other media.
Research Catalogue supports the full trajectory of artistic research at Aalto—from research documentation and development to publication, dissemination and long-term archiving.
The Research Catalogue
The international platform for artistic research and Aalto’s institutional portal, where researchers document, publish, share and archive research through artistic practice.
Research Catalogue (external link)
An international database for artistic research, where researchers document, publish and share research through practice.
Journals on the Research Catalogue (external link)
Journals and publication platforms for artistic research that publish on the Research Catalogue.
Journals
Dedicated platforms and journals that publish artistic research on the Research Catalogue.
JAR – Journal for Artistic Research (external link)
An international, online, open access and peer-reviewed journal that disseminates artistic research from all disciplines.
RUUKKU – Studies in Artistic Research (external link)
A journal for artistic research that publishes on the Research Catalogue.
VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research (external link)
A journal for artistic research that publishes research as expositions on the Research Catalogue.
HUB – Journal of Research in Art, Design and Society (external link)
A peer-reviewed, open access journal on arts, design and society, published by the Research Institute in Art, Design and Society at the University of Porto and hosted on the Research Catalogue.
Examples
Latest examples: an exposition published in the Nordic Journal for Artistic Research, and how the platform has been used in the doctoral course Research Through Art and Design.
Rethinking material relations through feminist architectural practice (external link)
An exposition by Elina Vilhelmiina Koivisto, doctoral researcher at Aalto, published in VIS – Nordic Journal for Artistic Research (2025).
Research Through Art and Design 2025 / Research Catalogue Exposition (external link)
An example of how the Research Catalogue is used in the doctoral course Research Through Art and Design