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Empirica: AREA Doctoral School

AREA is Aalto University's doctoral school for artistic research providing training, community, and support for doctoral candidates.

AREA

Artistic Research Doctoral School of Aalto (AREA)

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A grassfield with some low bushes and a blue sky in the background. Four researchers observe the field in different locations, both standing and kneeling down to examine the soil, species, and surrounding..

The Artistic Research Doctoral School of Aalto (AREA) aims to advance and strengthen the role of artistic research in and across the fields of Arts, Design and Architecture with a special interest in the arts as transformational entities. The artistic research doctoral school continues Aalto’s decades-long contribution to the artistic research area in the Finnish and international contexts. In the school, artistic research can be conducted in any of the ten research fields of Aalto ARTS, when artistic practice is a key research component. 

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