Doctoral Studies: The research on arts education
Research on arts education has a focus primarily on didactic, as well as political, structural and institutional issues in preschool, school or upper secondary school aesthetic activities.
We have a vibrant and very active culture of research on arts education, with licentiate and doctoral researchers attached to two platforms CUL and FoBoS. Research on arts education has a focus primarily on didactic, as well as political, structural and institutional issues in preschool, school and/or upper secondary school aesthetic activities. The research concerns both media-specific teaching in the aesthetic subjects of art and crafts and media-neutral aesthetic activities. Doctoral education in the subject aims to provide an all-round scientific education, that also provides good preparation for tasks in society where knowledge of aesthetic forms of expression with a focus on educational science is of value.
PhD students
Sloyd education
- Ann-Charlotte Hermansson (FoBoS)
- Anna Segelman (FoBoS)
- Linda-Marie Herger (FoBoS)
Visual art education
- Annika Sandahl (FoBoS)
- Camilla Johansson Bäcklund (CUL)
- Elisabet Jagell (FoBoS)
- Katarina Jansson Hydén (CUL)
- Lova Palmér (FoBoS)
- Sophia Desport (FoBoS)
Research milieu
Doctoral studies at HDK-Valand is an integral part of the organisation’s mission in education, research and engagement with wider society. Doctoral researchers are typically based on one of the HDK-Valand campus sites, where they are valued colleagues within our community of students, practitioners, educators, researchers, and administrators.
HDK-Valand has been providing doctoral level studies since the beginning of the century, and have graduated approximately 50 PhDs since the first completion in an artistic subject in 2006 with Kim Jeoung-Ah's work on "Paper-Composite Porcelain: Characterisation of Material Properties and Workability from a Ceramic Art and Design Perspective."