Research topic areas
RESEARCH TOPIC AREAS IN 2026/27
ART AND DESIGN
- Art/design, society and digitalization
- Development of techniques and materials in art/design
- Design for sustainability
- Sensorial design
- Social Design
- Meaning-centred design
- Extended spatial practices and figurative thinking in arts
- Gender studies through artistic practice
- Ecocriticism in contemporary art
- Art and public-social space
ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING
- Sustainable Wood Architecture
- History and Theories of Urbanism
- History and Theories of Architecture
In all research areas it is possible to involve external co-supervisors.
ART HISTORY AND VISUAL CULTURE
- Architecture, design and visual culture in Eastern Europe in 20th and 21st Century
- Estonian contemporary culture and transition period, 1980s-1990s
- Visual art, history of art history, history of knowledge
- Collective memory and identities, difficult monuments
CULTURAL HERITAGE AND PROTECTION
- Preservation and sustainability of historical urban design and environment
- Historical and contemporary artists’ materials and techniques and their conservation practices
- History of heritage preservation and conservation in Estonia
- Technical art history