The project aims to increase public awareness of creative research and demonstrate its role in generating new knowledge and addressing societal challenges. Led by the Estonian Academy of Arts in collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre and the Baltic Film, Media and Arts School of Tallinn University, the project brings creative research closer to wider audiences through a series of science cafés, discussions and recorded events.
Between 2025 and 2026, the project will organise a series of three research cafés exploring artistic research in relation to topics such as technology, audiences, wellbeing and creative processes. The events are aimed at university students, upper secondary school students, researchers, creative practitioners and the wider public interested in science and culture. All discussions will be recorded and made available online through the artistic research web platform and partner universities’ channels. The project will also produce a series of popular science articles.
Partners:
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre – project partner, co-organiser of the research cafés
- Baltic Film, Media and Arts School, Tallinn University – project partner, co-organiser of the research cafés
Principal investigator: Pille Epner
Funding programme: Science Communication Project Call 2025
Funder: Estonian Research Council (ETAg)
Project funding period: 2025–2026