The Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme was established in 2003. In 2018 the programme became part of the Norwegian Agency for Internation Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education, which is now the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills. In 2018 the first Ph.D. programme in artistic research was established by the Norwegian Academy of Music, followed by similar programmes in several other institutions.
The Norwegian law defines artistic research
as equal to
scientific research2
Actors3
University of the Arts London - Central Saint Martins:
An inspiration when preparing to establish the Norwegian programme:
- Art and design practices are intellectual pursuits in their own right not requiring translation to other terms in order to have sense and coherence.
- Art and design works embody «meaning» through their interior symbolic languages and syntax (formal organisation).
- Art and design works embody «meaning» through their discursive relationship to other works in their field and their corresponding cultural positions.
- Art and design works can be read by those trained in the subject in the same way that, for example, mathematicians read mathematics or philosophers read philosophy.
NIna Malterud played an important role in the establishing of the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme in 2003, and Trond Lossius was among the first fellows starting in the programme the same year. In this conversation, they talk about the start up period and what the establishing of the PhD programmes in 2018 mean to the artistic research field (recorded January, 6, 2021).
The Norwegian Artistic Research Fellowship Programme is established
by the Ministry of Education and Research
The Quality Reform takes place
(The Bologna process):
Bachelor degrees, Master degrees and PhD degrees (three cycles) are introduced
Sensuous Knowledge: 5 conferences 2004-20084
ARTICLE5
The production of knowledge in Artistic Research,
Henk Borgdorrfx
The European
Society for Artistic Research
is establieshed
The Norwegian Artistic Research Project Programme is
established by the Ministry of
Education and Research
Research Catalogue
An international database for artistic research is launched
Norwegian council for artistic research (NRKU) established as part of Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institution
The Norwegian Academy of Music establishes the first Norwegian PhD programme in Artistic Research
The Oslo National Academy of the Arts
establishes PhD programme
University of Bergen
establishes PhD programme
NTNU establishes
PhD programme
The Norwegian Artistic Research School is established
The Norwegian Artistic Research Programme becomes part of the new Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement
in Higher Education (Diku)
Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institution - Art, Design, Architecture (UHR-KDA) established
University of Stavanger and University of Agder establish joint PhD programme
Christo Doherty discusses new developments in the European space of Artistic Research with Professor Stefan Winter, Head of the Institute of Artistic Research at the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF in Potsdam, Germany. A podcast from Arts Research Africa Dialogue, Wits School of Arts, South-Africa (recorded October, 2019)
The Norwegian Artistic Research Project Programme is faded out by the Ministry of Education and Research - the resources are distributed directly to the institutions
