Doctoral music education studies support themes of reform for the field, the field's theories, and research tasks that will critically renew and correct paradigms. The objective of doctoral studies is to develop critical meta-thinking and increase readiness to build a career as an international researcher. Doctoral studies place a special focus on international discourse on music education and research skills. Students will complete some of their studies at other universities that specialise in art and sciences. Students are encouraged to complete part of their doctoral studies at foreign universities. Sibelius Academy also makes an effort to integrate doctoral students into the programmes's other activities by utilising each individual's expertise. Additionally, doctoral students participate in activities that the subject group organises for various interest groups. Currently, doctoral researchers in the music education subject area are studying subjects such as distance teaching of music, aural skills books for choirs, the Idol competition from the viewpoint of singing pedagogy and preparation of a music performance as a tool for power and empowerment. We participate in the following research networks:
- Nordplus
- NNMPF
- Hollo-Instituutti
- ICON: The Innovative Conservatoire. International Collaboration in Higher Music Education (Partner Institutions: Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London; Institute of Education, University of London, London; Stadia Polytechnic, Helsinki; The Royal Conservatoire, the Hague; Sibelius Academy, Helsinki; The Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Stockholm; Malmö Academy of Music, Lund University, Malmö; Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo)
Projects
- Opera by You -research project
- Exploring democracy: Conceptions of immigrant students' development of musical agency
- Creativity, Agency and Democratic Research in Music Education (CADRE)
- Music and wellbeing
- Vapaan säestyksen tutkimusprojekti / Research project in Free Piano (keyboard accompaniment) pedagogy
Publications
- Musiikkikasvatus-lehti (Finnish Journal of Music Education) homepage
- European Journal of Research in Music Education (EJRME) is an open online journal in the field of European Music Education Research. EJRME also provides publishing possibilities for doctoral students across Europe in their own native language.
EJRME- journal homepage
