Uniarts Helsinki’s diverse publishing covers questions around performing arts, fine arts, music, research and artistic research. Publishing takes place through the academies’ publishing committees.
All journals published by Uniarts Helsinki are peer reviewed journals and ranked on level 1 in Publication Forum (JUFO). The Finnish Journal of Music Education and Ruukku have the Peer-Review Label granted by the Federation of Finnish Learned Societies.
The Finnish Journal of Music Education (Musiikkikasvatus) is a scientific journal that publishes texts on music education in Finnish, Swedish, and English. The journal is published by the faculty of Music Education, Jazz and Folk Music at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki and the Finnish Society for Research in Arts Education. The first issue was published in 1996. It has also been supported by the publications committee of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki.
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Trio journal is a publication from the DocMus Doctoral School and the Department of Classical Music at the Sibelius Academy, the first edition of which was published in spring 2012. Trio contains material about different aspects of Western classical music: peer-reviewed articles, lectiones praecursoriae, reviews, speeches, book critiques, and reports. Trio is a bi-annual publication. The deadline for the submission of articles for the May issue is 1 February; the deadline for the submission of articles for the December issue is 1 September. Trio is Open Access and accepts texts written in Finnish, Swedish, and English.
Ruukku: Studies in Artistic Research is a multidisciplinary, multilingual, peer-reviewed journal on artistic research launched in 2013. It is based on the Research Catalogue (RC), an international artistic research platform and database that enables multimedia publication. Ruukku is Open Access and its primary languages are Finnish, Swedish and English.
The Academy of Fine Arts is actively engaged in publication activities. The publications are high-quality works in the Academy’s field of expertise. The Academy of Fine Arts publishes the following types of works: research publications, publications produced for education purposes or in connection with education, and publications aimed at the public to promote awareness and knowledge of the fine arts.
Policies and decisions related to the academy's publishing activity are issued by the Library and Publications Committee. The Doctoral thesis publications at the Academy are published by the Doctoral Programme.
The Committee administrates the Academys ISBN numbers (Standard Book Numbers). If you are publishing a work that needs a number contact the Committees secretary.
The Library and Publications Committee has 1–2 open calls for publication proposals. The notifications are published in Uniarts Helsinki´s publications blog.
Literary works are mainly in one of the two publication series of the Academy. The academy´s publication series are:
The works can also be independent publications.
Publications of the Academy of Fine Arts can be purchased from the Unigrafia online store.
Further information about the Academy of Fine Arts publication activities can be provided by the Committees secretary:
Michaela Bränn
Specialist
Telephone: +358 (0) 40 6313 553
E-mail: michaela.brann@uniarts.fi
Sibelius Academy publishes research and doctoral theses in eight series, recordings through two record labels, and two peer-reviewed academic journals.
See Sibelius Academy's publications page at Uniarts website.
The Theatre Academy publishes works for three different purposes: to disseminate research results, to produce learning materials, and to increase awareness and promote a basic knowledge about the arts for public education purposes.
The general publication policy of the Theatre Academy is formulated by its Publications Committee. The Committee also administrates the Academy´s ISBN numbers (Standard Book Numbers).
The committee has an open call for proposals for new titles for the academy's publication series. Proposals can be submitted twice a year. Funding is available for works which contribute to the educational or research activities of the Theatre Academy or introduce a new idea for discussion in the field of the performing arts. The open calls are published in the Uniarts Helsinki publications blog.
The Performing arts research centre´s (Tutke) Publication council can also allocate financial support for publications that are published in the Acta Scenica and Nivel publication series. Persons that are planning for a publication in one of those series should send in an application to the Theatre Academy´s Publications committee in its open call for publication proposals, and at the same time also ask for a statement about the publication proposal from the Tutke Publication council. If the proposal is supported in the statement, and the Theatre Academy´s Publication committee allocates financial support for the proposal, then the Tutke Publication council commits to partial financing for the proposal.
The Theatre Academy's publication series include:
Publications of the Academy can be purchased from the Unigrafia online store.
Further information about the Academy´s publication activities can be provided by the Committees secretary:
Michaela Bränn
Specialist
Telephone: +358 (0) 40 6313 553
E-mail: michaela.brann@uniarts.fi
Michaela Bränn
Specialist, Academy of Fine Arts & Theatre Academy
+358406313553
michaela.brann@uniarts.fi
Henri Wegelius
Coordinator, Sibelius Academy
+358456578656
henri.wegelius@uniarts.fi
Ulla Pohjannoro, DocMus
Chair of publication committee, Sibelius Academy, DocMus
ulla.pohjannoro@uniarts.fi