Research & Art
Our research focuses on seven key areas combining four core competences in the fields of digitalisation, materials, arts and design, and business together with three grand challenges related to energy, living environments, and health.
Research and art: Driving excellenceÂ
We create world-class clusters of excellence and bring talent together.
Our long-term purpose:
We excel and make breakthroughs in and across science, art, technology and business.
Our current focus of development:
Driving excellence. We create world-class clusters of excellence and bring talent together.
The planned actions:
We cultivate excellence in our strongest areas of research and art, both existing and emerging.
We develop and support selected physical and digital infrastructures.
We collaborate to amplify our impact in a changing global landscape.
Our current key research areas
Our strength is excellence and increasing impact on our chosen key areas in research, art and education and a unique combination of collaborating disciplines.
News related to research and art
The TAIMI project builds an equal working life – a six-year consortium project seeks solutions to recruitment and skill challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing skill requirements, the population is aging, and the labor shortage is deepening. Meanwhile, the potential of international experts often remains unused in Finland. These challenges in working life are addressed by the six-year TAIMI project funded by the Strategic Research Council, and implemented by a broad consortium.
Unite! Seed Fund 2026: Call opens on 20 January 2026
Gain an early overview of the Unite! Seed Fund Call of Spring 2026. The call includes three funding lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD.
Study: Internal combustion engine can achieve zero-emission combustion and double efficiency
A new combustion concept that utilizes argon could completely eliminate nitrogen oxide emissions from internal combustion engines and double their efficiency compared to diesel engines.