The Nordic Arts & Health Research Network is a forum for exchange and collaboration of Arts & Health researchers within the Nordic area.

The Arts & Health field is an interdisciplinary field with many stakeholders including arts, cultural, social and health professionals. The focus in the field is on arts engagement for health and wellbeing purposes; aiming to build bridges between sectors and create collaboration using arts and creative activity in various social, educational and health settings.

 

The key aims of the Nordic Arts & Health Research Network are to:

• Foster interdisciplinary discussion and co-creation of knowledge (experiential, practical, theoretical) within the interdisciplinary Arts & Health field
• Provide a platform for collaboration in the Nordic context
• Support interaction of Arts & Health research, practice and education
• Promote the development of Arts & Health research and research methodologies
• Serve as a platform for planning new Nordic research and RDI projects
• Disseminate information about the Nordic Arts & Health research for wider audience

 

The network has been launched in 2019 in collaboration of six partners:

• Arts Academy, Turku University of Applied Sciences (administrator & coordinator)
• Centre for Culture & Health (NOCKS), Aalborg University
• Primary Healthcare, Region Skåne
• Royal College of Music in Stockholm
• Volda University College
• National Center for Culture, Health & Care, Nord University

 

The network has been supported by the Nordic Culture Point in 2019-2020 (short-term network funding) & 2021-2023 (long-term network funding).