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. 

 


Artistic Research in Norway

A breif history and timeline


1

The Norwegian law defines artistic research
as equal to
scientific research2

1995

Actors3

1996

1997

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.

1998

1999

2000

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).

2001

2002

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

2003

2004

2004

Sensuous Knowledge: 5 conferences 2004-20084

2005

2006

2007

2007

2008

2008

ARTICLE5


The production of knowledge in Artistic Research,
Henk Borgdorrf
x

The European 
Society for Artistic Research
is establieshed

2009

The Norwegian Artistic Research Project Programme is
established 
by the Ministry of
Education and Research

2010

Research Catalogue 

An international database for artistic research is launched

2011

Norwegian council for artistic research (NRKU) established as part of Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institution

2012

2013

2013

2013

2014

2014

2015

2015

2016

2016

 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 PhD degree 

in Artistic Research 

is established by the Ministry of Education and Research

 The Norwegian Artistic Research Programme becomes part of the new Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement
in Higher Education (Diku)

2017

2017

Norwegian Association of Higher Education Institution - Art, Design, Architecture (UHR-KDA) established

2018

2017

2019

2019

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)

2020

2020

2020

2020

Diku becomes part of the new

Directorate for higher education
and skills (
HK-dir)

The Norwegian Film School establishes 

PhD programme

2021

2022

2022

The Norwegian Artistic Research Project Programme is faded out by  the Ministry of Education and Research - the resources are distributed directly to the institutions

2023

2023

2023

2023

150 PhDs

 

NTNU 2 200
UiB 3 500
UiT 900
NMH 2 900
HINN 700
HiØ 700
KHiO 3 100
  14 000

 

2024

 

 2024 

 

2025