Arts Education Research, Projects and Pedagogy of Three University Programmes in Finland

In this chapter, the three authors take turns to speak on an arts education pedagogy that is firmly grounded in the inherently interdisciplinary research fields of arts education and research in the arts, as well as being constantly renegotiated in relation to the changes and demands of local and global cultures, politics and socio-economic needs. The three approaches presented as examples of research-based arts pedagogy are united in pursuing the highest possible quality education that not only resonates and aligns with the aims of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals 2030, but aims to further explore and develop ethical and sustainable ways in which to design, carry out and facilitate arts, arts education and research projects that strengthen communities and the role of the arts and cultural education in building more sustainable futures