ArtsEqual: researching expanding professionalism in music and music education (in englischer Sprache)
Heidi Westerlund, University of the Arts Helsinki
Heidi Westerlund has been working as a professor at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki) since 2004. She is currently leading two research projects funded by the Academy of Finland that have engaged altogether over 100 researchers: «ArtsEqual: The arts as public service (2015 – 2020)» and «Global visions through mobilizing networks: Co-developing intercultural music teacher education in Finland, Israel and Nepal (2015 – 2019)». Her research deals, for instance, with changes in professional practices in music and higher music education, intercultural collaboration in cross-national settings and institutional change.