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BIO

Current Affiliations

Professor of Music Education
University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy, Finland, 2019–(ongoing)

 

Docent of Music Education
University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2021–(ongoing)

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I work as Professor of Music Education at the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki in Finland. I am also Docent of Music Education at the University of Jyväskylä in Finland.

Driven by a deep passion for promoting a shared understanding of our constantly evolving world, particularly through music education, I direct my research towards addressing and responding to the global transformations and difficulties that exist within the music education and industry.

 

My doctoral dissertation, completed in 2012, focused on the formation of identities and the negotiations of meaning within digital learning communities.

My approach to music education encompasses a strong interdisciplinary perspective. My research primarily centers around issues of creativity, eco-social sustainability, and ethics in a post-digital society.

 

In my inaugural professorial lecture, I delved into the prerequisites that music education must fulfill in order to cultivate hope and a sense of responsibility, thereby enabling a good future for all.

At the University of the Arts Helsinki, I teach research ethics and provide guidance for master's theses and doctoral dissertations.

 

I am a certified VIRT2UE Research Integrity and Ethics Trainer, with a particular interest in advancing ethical and sustainable research practices within the field of music education. I chair the University of the Arts' Research Ethics Committee. I am also a member of the Finnish Na­tional Board on Re­search In­tegrity TENK.

I actively collaborate within international networks and projects, and frequently deliver lectures beyond the realm of academia.

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-5707

Työskentelen musiikkikasvatuksen professorina Taideyliopiston Sibelius-Akatemiassa. Minulla on myös dosentuuri Jyväskylän yliopistossa.

Asiantuntijuuteni liittyy globaalien muutosten ilmentymiin musiikkialalla. Väitöskirjassani (2012) käsittelin identiteettien ja merkitysneuvottelujen rakentumista digitaalisissa oppimisyhteisöissä.

Tulokulmani musiikkikasvatuksen kysymyksiin on vahvasti tieteidenvälinen. Tutkimustyöni keskiössä ovat erityisesti luovuuteen ja ekososiaaliseen kestävyyteen sekä etiikkaan liittyvät kysymykset post-digitaalisessa yhteiskunnassa.

 

Professuuriesitelmässäni tarkastelin musiikkikasvatuksen edellytyksiä edistää toivoa ja vastuullista maailmasuhdetta, jotta hyvä tulevaisuus olisi mahdollinen.

Opetan Taideyliopistossa mm. tutkimusetiikkaa sekä ohjaan maisterintutkielmia ja väitöskirjoja. Toimin Taideyliopiston tutkimuksen eettisen ennakkoarvioinnin toimikunnan puheenjohtajana. Olen myös Tutkimuseettisen neuvottelukunnan (TENK) jäsen.

Toimin laajasti alan kansainvälisissä verkostoissa ja hankkeissa sekä luennoin ahkerasti myös yliopiston ulkopuolisissa tilaisuuksissa.

 

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3098-5707

Photo by: Eeva Anundi

 

 

Qualifications

Doctor of Music (Music Education)

Sibelius Academy, Finland, 2012

Dissertation title: Learning from cosmopolitan digital natives: Identity, musicianship, and changing values in (in)formal music communities.

 

Master of Arts in Applied Music Psychology

Roehampton University, UK, 2009

Thesis title: A case study of digital musicians learning to make music.

 

Master of Music

Sibelius Academy, Finland, 2008

Thesis title: Mikserielämää. Etnografinen tutkimus muusikkoidentiteetin rakentumisesta musiikin verkkoyhteisössä. [Mikseri life – An ethnographic study of the construction of musical identity in an online music community.]

 

Teacher’s pedagogical studies (60 ECTS), 2008

VIRT2UE Research Ethics Trainer, 2021

Dr Heidi Partti works as Professor of Music Education at University of the Arts Helsinki, Sibelius Academy. Her research interests are initiated by a need to better understand the surrounding culture of music making, learning, and teaching, so as to help the music education profession adapt and understand the rapid changes transpiring in today’s popular and participatory cultures. Her articles and book chapters on topics such as music-related learning communities, digital technology, peer learning, collective creativity, and the development of music teacher education have been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals.

© 2017–2023 Heidi Partti

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