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Current Research Interests

Understanding Interdsiciplinary Challenges in Sustainability Research Centres

Developing methods for more equitable and meaningful work between dsicplines

Investigating how the impact of art can be measured and understood.

Rethinking ArtScience Collaborations for Biodiversity and Climate Justice

Non-Binary Collaborations
(Amir & Hasson, 2024)

Art as “Boundry Object”
(Meyer 2010 ) in interdisciplinary work

Developing
Evaluation Tools for Interdisciplinary Research

Exploring how emerging technologies can enhance interdisciplinary collaboration

As a researcher I am working at the intersection of artistic research, science and technology studies (STS), and interdisciplinary collaboration, with a particular focus on art–science practices in the context of socio-environmental challenges. My work develops and analyses equitable models of collaboration between artists and scientists, moving beyond instrumental or communication-based roles toward co-creative, epistemically integrated forms of knowledge production.

I specialise in examining and facilitating interactions between distinct epistemic cultures, drawing on frameworks such as communities of practice, trading zones, and boundary objects to understand how knowledge is negotiated across disciplines. My methodological approach combines qualitative inquiry, participatory and practice-based methods, and artistic experimentation, often applied within marine and sustainability research contexts, particularly in relation to the Baltic Sea.

Through both empirical research and artistic practice, I contribute to advancing theoretical and methodological approaches to interdisciplinary research. I am particularly interested in non-binary, reflexive, and process-oriented collaboration, as well as in developing evaluation tools and frameworks that assess the impact, reciprocity, and quality of art–science partnerships.

Selected Publications

Einat Amir, Synthesizing Art and Science: A Collaborative Approach to Understanding Intergroup Relations and Contributing to Social Change . Helsinki: Aalto University, 2024.

Einat Amir & Yossi Hasson (2024), Toward Equitable ArtScience Collaborations: Synthesizing Performance Art and Social Psychology for Social Change. Leonardo Journal 
 
Yossi Hasson & Einat Amir (first co-authors), Danit Sobol-Sarag, Maya Tamir, and Eran Halperin (2022). Using performance art to promote intergroup prosociality by cultivating the belief that empathy is unlimited. Nature Communications Journal.
 
Einat Amir, Joshua Sofaer, and Mikko Sams (2022), Act of Fiction - Simultaneously experienced multiple perspectives of (un)reality when engaging with narrative-based art. Leonardo Journal.

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