Aino Leppänen

Researcher, Master of Arts

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I have been working at Cupore since 2022. My main activities include data gathering and analysis and data visualization. My educational background is in Literature, and I have also studied Cognitive Science in University of Jyväskylä.

Alongside other researching activities, my responsibilities include the contents and planning of the project Scientific Communication Development at Cupore, where the aim is to enhance the data visualization and scientific communication practices at Cupore.

Research projects
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- 2023 — 2025 (ongoing research) Art and artists
  Artists’ Social and Psychological Well-being at Work
  
  Cupore is participating in a subproject focusing on the arts, culture and events sectors in the Mental Health Toolkit project coordinated by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health in 2023–2025.
- 2021 (ongoing research) Equality and participation
  Diversity and equity in arts and culture
- 2020 (ongoing research) Structures and funding
  State funding for culture in Finland
- 2020 (ongoing research) Art and artists
  As an artist in Finland
  
  As an artist in Finland is a continuous research project on the situation and societal status of professional artists working in Finland. Cupore collaborates in the research with Arts Promotion Centre Finland, the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture and Statistics Finland. In addition, various stages of the researchers are collaborating with artists' associations, grant-making foundations and copyright organizations.
- 2018 — 2027 (ongoing research) Production and events
  Oulu2026 evaluation research
  
  Oulu will be European Capital of Culture in 2026 along with 39 other municipalities from Northern Finland. Oulu2026 is a long-term, culture-based urban development project, the aim of which is cultural climate change. The purpose of the project of the Oulu2026 project is to create and bring culture, wellbeing, and vitality to our Northern region.
- 2015 (ongoing research) Art and artists
  The Arts and Culture Barometer
Cupore's publications
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- Cupore's publications 2024 Different types of work performed by artists
- Cupore's publications 2024 Towards Oulu2026 - European Capital of Culture
- Cupore's publications 2023 Artists with Foreign Background in Finland
- Cupore's publications 2023 As an artist in Finland: Professional artists in Finland in 2019
- Cupore's publications 2023 Community resilience and cultural sustainability in two Finnish urban neighbourhoods.
- Cupore's publications 2023 Occupational Wellbeing of Artists

Aino Leppänen

Contact information

Presentation

Research projects

Artists’ Social and Psychological Well-being at Work

Diversity and equity in arts and culture

State funding for culture in Finland

As an artist in Finland

Oulu2026 evaluation research

The Arts and Culture Barometer

Cupore's publications