ANOTATI SCHOLI KALON TECHNON

Their core work

The Athens School of Fine Arts (ASKT) is Greece's premier fine arts university, bringing artistic and humanistic research perspectives to interdisciplinary EU projects. Their work spans cultural heritage regeneration in urban settings, the psychology of prosocial motivation and creativity, and the intersection of music, sound, and trauma studies. They contribute research-based art practice, social psychology expertise, and critical cultural analysis to projects that bridge the arts with social and environmental challenges.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

ASKT's H2020 trajectory shows a clear shift from applied urban heritage work toward fundamental arts-driven research. Their early involvement (2017) focused on cultural heritage in cities — sustainable historic centres, co-design, and green transition through the ROCK project. From 2021 onward, they moved into deeply theoretical territory: the psychology of creativity and prosocial motivation (MUSES) and the ethics of sound, trauma, and witnessing (MUTE). The evolution reflects a pivot from policy-oriented heritage projects toward individual-level research in psychology, musicology, and social anthropology.

ASKT is moving toward fundamental research at the intersection of arts, psychology, and social ethics — expect future work on the human dimensions of conflict, memory, and creative expression.

How they like to work

ASKT operates primarily as a participant in larger consortia, having coordinated only one of three projects (the ERC-funded MUSES). With 40 unique partners across 14 countries from just 3 projects, they join broad, multi-partner consortia rather than leading them. Their single coordinator role was an ERC Consolidator Grant — a researcher-driven format — suggesting their leadership strength lies in individual excellence rather than consortium management.

Despite only three projects, ASKT has built a surprisingly wide network of 40 partners across 14 countries, reflecting participation in large consortia. Their geographic reach spans much of the EU, with a natural anchor in Southern and Southeastern Europe.

What sets them apart

ASKT is one of the few fine arts institutions active in H2020, which makes them a rare partner for projects needing genuine artistic and humanistic research input — not just as decoration, but as a methodological contribution. Their combination of social psychology, musicology, trauma studies, and aesthetic research is unusual in EU project portfolios. For any consortium needing an arts-based perspective on social challenges, cultural memory, or creative processes, ASKT fills a gap that technical universities cannot.

Highlights from their portfolio

• MUSES
  Their only coordinator role and an ERC Consolidator Grant — the most prestigious individual research funding in H2020 — focused on prosocial motivation and creativity.
• MUTE
  A highly distinctive project combining musicology with trauma studies, displacement, and acoustic violence — topics rarely seen in EU research portfolios.