The activities will be conducted in three research streams with specific aims and objectives.

• RS1 Everyday aesthetics and contemporary art: renewing concepts and methods (2012-2016)
  The specific aim of this research strand is to verify the validity of philosophical aesthetics regarding contemporary artistic practices, in relationship with sociology of art, and with everyday life.
• RS2 Application: Aesthetic social situations and techniques of the self: body and fashion (2012-2016)
  This strand’s specific aims are to address various aesthetic social situations, and to develop a theory of body and fashion seen as aesthetic techniques of the self, based on the hypothesis that the two are interconnected and consequently require a unified perspective.
• RS3 Application of aesthetic theories to cultural policy and to arts management (2014-2016)
  The specific aims of this strand are to engage in deep inquiry into new aesthetic-based theories and methodologies, and thus building a foundation that will allow for a more thorough investigation of applications of aesthetics within areas of cultural/arts management and policy. The hypothesis is that aesthetic theories emphasizing ways of thinking and knowing that capitalize on conceptual/creative principles over empirical/positivistic doctrines associated with traditional management and policy methods, are better suited to the demands of a globalized, technological society.