International Institute of Applied Aesthetics


The International Institute of Applied Aesthetics is an institute operating under the Palmenia Center for Continuing Education of the University of Helsinki. It is focused on environmental aesthetics and other kinds of humanistic environmental research.

General information

The Institute is situated in Lahti, Finland and its functional fields include research, education and publishing. It is also active in organizing international and domestic seminars.
In 2008 the Institute was affiliated with the Aesthetics department of the University of Helsinki and in 2010 it became a part of the Palmenia Center.

List of IIAA publications in English

Aesthetics in the Human Environment 1999Aesthetics of the UnavoidableAesthetic Variations in Human Appearance 1998 The City as Cultural Metaphor 1998The Human Habitat – Aesthetic and Axiological Perspectives 1998 Art and Beyond – Finnish Approaches to Aesthetics 1995