Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
Sofia Pantouvaki founded Costume in Focus (2013), the first research group on performance costume and led the research project Costume Methodologies (2014-2018) funded by the Academy of Finland. Her research currently focuses on the theory and practice of performance costume with a special interest in design for opera and dance, costume and technology, and costume and sustainability; curation and exhibition design; scenography as theatre education; and clothing in the concentration camps of World War Two.
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Arts and Design
Award Date: 1 Dec 2008
Keywords
- Scenography
- Costume in Focus
- Costume design
- Costume in action
- Concentration Camp Clothing
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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COSTUMING EUROVISION: Trends, bodies, and technological futures
Pantouvaki, S., 14 May 2026, Designing Eurovision: Performance Scenography on an International Stage. Skinner, A. & Baker, C. (eds.). Routledge, p. 168-190 23 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Dress in Auschwitz: Clothing and Survival in the Holocaust
Pantouvaki, S., 19 Feb 2026, London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic. 272 p. (Dress Cultures)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Scientific › peer-review
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A decade of Studies in Costume and Performance: Celebrating innovation and expanding perspectives
Osmond, S., Pantouvaki, S. & Taylor, M., 1 Jun 2025, In: Studies in Costume and Performance. 10, 1, p. 3-10 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific
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Costume and Character in Film and Television
Carriger, M. L. & Pantouvaki, S., 19 Dec 2025, In: Studies in Costume and Performance. 10, 2, p. 163-169 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific › peer-review
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"Nara" (costume design for contemporary opera)
Pantouvaki, S. (Designer), 12 Mar 2025Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Design › Art in coproduction › peer-review
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The Embodied Experience of Costume
Pantouvaki, S. (Principal investigator), Kalmakurki, M. (Project Member) & Suurla, S. (Project Member)
01/01/2022 → 31/12/2026
Project: Internal project
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Digitalising Performance with Wearables and Software
Pantouvaki, S. (Principal investigator), Di Francesco, M. (Principal investigator), Humalisto, T. (Principal investigator), Frumen, T. (Project Member), Jalerva, M. (Project Member), Lopez, E. (Project Member) & Rinne, A. (Project Member)
01/01/2018 → 31/12/2018
Project: Internal project
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CIMO/Jorge Sandoval
Pantouvaki, S. (Principal investigator)
01/11/2014 → 30/09/2015
Project: Other external funding: Other government funding
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Building Methodological Tools for Research in the Field of Costume Design
Ovtchinnikova, A. (Project Member), Sandoval, J. (Project Member), Kalmakurki, M. (Project Member), Pantouvaki, S. (Principal investigator), Osmond, S. (Project Member), Thomas, P. (Project Member), Ovtchinnikova, A. (Project Member), Helve, T. (Project Member), Manninen, K. (Project Member), McNeil, P. (Project Member), Trencheva, E. (Project Member), Weckman, J. (Project Member) & Granberg, H. (Project Member)
01/09/2014 → 31/08/2018
Project: Academy of Finland: Other research funding
Prizes
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Gold Medal PQ2015 for Best Exposition in the Student Section, Prague Quadrennial 2015
Pantouvaki, S. (Recipient), 22 Jun 2015
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Research Award 2022
Pantouvaki, S. (Recipient), 9 Mar 2022
Prize: Award or honor granted for academic or artistic career
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Student prize: Young Golden Award of Costume Design
Siren, M. (Student prize recipient) & Pantouvaki, S. (Supervising professor), 2018
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Student prize: ASTRO TV, 2025, fiction, dir, Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film
Jakkila, M. (Student prize recipient), Hukka, A. (Supervisor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Maylett, H. (Supervising professor), Talvio, R. (Supervising professor), Haavisto, M. (Supervising professor), Ylönen, H. (Supervising professor), Mäkinen, K. (Supervising professor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Koskinen, P. (Supervising professor), Pantouvaki, S. (Supervising professor) & Rantamäki, J. (Supervisor), Aug 2025
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
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Student prize: ASTRO TV, 2025, fiction, dir. Magdaleena Jakkila, MA film
Jakkila, M. (Student prize recipient), Hukka, A. (Supervisor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Maylett, H. (Supervising professor), Talvio, R. (Supervising professor), Haavisto, M. (Supervising professor), Ylönen, H. (Supervising professor), Mäkinen, K. (Supervising professor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Koskinen, P. (Supervising professor), Pantouvaki, S. (Supervising professor) & Rantamäki, J. (Supervisor), Aug 2025
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Activities
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Scenographic Metaphors of Resistance: The Case of Brundibár in Theresienstadt
Pantouvaki, S. (Keynote speaker)
23 Feb 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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Costume Dialogues 1
Taylor, M. (Invited speaker) & Pantouvaki, S. (Invited speaker)
7 May 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)
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Costume Technologies
Taylor, M. (Speaker) & Pantouvaki, S. (Speaker)
11 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)
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Performing Dress Lab: Event #5
Taylor, M. (Organiser), Pantouvaki, S. (Chair), Granberg, H. (Member), Suurla, S. (Organiser), Malik, N. (Organiser) & Fossheim, I. (Organiser)
Apr 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organization of a workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
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Technical Innovation in Costume
Taylor, M. (Speaker) & Pantouvaki, S. (Invited speaker)
25 Oct 2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
Press/Media
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GLOBAL ROUND UP SECTOR WEEKLY: UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER OF WEEK-ENDED DEC 17, 2023
Liski, M., Pantouvaki, S., Vuorinen, T., Kallio, T., Viitala, R., Korkeamäki, T. & Verma, I.
18/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Award-winning Finnish Student Exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial 2023
16/06/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Costume as a Way of Thinking – Interview with Professor Sofia Pantouvaki
20/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Sofia Pantouvaki: Αντί να πλένεις θα πρέπει να ποτίζεις το κοστούμι [Instead of Washing, You’ll Need to Water the Costume]
12/01/2021
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Sofia får älvorna att skimra
01/01/2020 → 01/03/2020
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Media appearance