Research in Conservation

The goal of Royal Danish Academy – Conservation is to create a national centre for the development of professional conservation through education, research and professional collaboration.

Our mission is to produce graduates and create knowledge to shape our future and cultural heritage, graduates who, via Royal Danish Academy – Conservation's special field of knowledge, will contribute to Royal Danish Academy – Architecture, Design, Conservation unique link between research, practice and art. As part of an artistic and professionally oriented academy, we aim to provide research at a high international level in close contact with the industry and the professions, for which we educate our students.

The objective of research at Royal Danish Academy – Conservation is to provide a basis for our research-based education and its continuous development in cooperation and positive competition with foreign educational programmes in conservation.

At the same time, Royal Danish Academy – Conservation aims at contributing necessary research and development to support applied conservation and preservation in Denmark and in other fields within cultural and natural heritage, where Royal Danish Academy – Conservation research is relevant.