Helsinki, Finland, 12th & 13th of June 2025
Location: House of Science (Kirkkokatu/Kyrkogatan 6, Helsinki; Tieteiden talo)
NOTE: Updated program is here.
Programme Thursday 12th of June
10.00-10.30 Coffee and opening words. Tuukka Tomperi and Isabella Varricchio.
Jaakko Lindfors (Finnish National Agency for Education): Welcome Address from EDUFI
10.30-12.00 Presentations and discussions
Isabella Varricchio (Stockholm University): The role and significance of philosophy in meeting society in upper secondary school – philosophy subject curricula in the Nordics
Eero Salmenkivi (University of Helsinki & Finnish Matriculation Examination Board): The Curriculum and Matriculation Examination of Philosophy in Finland: Current Overview
12.00-13.00 Lunch break (Free buffet for all participants at the House of Science.)
13.00-14.30 Presentations and discussions
Ylva Backman & Anders Franklin (Luleå University of Technology), online: Preliminary Results from a Research Project about Philosophical Dialogues with Pupils with Intellectual Disabilities
Eena Hämäläinen (Tampere University & Tampere Arts-Oriented Senior Secondary School): Common Ethics in School as an Educational Challenge: A Hundred Year Perspective from Finland
Programme Friday 13th of June
10.00-10.30 Coffee
10.30-12.00 Presentations and discussions
Eelis Mikkola & Mika Perälä & Arto Kallioniemi (University of Helsinki; University of Cambridge): Adapting Philosophy for Children for Finnish Upper Secondary Schools: A Comparative Analysis of Philosophy, Religious Education, and Culture, Worldviews and Ethics
Jóhann Björnsson (Reykjavik University): Reflections from the Field: Teaching Philosophy Through Dialogue in Compulsory Education – A Teacher’s Perspective
12.00-13.00 Lunch break (Free buffet for all participants at the House of Science.)
13.00-14.30 Presentations and discussions
Olle Uppenberg (Philosophie Doctor, Independent researcher), online: Student Relativism and Equality
Tuukka Tomperi (Tampere University): Bridging Pedagogical Philosophizing with Children & Didactics of School Philosophy
14.30-14.45 Closing Discussion & Presentation of the Nordic Network for Pedagogy and Didactics of Philosophy
14.45 Ending the meeting & Coffee
Participation is free of charge, but we kindly ask you to inform of your intention to attend, so we can estimate the number of participants / Seminaari on ilmainen, mutta pyydämme osallistujamäärän arvioimiseksi ilmoittautumaan ennakkoon lomakkeella viimeistään ma 9.6.: https://forms.office.com/e/aqssXt3xXw
Organisers:
Tuukka Tomperi (tuukka.tomperi@tuni.fi; +358 40 568 2118)
Isabella Varricchio (isabella.varricchio@su.se; +46 70 353 76 09)
Organised by Eurooppalaisen filosofian seura (Finnish Society for European Philosophy), FutuPedaFilo -research project (Kone Foundation), and research consortium DELIBERATE (Research Council of Finland)
Funding: Kulturfonden för Sverige och Finland
