Seminar on P4/wC & Community of Philosophical Inquiry, Oulu 13.6.2026
Seminar on P4/wC & Community of Philosophical Inquiry Wednesday June 10SOKOS HOTEL ARINA OULUPakkahuoneenkatu 16, Oulu Center 12.00-14.00 Panel discussion (open for all)Room: Valkea 2 Introduction to theme by Maughn Gregory: “P4/wC: Where are we coming from?” Panel discussion: “P4/wC: Where are we heading next? – Challenges and Prospects”Maughn Gregory, Walter Kohan, Dina Mendonça; Chair: Tuukka Tomperi […]
Demokratia, ihmisoikeudet ja tulevaisuus -työpaja Jyväskylässä
Deliberate-tutkija Tuukka Tomperi osallistui kutsuttuna alustajana ja panelistina Jyväskylän yliopistossa järjestettyyn demokratiaa ja ihmisoikeuksia sekä niiden suomalaista historiaa ja tulevaisuutta käsitelleeseen työpajaan 25.–26.5.2026 (https://www.jyu.fi/fi/tapahtumat/demokratia-ihmisoikeudet-ja-tulevaisuus-tyopaja-opettajille). Tapahtuman kohdeyleisönä olivat opettajat, ja järjestäjinä oli tutkimushankkeita Jyväskylän ja Helsingin yliopistoista sekä Demos Helsinki -ajatushautomo. Tutkijoiden ja opettajien lisäksi osallistujissa oli muun muassa OPH:sta Nina Penttinen, Eduskunnan kanslian demokratiakasvatuksen asiantuntija […]
“Childhood as Questioning & Education as Hospitality” – A summer afternoon with Walter Kohan and Jan Varpanen
Saturday 13.6.202613:00–15:00 Edu’s cafe, Virta, Tampere University Argentinian-Brazilian professor of philosophy of education Walter Kohen will visit Finland for the first time in June. In addition to participating in the Dialogue in Democratic Education conference at the University of Oulu (Democratic dialogue), he will also stop in Tampere, where we will host an informal discussion […]
DELIBERATE-tutkija Tuukka Tomperi “Kansalaispaneelit ministeriöissä” -hankkeen asiantuntijaksi / Researcher Tuukka Tomperi participates in the project “Citizen Panels in Ministries”
(In English below.) Oikeusministeriö on elokuussa 2025 käynnistänyt läpi vuoden 2026 jatkuvan hankkeen Kansalaispaneelit ministeriöissä. Lasten ja nuorten kansalaispaneelit ja kansalaispaneelien vakiinnuttaminen ministeriöissä, jonka tarkoituksena on kehittää kansalaispaneelien käyttämistä ministeriöissä ja vakiinnuttaa se valtioneuvoston hyödyntämäksi osallistumismuodoksi. Tiedote: “Ministeriöt testaavat uutta tapaa tuoda lasten ja nuorten näkemyksiä päätöksentekoon”. Erityisenä kohderyhmänä ovat siis lapset ja varhaisnuoret (6–9 […]
Dialogue in Democratic Education -Conference & Finnish Annual Conference in History and Philosophy of Education (KaHiFi) 2026
University of Oulu, 11.–12.6.2026(With pre-seminar & workshops 10.6.2026) DELIBERATE consortium organizes a joint conference that specifically invites academic researchers engaged in the study of dialogue, democracy, and education. Researchers from philosophy, pedagogy, history, political science, and related disciplines are encouraged to contribute their expertise as we collectively advance academic understanding and innovation within democratic education.Dialogue […]
“Future-Proof Democratic Education” theme group sessions schedule at the FERA Conference on Education 5.-7.11.2025
The Finnish annual main event in the field of educational sciences, the FERA Conference on Education (Kasvatustieteen päivät), will be held this year at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. The DELIBERATE research group organizes a thematic group on democratic education (chaired by consortium researchers Hanna-Maija Huhtala, Julia Jaakkola, and Tuukka Tomperi).Kasvatuksen tutkimuksen vuosittainen päätapahtuma […]
FERA Conference on Education (5.–7.11.): “Future-Proof Democratic Education” thematic group
In 2025, the Finnish annual main event in the field of educational sciences, the FERA Conference on Education (Kasvatustieteen päivät), will be held at the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi. The DELIBERATE research group will be responsible for organizing a thematic group focused on democratic education. In line with the general theme of the conference, […]
Activities of the Deliberate Research Group during Spring 2025
Researchers from the DELIBERATE consortium have published texts and appeared in scientific and broader public forums on several occasions during the past months. Some of these activities have already been reported in previous blog posts, such as the most recent publication “Demokraattisen harkinnan valmiudet kasvatustieteen tutkimuskohteena“ – a jointly written project introduction by the consortium […]
Presentation of the Deliberate Consortium in the journal Kasvatus & Aika
The latest issue (2/2025) of Kasvatus & Aika has just been published and includes an article introducing the Deliberate project, written by researchers from the consortium. The article (in Finnish) outlines the project’s background and objectives, as well as the main plans for research and interaction. The article is openly accessible at:https://journal.fi/kasvatusjaaika/article/view/161709Full issue of Kasvatus […]
Finnish-Swedish Conference on Pedagogy and Didactics of Philosophy
Helsinki, Finland, 12th & 13th of June 2025Location: 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 discussionsIsabella Varricchio (Stockholm University): The role […]
