Tuukka Tomperi (PhD, ed.; MA, phil.) is a senior researcher working with a grant by Kone Foundation at the Faculty of Education and Culture of the Tampere University (Finland). His main areas of interest are found in philosophy of education, pedagogical theories and practices, and politics and sociology of education.
My areas of expertise and interest overall include educational philosophy, history and sociology; pedagogical theory, curriculum studies and critical pedagogy; education for critical thinking and democracy; philosophy for children (pedagogical philosophy); political socialization; subject matter didactics (philosophy, ethics, social studies, psychology); educational policy/politics research (especially higher education & science policy studies); and quantitative research methods.
I have originally studied philosophy, literature and social sciences (with MA in philosophy) and after completing pedagogical studies in teacher education I transferred myself to educational sciences (with PhD in education). During my career I have worked as a subject matter teacher (in high schools), researcher and lecturer in education and teacher education (University of Tampere & Tampere University), researcher in youth socialization research (Finnish Youth Research Society) and as a project manager and book, journal and web portal editor in philosophy (Society for European Philosophy).
My current research projects are called ”DemoCrit: modelling deliberative-democratic dialogue and critical-reflective thinking through pedagogical philosophy for children and young people” and ”FutuPedaPhilo: Intergenerational justice, the rights to a sustainable future and the philosophizing communities of growth” (funded by Kone Foundation). The projects combine theoretical and empirical research on the practice of philosophy (or ”philosophizing”) in education (in early childhood education, primary and secondary school). See the page DemoCrit. In FutuPedaPhilo we also study children’s and young people’s conceptions and expectations of the future and create opportunities for them to reflect on these thoughts together.
In the DELIBERATE consortium (Education for Deliberation: Practices of Inquiry in Dialogue-Based Democratic Education) funded by the Research Council of Finland (2024-2028; University of Oulu, Tampere University & University of Turku), we study the possibilities, implementation, and practices of deliberative democracy education through philosophical, empirical, and pedagogical research.
I am also a participating researcher in the research project ”Democracy in universities: the crisis of representative democracy in university self-governance” (Kone Foundation), as I participated in the prior project ”Towards better academia: Strategic management and experiences of academic community during the Tampere 3 university merger”. See the page Parempi yliopisto.
I have been involved in the editorial collective of the philosophical magazine niin & näin since 1993 when we founded the journal. It is the only Finnish journal of philosophy with four yearly issues, nowadays also a book publisher and web content provider. niin & näin collective is my intellectual home. Without it, I would not be where I am now.
Contact: firstname.surname @ gmail.com or tuni.fi
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(Tuukka Tomperi. Kuva: Elisa Serave)