I am a political philosopher based at the University of Helsinki. I earned my PhD in practical philosophy (social and moral philosophy). I have also been involved with teacher education for over a decade. During 2024-2025 worked a Lecturer of Pedagogy of Philosophy and Worldview Education at the Faculty of Education at the University of Helsinki. Before my academic career, I have worked in adult education and as a subject teacher in secondary and upper secondary education.
I am interested in political and institutional change in the era of global crises. I focus especially on questions of education, future generations, and children. I am currently doing basic research in political philosophy as well as studying methodological questions of (educational) ethics and political philosophy.
My research has so far focused on the political and ethical aspects of schooling, education, and philosophy and worldview education. My academic work has been published in Journal of Philosophy of Education, Theory and Research in Education, Journal of philosophy in schools, and Kasvatus, among other places. I have co-authored a book on the theory of democratic education Demokratiakasvatus polarisaation ajassa (Gaudeamus publishing 2025, in Finnish).
I am currently based at the Department of Practical Philosophy, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Helsinki. I am also affiliated with the Helsinki Inequality Initiative and AGORA research centre.
You can find my CV here.
A fact about me that you might not have guessed: I own an ATV (all-terrain vehicle, mönkkäri) and specifically enjoy ploughing snow at the wintertime.
