Teemu Hanhela

Teemu Hanhela (PhD) is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oulu, Faculty of education. His research interests are related to educational justice, school theories and pedagogical institutions, the recognition theory, the philosophy of education (Bildung), critical educational science and educational policy.


Recent Activities

  • Confernce Presentation: Hanhela, T. (2020) Justice in education and recognitive justice – theoretical grounds towards educational justice in the Nordic context? NERA 2020 congress in University of Turku, Finland on 4-6 March 2020.
  • Confernce Presentation: Kontio, K. & Hanhela, T. (2019) Koulun tulevaisuudesta: talouden, sosiaalisen oikeudenmukaisuuden ja pedagogisen tradition risteävät diskurssit. Paper presentation in Annual FERA Conference on Education 2019, University of Joensuu.
  • Confernce Presentation: Hanhela, T. (2019) Koulutuksellinen oikeudenmukaisuus talouskurin ajassa – paradokseja ja ratkaisuita. The annual meeting of the Finnish Society for History and Philosophy of Education (FSHPE). June 11.-12. 2019, University of Oulu, Oulu Finland.
  • Confernce Presentation: Hanhela, T (2019) Towards educational justice – What difference recognitive justice makes? In: NERA-conference: Education in a globalized world, 2019 6-8 March. Uppsala university, Sweden. (Accepted)
  • Conference presentation: Hanhela, T. (2018) Tunnustusteoreettisia lähtökohtia koulutuksellisen oikeudenmukaisuuden kehittämiseksi. Paper presentation in Annual FERA-Conference 2018, University of Tampere.
  • Workshop paper: Hanhela, T. (2018) Towards educational justice – What difference can recognitive justice make? Workshop: Beyond the Nordic model: Educating Humanity. Rethinking ethical-political education (Bildung). Research project’s leader Torill Strand. University of Helsinki 24.09.2018. Website of the project: http://www.uv.uio.no/iped/english/research/projects/educating-humanity/
  • Research visit: (29.5-12.6.2017): The Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Eichstätt, Germany. Post doc research and planning research cooperation with Professor Doctor Krassimir Stojanov (Chair of Philosophy of education and educational theory and the Dean of the faculty of philosophy and education in KU).
  • Conference Presentation: Hanhela, T. (2017) Democratic education and Axel Honneth’s critical theory – Implications for ethical-political education. The Imaginary practices 6-8.11.2017. Organised by Professor Torill Strand as a part of the Nordic collaborative workshops: Educating Humanity. Rethinking ethical-political education (Bildung). Copenhagen. Website of the project: http://www.uv.uio.no/iped/english/research/projects/educating-humanity/
  • Conference presentation: Hanhela, T. (2017) Axel Honneth hermeneuttisen kokemuksen kritiikistä. Paper presentation in Annual FERA Conference on Education 2017, University of Turku.

Recent Publications

  • Hanhela, T (2020) Towards educational justice – What difference recognitive justice makes? In: T. Strand (Ed.) Here and Now: Rethinking ethical-political education. Series: Contemporary Philosophies’ and Theories in Education. London: Springer (In review-process).
  • Hanhela, T. (2020) Justice in education and recognitive justice. Studier I Pædagogisk Filosofi, 7(2), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.7146/spf.v7i2.117454.
  • Hanhela, T. (2017) Axel Honnethin kriittinen teoria ja hermeneutiikka: huomioita Gadamerin hermeneuttisen kokemuksen kritiikistä. Ajatus 74, 105-141.
  • Hanhela, T (2017) Axel Honneth on role, form and output of public education revisited. In: P. Siljander, K. Kontio & E. Pikkarainen (Eds.) Schools in Transition. Linking past, present, and future in educational practice. Rotterdam, Boston, Taipei: Sense Publications. pp. 35–53.
  • Hanhela, T. & Huttunen, R. (2016) Honneth on Moral Growth. Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory. DOI 10.1007/978-981-287-532-7_421-1. pp. 1–7.
  • Hanhela, T. (2014). Axel Honneth’s idea of a drawn-out process of education. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, published online: 30 Apr 2014.
  • Hanhela, T. (2014). The problematic challenges of misrecognition for pedagogic action. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 46(1), 59–74.
  • Hanhela, T. (2012). The achievement principle, education, and recognition. Distinktion: Scandinavian Journal of Social Theory, 13(1), 77–93.
  • Hanhela, T. (2012) Kriittisiä huomioita Axel Honnethin kokonaisvaltaisen sivistysprosessin ideaan. Nuorisotutkimus 2/2012, 45–59.
  • Hanhela, T. & Koskela, J. (2012) ‘No Fear no Education? Possibilities Behind Educational Conflicts’. In: M. Koutselini & L. Neophytou (Ed.) Human Rights and Violent Behaviour: The Social and Educational Perspective. Nicosia, Cyprus: University of Cyprus. ISBN 978-9963-9980-1-2

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