The project will implement data gathered in a study concerning argumentation skills of students in general upper secondary education regarding social environmental issues and an assessment tool for argumentation skills developed in the study. This project promotes the development of cross-disciplinary outlook, critical thinking and argumentation skills regarding general education and university education. In addition, this project contributes to the realization of the core curriculum in everyday teaching.
Heidi Hyytinen ([email protected])
I work as a professor of university pedagogy. My areas of expertise include teaching and learning in higher education and higher education transitions, with emphasis on generic skills (such as critical thinking and argumentation) and performance-based assessment. My expertise also extends to self-regulation in learning and academic writing. I lead and co-lead several research projects in higher education while actively mentoring the next generation of scholars through doctoral supervision. My main projects are KAPPAS2 (Assessment of Undergraduate Students’ Generic Skills in Finland) project and READY (Ready for working life) project.
Lauri Thurén ([email protected])
Lauri Thurén, born 1961. PhD (theology) 1990 Åbo Akademi, docent 1994 University of Joensuu; 1995 Åbo Akademi University. Studies: Åbo Akademi University, University of Turku, Uppsala Universitet (Sweden), Graduate Theological Union (Berkeley, USA). Fulbright-grantee 1987-88. Lecturer in classical languages and biblical studies 2000-2001, professor of Biblical Studies 2002-; project leader in Centre of Excellence, Academy of Finland, 1997-2003. Dean, Faculty of Theology 2003-2009; Philosophical Faculty 2008. Project Parables as Persuasive Devices (RCF, UEF) 2020-2024. Head of FILOTO doctoral programme.
Research interests: Parables of Jesus as argumentation (project: Parables as Persuasive Narratives). Pauline Theology, Catholic epistles, rhetoric, narratology, epistolography, argumentation analysis.
Some academic monographs:
- The Rhetorical Strategy of 1 Peter with Special Regard to Ambiguous Expressions, dissertation, Åbo: Åbo Academy Press 1990.
- Argument and Theology in 1 Peter – The Origins of Christian Paraenesis, JSNTSS 114, Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press 1995.
- Derhetorizing Paul – A Dynamic Perspective on Pauline Theology and the Law, WUNT I:124, Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck 2000, reprinted: Harrisburg: Trinity Press 2002.
- Parables Unplugged – Reading the Lukan Parables in Their Rhetorical Context, Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2014.
- Kameli neulansilmästä – Jeesuksen vertaukset puhtaalta pöydältä, Helsinki: Kirjapaja 2015.
- Rhetoric and Scripture – Collected Essays of Thomas H. Olbricht, Emory Studies of Christianity 23, ed. Lauri Thurén, Atlanta: SBL Press 2021.
Maija Dahlberg ([email protected])
LL.D Maija Dahlberg works at the UEF Law School as an Associate Professor of Public Law. After defending her PhD on the judicial legitimacy and legal argumentation of the European Court of Human Rights, Dr Dahlberg has moved onwards by developing legitimacy questions further in the EU human rights law context as well as broadened the research area on comparative transparency questions. Her previous research funded by the Academy of Finland focused on legitimacy and transparency of constitutional interpretation and constitutionality review more broadly.
Beyond academic scholarship, Dr Dahlberg has also been regularly consulted as a constitutional law expert at the Constitutional Law Committee of the Parliament.
Dr Dahlberg teaches courses on Constitutional Law (human rights, European Constitutional Law, law drafting and control of legality) at the University of Eastern Finland Law School. Teaching consists of both public lectures and seminars.
Research projects:
Finnish Research Council (8/2020-8/2023): In search of a more complete understanding of constitutional interpretation: the legitimacy and transparency of constitutionality control
Together with Örebro University, Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (8/2021-8/2024): Nordic CONREASON Project: Nordic exceptionalism? Mapping constitutional reasoning in the Nordic countries
Pasi Schultz ([email protected])
I work as a doctoral researcher in the field of Biblical studies. My research interests include cultural astronomy, text mining, cognitive metaphor theory and argumentation analysis. I am currently studying the ways in which the Biblical authors utilized ancient celestial cartography and star lore in their writings.
Tommi Lenho ([email protected])
I am writing an exegetical dissertation on the high Christological claims of the Johannine Jesus in John 10:22–42. I use modern argumentation analysis as my primary method.