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Tarja Karlsson Häikiö

Professor

The Pedagogy Unit: Visual Art and Sloyd
Telephone
+46 707-35 95 47
Mail
tarja.haikio@hdk.gu.se
Visiting address
Kristinelundsgatan 6-8
41137 Göteborg
Postal address
Box 131
40530 Göteborg

About Tarja Karlsson Häikiö

Tarja Karlsson Häikiö is PhD in Art History and Visual Studies. Her research and dissertation was based on the thesis Children's Aesthetic Learning Processes; Atelier artist in preschool and school (2007).

She is Professor in Visual and material culture (2016/2018) at the Pedagogical unit: Visual Arts and Sloyd Education at HDK-Valand, Academy of Art and Design at the Artistic Faculty at the University 91̽»¨, where she works as a researcher and teacher trainer. She holds the title of excellent teacher (2021).

Karlsson Häikiö works with postgraduate training of doctoral students and teacher training of students for pre-school, compulsory school and upper secondary school and in higher artistic education. Her research areas are visual arts education, child and youth culture, assessment and documentation, professionalization and higher arts education.

See the short film about her professorship:

See her lecture on the Significance of visual culture:

Roles at HDK-Valand and at the Artistic Faculty

Karlsson Häikiö is a member of:

  • the Board of the Artistic Faculty 2024-2027. Between the years 2018-2022, she was assigned as vice dean of education at the Artistic Faculty.
  • HDK-Valand's Research council and responsible for the Research cluster Environment: ecology and climate challenges () 2023-2026.
  • Leader of ERA - Educational Research in the Arts - research platform at the Artistic Faculty 2021-2025 (/forskning/era-educational-research-in-the-arts).

Assignments at national level

She is project manager for the National Research School in Visual Arts Education and Sloyd Education, FoBoS (/fobos) which is funded by the Swedish Research Council 2019-2024.

She has had several assignments from the Swedish National Agency for Education and has led the development of Assessment advisory manual in the subject visual arts, school years 4-6 and 7-9 and Mapping material regarding newly arrived students' skills in the subject visual arts between the years 2012-2019.

Collaboration and networking

She is member of:

  • BIG - child and youth culture research in Gothenburg (/forskning/big-barnkulturforskning-i-goteborg)
  • InSEA Association Sweden as a Board member ()
  • Nordic research network SAKS - Studies of artistic vision, a Nordic collaboration ()
  • NERA, Nordic Educational Research Association in the networks Arts, culture and education and Posthuman network ()
  • EDDA Norden - a Nordic cooperation between universities ()
  • The steering group for preschool development in the network Kalejdoskop in Western Sweden in collaboration between preschools ()
  • Visiting teacher at Laerarskuli, Faroe Islands, Denmark ()
  • Visiting Lecturer at John Moores University, Liverpool, England ()

Nordic and international cooperation

She is:

  • Representative of the University 91̽»¨ in the reference group Education and Academic Research for Hanaholmen Academy ()
  • Member of InSEA International (International Association for Education through the Arts) ()
  • Member of ENViL, European Network for Visual Literacy ()
  • Member of the Reggio Emilia Institute, Stockholm, Sweden ()
  • Collaborating partner Bassa Reggiana preschool district in Reggio Emilia, Italy ()

She has published research in journals such as BÖKWE-Fachblatt, Educare - Vetenskapliga Skrifter, Nordisk barnehageforskning, Nordic Studies in Eduation, Nordic Journal of Art and Research, InSEA magazine, International Journal of Arts and Sports Education, The International Journal of Education through Art, Journal of Visual Literacy, Pedagogical research in Sweden, Relate North, Techne, Tieteessä tapahtuu, Tilde skriftserie.

She has published books with the publishers Gleerups and Studentlitteratur as well as research with the publishers Sage Publications and Routledge Publications.