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Øivind Varkøy

Pro­fess­or

Music Education and Music Therapy Department

Portrait of Øivind Varkøy

Contact

Mobile: +4792895577
Phone: +4723367276
E-mail: oivind.varkoy@nmh.no

Office

05027

Field of study

Music Education

Department and discipline

Music Education

Photo: Charlotte Wiig

Competence areas:

  • Philosophy of music education
  • Philosophy of music
  • Epistemology and philosophy of science

Biography:

Øivind Varkøy is a professor of music education at the Norwegian Academy of Music with a PhD in musicology from the University of Oslo (2001). Varkøy has previously worked as a music teacher in secondary school, at the teacher education program at the University of Innlandet, and as a professor of musicology at Örebro University. He has also held professor II positions at Örebro University and the teacher education program at OsloMet. Varkøy has published many articles, books and anthologies on music pedagogical philosophy and music philosophy, both nationally and internationally. He is also a composer/songwriter and has contributed to recordings with Morten Harket (1993) and Solveig Slettahjell (2016 and 2025).

Publications

  • Musikkpedagogikk - mangfold og bærekraft Øivind Varkøy, Siw Graabræk Nielsen 2025
  • «For når jeg er svak, da er jeg sterk» Å ta korset til gissel. Ståle Johannes Clemens Kristiansen, Øivind Varkøy, Heidi Lindekleiv 2025
  • Estetiske fag i samfunnet Henrik Holm, Anastasiya Alexeeva, Lise-Kari Berg, Arild Skarsfjord Berg, Emil Bernhardt, Kersti Fosse Blålid, Mimesis Heidi Dahlsveen, Hanne Kihlman Evang, Liv Mildrid Gjernes, Peter Haakonsen 2025
  • Segl: Katolsk årsskrift for religion og samfunn 2025 Ståle Johannes Clemens Kristiansen, Øivind Varkøy 2025
  • The complex ways that music education “matters” and/or “not matters”. A (dialogue) game. Live Weider Ellefsen, Øivind Varkøy 2025
  • A Reflection on Philosophy of Music Education Scholarship: Publications, Internationalization, Gatekeeping, and "Gap-Keeping" Hanne Rinholm, Øivind Varkøy 2025
  • Kritisk danning i lærerutdanningene Hanne Rinholm, Ruth Seierstad Stokke, Bendik Fredriksen, Knut Ove Æsøy, Øivind Varkøy 2025
  • Kritisk danning i lærerutdanningen Hanne Rinholm, Øivind Varkøy, Bendik Fredriksen, Mildrid Bjerke 2024
  • Innledning Hanne Rinholm, Øivind Varkøy, Bendik Fredriksen, Mildrid Bjerke Mildrid Helen Ahlberg Bjerke 2024
  • Kritisk danning som eksistensiell danning Hanne Rinholm, Øivind Varkøy 2024
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