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
- Some philosophical reflections on concepts like ‘consensus’ and ‘agonism’ 2026
- Fra søndagsskolen til Leonard Cohen 2026
- Insights into teachers’ justifications of public music and art schools: a qualitative study illuminated by French pragmatic sociology 2026
- Korttenkt av Bydel Alna 2026
- Music and Resonance 2026
- Religion som resonans. Hartmut Rosa om det religiøse livet 2025
- Den mørke lytting 2025
- Musikkopplevelse og bærekraft 2025
- Kunst og resonans 2025
- Humanity's best part: Goose bumps, Shudder, and Critical Bildung. A draft. 2025
