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. He defended his doctoral thesis at the Department of Musicology, University of Oslo in 2001.
Varkøy has previously worked as a music teacher in secondary school, a lecturer in music at the teacher education program at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, and a professor of musicology at Örebro University. He has also held visiting professor positions at Örebro University and the teacher education program at OsloMet.
He has published a large number of articles, books, and anthologies in the field of music education philosophy and music philosophy, both nationally and internationally. Varkøy is also a composer/songwriter and has written songs for artists such as Morten Harket and Solveig Slettahjell.
Together with Solveig Slettahjell and Sigrid Røyseng, he is also one of the founders of KRAFT – Think-tank for art and culture
Publications
- Legitimering av musikkfaget 2024
- Etablering og utvikling av forskerutdanning ved Norges musikkhøgskole 2023
- Høyere musikkutdanning: historiske perspektiver 2023
- Hartmut Rosa: Resonans. En sociologi om forholdet ril verden 2023
- Håp, overskridelse og foregripelse. Fra Svendsen via Eagleton og Unamuno til Péguy. 2023
- Innledning 2023
- Høyere musikkutdanning: Historiske perspektiver 2023
- SEGL: Katolsk årsskrift for religion og samfunn 2023
- "Det er håpløst og vi gir oss ikke" 2023
- Values and Music Education by Estelle R. Jorgensen (review) 2023