Sirpa Tani, Ph.D.
Professor of Geography and Environmental Education
sirpa.tani [at] helsinki.fi
Room 329, Siltavuorenpenger 3

Sirpa Tani is Professor of Geography and Environmental Education who has her academic background in cultural geography and urban studies: her PhD in 1995 dealt with cinematic representations of people-environment relationships in Finnish fiction films. Her research interests include multisensory, embodied and emotional place attachment, the role of public spaces in young people’s lives, and environmental education in urban settings. In the field of geography education, she has investigated the role of powerful disciplinary knowledge and human capabilities in enhancing young people’s well-being. She is also interested in discipline-based integration of teaching and in the possibilities of constructing links between subject-specific teaching and young people’s geographies.

Keywords: relationships between academic and school geography, powerful geographical knowledge, geographies of young people, urban environmental education, visual methodology
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Hannele Cantell, Ph.D. (Education), M.Sc.
Senior University Lecturer in Geography Education, Associate Professor
hannele.cantell [at] helsinki.fi
Room 206b, Siltavuorenpenger 5 A

Hannele Cantell is Associate Professor (Title of Docent) and Senior University Lecturer in Geography Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki. She is a nominated member of the University of Helsinki Teacher’s Academy. She teaches geography education and sustainability themes in various courses. Her special interests are global and sustainability education, and equity and equality issues. Cantell has an active role of co-operation with various educational institutions, and also with NGOs within the environmental and global education sector. In addition, Hannele Cantell has been writing non-fiction books and learning/teaching materials for schools for more than 30 years. She has been nominated as a Non-fiction writer of the year (2011), and her essay novel book Sekunnit ennen kaatumista (Seconds Before Falling) won a Kunnia-Vimma price (2022) from Kynnys, a cross-disability organization, which focuses on the basic and human rights of persons with disabilities.

Keywords: geography education, sustainability education, minorities and equity, pedagogical interaction
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Markus Hilander, Ph.D.
University Lecturer in Environmental Education
markus.hilander [at] helsinki.fi
Room 329, Siltavuorenpenger 3

Markus Hilander is University Lecturer in Environmental Education at the Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Helsinki. Hilander’s doctoral dissertation (2017) dealt with the interpretation of photographs from a geographical perspective. His research interests are geography education, urban environmental education, and visual methodologies. Hilander is especially interested in researching visual culture; for instance, the visual catalogues of media, textbooks, and advertisements as well as drawing as a research method. He is a member of the editorial board of Natura journal published by the Finnish Association of Biology and Geography Teachers.

Keywords: interpretation of photographs, geography education, urban environmental education, visual methodology
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