Lauri Vakeva

Lauri Väkevä is a professor of crafts and arts didactics at University of Helsinki. Formerly he worked as the vice-rector of education at University of Arts Helsinki, vice-rector of research at University of Arts Helsinki, and professor in music education at Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts in Helsinki, Finland. A co-author of three books, he has also published several book chapters and numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, as well as presented papers in international conferences in the fields of music education, musicology, music history and popular music studies. His main research interests cover art(s) education, didactics, popular music pedagogy, history of popular music, pragmatist aesthetics, philosophy of music education, sociology, informal learning, e-learning, and digital culture. Aside of academic career, his work assignments have covered working as a musician, music journalist, general music teacher, and instrumental teacher.